US EditionJongerden: Obstacles between Öcalan and PKK must be removed
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Jongerden: Obstacles between Öcalan and PKK must be removed
The historic call made by Abdullah Öcalan on 27 February opened the door to a new phase and sparked widespread debate both in Turkey and internationally. Following the call, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) announced its decision to end its nearly 50-year armed struggle, responding positively to Mr. Öcalan’s initiative, a development that has since drawn significant attention. Despite these steps by Mr. Öcalan and the PKK, the Turkish state ha…
Perhaps it was not a blunder for MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli to call PKK’s founding leader Abdullah Öcalan “founding leader” in his message on the first day of the holiday. The MHP-aligned Türkgün newspaper censored Bahçeli on the second day, removed those words and highlighted the words “separatist organization”, but there were so many TV and agency video recordings. I believe Bahçeli’s words may not have been an ordinary slip of the tongue. The …
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