Kýþanak: BDP ready for negotiations
Kýþanak: BDP ready for negotiations
Speaking at the opening ceremony of Municipality Business Center and Ahmede Xani Park in Malazgirt district of province of Muþ on Thursday, Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) co-chair Gültan Kýþanak said BDP is ready for negotiations and called on the Turkish Parliament and all political parties to take a step in this direction.
Kýþanak remarked that the government should approach to Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan to ensure a true solution to the Kurdish issue.
Referring to recent discussions on the possibility of new talks between the Turkish government and the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party), Kýþanak said that “The former talks between two sides were ended by the government as it didn’t accept the fair demands of the Kurdish people. As to the situation today, if the government has an intention to resolve the Kurdish problem through negotiations, it should be known that the Kurdish people, their leaders and political actors are ready to take a step for a permanent solution. However, it should also be known that the Kurdish people will not accept it if the government once again displays an insincere approach by on one hand conducting negotiations and on the other hand using all ways possible to suppress the freedom struggle of Kurds thousands of whom have been put in jail since then.”
Kýþanak called attention to the importance of Öcalan’s key role in the process of a solution to the ongoing war and underlined that the Kurdish leader is the “architect of the solution policy for the together living of Turkish and Kurdish peoples”. Mr. Öcalan -she continued- should therefore be provided with a convenient environment so that he can play his role in solving the Kurdish problem and bringing peace and democracy to the country.
Kýþanak ended underlining that the Kurdish people will however struggle till the end should they face policies of deception and elimination.
On the other hand, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan said in his interview with journalists on NTV on Thursday that the government doesn’t have negotiations on the agenda but is to minimalize operations should the PKK lay its arms down.
Erdoðan however contradicted his own statements saying that the government doesn’t have an intention for negotiations in the political area. Referring to BDP-DTK delegation’s encounter with Kurdish guerrillas at a road control spot of guerrillas on the Þemdinli highway in mid-August, Erdoðan said that; “How could the government ever negotiate with the executives of a party (BDP) whose deputies hug terrorists?”.
PM also mentioned the situation in the Kurdish area and said that Turkish military and police is giving a determined struggle in the region despite all difficulties they encounter in the face of PKK’s recent operations aimed at area domination.
Kýþanak remarked that the government should approach to Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan to ensure a true solution to the Kurdish issue.
Referring to recent discussions on the possibility of new talks between the Turkish government and the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party), Kýþanak said that “The former talks between two sides were ended by the government as it didn’t accept the fair demands of the Kurdish people. As to the situation today, if the government has an intention to resolve the Kurdish problem through negotiations, it should be known that the Kurdish people, their leaders and political actors are ready to take a step for a permanent solution. However, it should also be known that the Kurdish people will not accept it if the government once again displays an insincere approach by on one hand conducting negotiations and on the other hand using all ways possible to suppress the freedom struggle of Kurds thousands of whom have been put in jail since then.”
Kýþanak called attention to the importance of Öcalan’s key role in the process of a solution to the ongoing war and underlined that the Kurdish leader is the “architect of the solution policy for the together living of Turkish and Kurdish peoples”. Mr. Öcalan -she continued- should therefore be provided with a convenient environment so that he can play his role in solving the Kurdish problem and bringing peace and democracy to the country.
Kýþanak ended underlining that the Kurdish people will however struggle till the end should they face policies of deception and elimination.
On the other hand, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan said in his interview with journalists on NTV on Thursday that the government doesn’t have negotiations on the agenda but is to minimalize operations should the PKK lay its arms down.
Erdoðan however contradicted his own statements saying that the government doesn’t have an intention for negotiations in the political area. Referring to BDP-DTK delegation’s encounter with Kurdish guerrillas at a road control spot of guerrillas on the Þemdinli highway in mid-August, Erdoðan said that; “How could the government ever negotiate with the executives of a party (BDP) whose deputies hug terrorists?”.
PM also mentioned the situation in the Kurdish area and said that Turkish military and police is giving a determined struggle in the region despite all difficulties they encounter in the face of PKK’s recent operations aimed at area domination.
