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| The Grand Turk |
| HDP co-leader: Turkey's president blocking peace |
| 2015-09-27 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] Restarting ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's stalled "solution process" is being blocked by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... , according to the co-leader of the Kurdish problem-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). Selahattin Demirtas said on Sept. 25 that the process -- officially launched in early 2013 but halted after the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) renewed its armed campaign in July -- could be resumed before the Nov. 1 general election, Anadolu Agency reported. "The solution process could be revived before the Nov. 1 general election but President Erdogan closed his doors entirely," Demirtas told news hounds in Copenhagen before meeting Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen. "Erdogan is doing what is necessary to not start the solution process," he added, according the Anadolu Agency report. Talks between the PKK leadership and the government were facilitated by the HDP and ran for two-and-a-half years as both sides sought to bring the 30-year Kurdish conflict to an end. However, nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits... fighting resumed following the July 20 Suruc massacre, in which more than 30 people were killed. More than 120 members of the security forces have been murdered by the PKK since, according to the government, with around 30 civilians also killed. The violence has threatened to overshadow November's election, which was called after the June poll failed to produce a majority party and talks to form a coalition failed. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 halted after the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) renewed its armed campaign in July I think Yippy's regime was funding, arming, and coordinating with IS before then, with a resultant campaign killing Kurds |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-09-27 12:46 |