Tayyip Erdogan’s government appears to be rushing a deal with the PKK, but this is tied to a number of conditions, including the release of the jailed leader of the pro-Kurdish HDP
The three-member delegation of the pro-Kurdish DEM party, consisting of two MPs and the ousted former mayor of Mardin, continues its contacts with the parties in the Turkish parliament and will conclude its meetings next week. Regarding the communication with the ruling AKP, there will be a meeting of the delegation with the president of K.O. of the party, which will represent President Tayyip Erdogan. Indicative of the mobility observed around the Ocalan case and the Kurdish resolution process is that all parties in the Turkish parliament, except the “Good Party”, agreed to meet with the DEM delegation.
They are in a hurry for a solution
Regarding the timing, AKP MP for Diyarbakır Galip Ensarioglu said he hoped the talks would materialize by the end of February and added that there could be a PKK lay down of arms during the major Kurdish holiday of Nowruz. on March 21.
Regarding the situation of the Co-Chairman of the former pro-Kurdish party HDP, Selahattin Demirtas, who has been in Edirne prison since November 2016, sentenced to 42 years in prison for terrorism, Ensarioglu said, characteristically. “The procedure regarding Ocalan was successful and let’s say Ocalan is placed under house arrest. Is it conceivable that Demirtas will remain in prison? Of course this is unthinkable.”
According to the latest information, in the framework of the Kurdish process, which is now referred to in Turkey as the “New Solution”. DEM party delegation will also meet with Selahattin Demirtas, but a date of the visit to the prisons of Edirne is not yet known.
New meeting with Ocalan
In the meantime, the procedures surrounding the resolution of the Kurdish issue are fast. The DEM party delegation, wanting to speed up the meeting schedule, will request permission from the T/Ministry of Justice for a new visit to Imrali Island to meet with imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan after January 10, after prior assessments with representatives of civil society. The DEM Party constituent conference will also launch a signature campaign with the message “People are on the streets for an equal and free life, the solution is peace.” An international DEM conference with the same title is also planned next month.
Source :Skai
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