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Turkey: new negotiations with the PKK possible, says Erdogan
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that
further negotiations could take place between the Turkish state and
Kurdish rebels, while his government is facing an upsurge in
separatist violence in the southeast of Turkey.
"If (the) interviews allow us to fix something, do it. If it must be
in Oslo, Oslo then, "he said Wednesday night in a televised interview
Erdogan, referring to negotiations between 2009 and 2011 in Oslo with
the rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
"We are ready to do whatever is necessary to (finding) a solution,"
said the head of government on the private channel Kanal7, before
insisting on the need for the rebels to lay down arms.
Officials of Turkish intelligence services (MIT) and leaders of the
PKK, considered a terrorist movement by many countries, met several
times to a negotiated peace but the dialogue was broken.
Erdogan said that there is a military dimension to the Kurdish
conflict, which, he insisted, "will continue". But he also stressed
his desire to deal with this conflict, which has claimed nearly 45,000
lives since 1984 by "diplomatic dimensions, socio-economic and
psychological."
"We want the rule of law, democracy, and we do not, we will within the
law. But those who do not understand the law, necessary will be done,
"he said.
Erdogan was speaking after the call by the main pro-Kurdish Turkish
Party (BDP Party for Peace and Democracy) to the resumption of talks
with the PKK to prevent escalation of violence.
In addition, the Prime Minister's party, the Party for Justice and
Development (AKP) holds its annual conference on Sunday and began
reorganizing the largest since it came to power ten years ago. The
unresolved Kurdish conflict is the biggest stumbling block Erdogan.
The leader of the nationalist Turkish Parliament Devlet Bahçeli will
immediately denounced Erdogan dialogue with the rebels, speaking of
"unpardonable folly".
In a recent interview with reporters, the co-chairman of the BDP,
Selahattin Demirtas, proposed a "mutual truce" between armed rebels
and Turkish forces and the resumption of dialogue between Ankara and
the PKK.
"The formula is as follows: without preconditions, both parties should
withdraw their fingers sears their weapons (...) This will create a
fertile ground for discussion," he said.
Over the past year, the violence grew strongly between the PKK and the
Turkish army. To meet rebel offensive operations muscled army
reprisals.
Erdogan said Wednesday that 144 members of the security forces and 239
Kurdish rebels had been killed since the beginning of the year in
Turkey.
Friday, September 28, 2012,
Stéphane © armenews.com
Turkey: new negotiations with the PKK possible, says Erdogan
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that
further negotiations could take place between the Turkish state and
Kurdish rebels, while his government is facing an upsurge in
separatist violence in the southeast of Turkey.
"If (the) interviews allow us to fix something, do it. If it must be
in Oslo, Oslo then, "he said Wednesday night in a televised interview
Erdogan, referring to negotiations between 2009 and 2011 in Oslo with
the rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
"We are ready to do whatever is necessary to (finding) a solution,"
said the head of government on the private channel Kanal7, before
insisting on the need for the rebels to lay down arms.
Officials of Turkish intelligence services (MIT) and leaders of the
PKK, considered a terrorist movement by many countries, met several
times to a negotiated peace but the dialogue was broken.
Erdogan said that there is a military dimension to the Kurdish
conflict, which, he insisted, "will continue". But he also stressed
his desire to deal with this conflict, which has claimed nearly 45,000
lives since 1984 by "diplomatic dimensions, socio-economic and
psychological."
"We want the rule of law, democracy, and we do not, we will within the
law. But those who do not understand the law, necessary will be done,
"he said.
Erdogan was speaking after the call by the main pro-Kurdish Turkish
Party (BDP Party for Peace and Democracy) to the resumption of talks
with the PKK to prevent escalation of violence.
In addition, the Prime Minister's party, the Party for Justice and
Development (AKP) holds its annual conference on Sunday and began
reorganizing the largest since it came to power ten years ago. The
unresolved Kurdish conflict is the biggest stumbling block Erdogan.
The leader of the nationalist Turkish Parliament Devlet Bahçeli will
immediately denounced Erdogan dialogue with the rebels, speaking of
"unpardonable folly".
In a recent interview with reporters, the co-chairman of the BDP,
Selahattin Demirtas, proposed a "mutual truce" between armed rebels
and Turkish forces and the resumption of dialogue between Ankara and
the PKK.
"The formula is as follows: without preconditions, both parties should
withdraw their fingers sears their weapons (...) This will create a
fertile ground for discussion," he said.
Over the past year, the violence grew strongly between the PKK and the
Turkish army. To meet rebel offensive operations muscled army
reprisals.
Erdogan said Wednesday that 144 members of the security forces and 239
Kurdish rebels had been killed since the beginning of the year in
Turkey.
Friday, September 28, 2012,
Stéphane © armenews.com