Turkey, PKK Announce Landmark Deal for Peace

[Saifullah Sani]

Turkey and its restive Kurdish population have announced a landmark deal that may soon end 31 years violence in the country.

The pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) announced Feb. 28 at a joint press conference with senior cabinet ministers a call by the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) for a congress in spring to discuss disarmament.

Around 40,000 people have lost their lives since 1984 when the PKK launched an armed struggle for a Kurdish homeland.

"This is a historic declaration of will to replace armed struggle with democratic politics," HDP's Sırrı Sureyya Onder said. He quoted PKK's leader, Abdullah Ocalan, calling for a reinforced ceasefire.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Yalcin Akdogan said that disarmament [of the PKK] would boost the process of a democratic solution.

The announcement came after several rounds of negotiations aimed at a solution to Turkey's decades long Kurdish problem, and included a 10-article joint communiqué outlining thenew road map to peace. The outline addresses a definition and the content of democratic politics; definition of the national and local dimensions of democratic solution; legal and democratic warranties of free citizenship; handling the democracy-security ties during the resolution process in a manner that will sustain both public order and freedoms; developing a pluralist democracy that looks for defining the concept of identity; and defining concepts of democratic republic, common homeland and nation with democratic criteria.

"A new constitution is key to solve many crucial problems," Akdogan said. "We are determined to conclude this [solution] process with full support of the public."

Analysts say that Ocalan's call means to say that the PKK will no longer launch armed attacks inside Turkey and will lay down arms during the process.

The Ankara government first launched peace talks with the PKK in 2012. While there have been ups and downs, negotiations silently have progressed and the parties have for the first time announced a complete disarmament and an end of violence.

Turkey, Kurds Announce Landmark Deal for Peace

 

[C130]

kurds will have more autonomy or even a country soon. parts of Turkey,Syria,Iraq,and Iran will become Kurdistan. peacefully hopefully.

 

[flamer84]

kurds will have more autonomy or even a country soon. parts of Turkey,Syria,Iraq,and Iran will become Kurdistan. peacefully hopefully.

No.

 

[SouI]

kurds will have more autonomy or even a country soon. parts of Turkey,Syria,Iraq,and Iran will become Kurdistan. peacefully hopefully.

 

[Kompromat]

Good job. Pakistanis want to see Turkey rise as a solid regional power, establishment of peace is a leap forward.

 

[mrexil]

kurds will have more autonomy or even a country soon. parts of Turkey,Syria,Iraq,and Iran will become Kurdistan. peacefully hopefully.

 

[haman10]

kurds will have more autonomy or even a country soon. parts of Turkey,Syria,Iraq,and Iran will become Kurdistan. peacefully hopefully.

We've got a Yankee in the house .

 

[Hakan]

I think its funny how most foreign media act like the pkk represent most kurds, thats actually not true. Most kurds are supporting non pkk oriented parties.

Ihsanoglu and erdogan = non PKK
Demirtas = Kudish Nationalism

 

[SouI]

I think its funny how most foreign media act like the pkk represent most kurds, thats actually not true. Most kurds are supporting non pkk oriented parties. Anyway this is the same game we see being played out all over the world where instability is desired.

Ihsanoglu and erdogan = non PKK
Demirtas = PKK
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Şırnak and Hakkari.. Here we meet again...

And I suppose, only the south parts of those two provinces actually support Demirtas, and only south parts of those south parts would love to 'create a free kurdistan!!1!".

We just should let go of the little 'tail like territories' of those two provinces and everything will turn to normal automatically.

 

[mrexil]

I think its funny how most foreign media act like the pkk represent most kurds, thats actually not true. Most kurds are supporting non pkk oriented parties. Anyway this is the same game we see being played out all over the world where instability is desired.

Ihsanoglu and erdogan = non PKK
Demirtas = PKK
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Demirtaş is also Not supporting PKK

 

[SouI]

Also, Mardin and Bingol seem to deserve lots of investment!

 

[Hakan]

Demirtaş is also Not supporting PKK

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Also, Mardin and Bingol seem to deserve lots of investment!

Let me tell you what the south east has alot of potential, but the neighboring countries are all messed up so the people there have a tough time doing business. If syria and iraq were stable and iran wasn't under sanctions the south east would be really nice, also if this PKK thing can finish, it would be even better, im still sceptical but lets see if it works.

 

[SouI]

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Let me tell you what the south east has alot of potential, but the neighboring countries are all messed up so the people there have a tough time doing business. If syria and iraq were stable and iran wasn't under sanctions the south east would be really nice, also if this PKK thing can finish, it would be even better, im still sceptical but lets see if it works.

South East is waiting for investments, once the terror problem gets resolved, that area will be the rising star of our country. That area alone will boom so much that it will increase our general growth rates by 1-2 points!

But first, we need some mature acts from those childish terrorist-wannabies.

 

[C130]

We've got a Yankee in the house .

Kurds deserve that land just as much as the Palestinians deserve Israel.

 

[SouI]

Kurds deserve that land just as much as the Palestinians deserve Israel.

But we the Turks are not saying Palestinians deserve Israel.