PKK head proposes withdrawal from Turkey
from Yahoo news
ANKARA, Turkey , March 16 (UPI) — The head of a Kurdish separatist party has proposed completing a withdrawal of its fighters from Turkey this summer.
New BDP delegation visits PKK leader Öcalan on İmralı
from Hurriyet Daily News
A delegation of Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) lawmakers, consisting of BDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş.
Turkey?s government mulls taking peace process to Parliament
from Hurriyet Daily News
Turkey?s government could consider allowing Parliament to participate in a peace process
Turkey?s future: Presidential dreaming
by Acturca
The Economist (UK) no. 950 Saturday, March 16, 2013 How a peace deal with the Kurds could pave the way for a new Turkish constitution Zehra Cacan sits on the edge of a fresh grave strewn with flowers and prays quietly. In it lies her 30-year-old son, whose nom de guerre, Serxwebun, means insurrection in
En Turquie, le grand pari de la paix kurde
by Acturca
Libération (France) samedi 16 mars 2013, p. 6-7 Marc Semo Les négociations avancent à grand pas avec le leader emprisonné du PKK. Le Premier ministre Erdogan compte en sortir renforcé. En pleine mer de Marmara, à une bonne heure de navigation au sud d?Istanbul, se dresse un îlot rocheux devenu une prison de haute sécurité
Turkish main opposition CHP voices four concerns regarding peace process
from Hurriyet Daily News
The Turkish main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) announced four conditions for giving their support to the ongoing peace process.
General Staff denies reports that pilots were interrogated for Kandil raid
from Hurriyet Daily News
The Turkish General Staff has denied on March 16 reports claiming that 12 pilots operating in Turkey’s border region
Total retreat of militants from Turkey to be complete before June 16 deadline: Report
from Hurriyet Daily News
The imprisoned leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has called on the senior leaders..
Let the sun shine in on Turkey?s Constitution process
from Hurriyet Daily News
Slowly but surely, Turkey is crafting its new Constitution.
Peace in Turkey ?will be model for Mideast?
from Hurriyet Daily News
The Middle East will witness a ?domino effect? of peace if Turkey can successfully solve.
PKK free Turkish hostages to reinforce peace talks with Erdogan government
from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Constanze Letsch, Ian Traynor
Kurdish guerrillas in Iraq free eight hostages on orders of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan as hopes rise of ceasefire next week
The fresh initiative to settle the 30-year-old Kurdish insurgency in Turkey yielded its first dividend on Wednesday when the PKK fighters of the Kurdistan Workers’ party released eight hostages in a gesture aimed at reinforcing a fragile peace process.
Letters reached PKK leader Öcalan: BDP co-chair
from Hurriyet Daily News
Letters sent by the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), the alleged urban wing of the the…
The PKK and negotiations à la Turca
from Hurriyet Daily News
You can have both covert and overt negotiations in order to solve the problems
Turkey ‘s Kurds see best hope yet of end to three-decade war
from Yahoo news
By Nick Tattersall DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Kurdish politician Abdullah Demirbas is haunted by the nightmare vision of his two sons meeting in the hills of southeastern Turkey . The first left home at 16 to join Kurdish rebels fighting the Turkish army, and now his older brother is signing up on the government side. Like many Kurds weary of a war that has killed 40,000, he prays talks
The PKK and negotiations alla Turca
from Hurriyet Daily News
You can have both covert and overt negotiations in order to solve the problems.
Turkey?s Cold Wars
by Acturca
German Marshall Fund of the United States, March 13, 2013 Ian Lesser * Turkey is no stranger to cold wars. Over the past decade, Turkey?s foreign policy has been directed toward breaking its pattern of crisis-prone relations, with some real success in the Balkans, the Eastern Mediterranean, and the Middle East. The end of large-scale
Local hero Erdogan struts national stage after decade as PM
by Acturca
Financial Times (UK) Thursday, March 14, 2013, p. 5 By Daniel Dombey in Istanbul Far beyond his old neighbourhood the prime minister has conquered a country, writes Daniel Dombey In the working class Istanbul district of Kasimpasha, they remember Recep Tayyip Erdogan as an indomitable force ? in the classroom, on the street and on
Time For A Turkish Peace
from Kamil Pasha by Jenny White
Didem Aykel Collinsworth of the International Crisis Group reported on a recent Kurdish movement conference in Switzerland. What were the portends within the Kurdish activist community that recent talks between the Turkish government and jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan would actually lead to peace after decades of violence? What was necessary for this to happen? Would the Kurdish movement, particularly the armed PKK forces in northern Iraq under the command of Murat Karayılan, follow Öcalan?s lead in his island prison? Will the Turkish public, that is still fed vitriolic anti-PKK rhetoric in the media (?terrorist gang chieftain?, ?baby killer?) and that until recently reacted violently against any revelations of talks between the state and the PKK, accede to this new round of talks?
AKP-BDP Constitution begins to take shape
from Hurriyet Daily News
The working period of the Constitution Conciliation Commission has been prolonged.
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