After Arınç criticizes Erdoğan on the Kurdish peace process, here is what I think:

Bülent Arınç proved himself several times to have no weight against Erdoğan’s hegemony. So his latest political trolling means: Erdoğan is now aiming for Turkish nationalist votes and the remaining AKP gov’t intending to maintain their Kurdish voter base. I so much admire their mastery of electoral tactics. They use regional mutually exclusive tactics and they mostly win… … Read more

Öcalan’s Newroz message: Not immediate disarmament, only if peace processes continue…

Eyes on Diyarbakır for PKK leader Öcalan’s key Kurdish bid message All eyes will be on Diyarbakır on March 21, where a letter from the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, will be read during Nevruz festivities, marking the arrival of spring Kurdish leader to reveal peace plan BBC News | Europe … Read more