When Greed Clouds One's Judgement
Nowadays, the HDP and the PKK find themselves at a crossroads: They will either walk further down the path of violence or reinstate the cease-fire to maximize their gains in northern Syria and reap the benefits of peace in Turkey.
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People of Turkey Expect a more Responsible HDP'
Muhittin Ataman: The people of Turkey expect a more responsible HDP to invite the PKK to get rid of arms and withdraw from the Turkish territory.
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To give a snapshot about the latest developments involving Turkish airstrikes against ISIS and the PKK after a suicide bomber killed 32 civilians on July 21 in the Southeastern town of Suruç, Deputy General Coordinator for the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA) joined Al Jazeeras Inside Story on July 28, 2015.
Muhittin Ataman said in a televised debate on France 24 that in fact the AK Party government initiated the peace process and tried to continue despite negative developments, but unfortunately, the PKK itself declared several times that the process was over.
The AK Party alone has the manpower and resources to lead the ideological fight against extremism in the Middle East.
The operations demonstrate that Turkey will use different measures against these terrorist groups in and out of its borders.
What the Suruç Attack Means
Quite contrary to Turkeys anti-ISIS campaign in the region, the PKK is ungratefully trying to pull the Turkish government into the chaos between ISIS and the PKK-supported PYD
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The Opposition Bubble
Both the CHP and the MHP leadership openly state that they would rather stay in opposition than serve in the nations political leadership.
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Turkeys next government must reflect each partys minimum requirements and modest goals rather than dreams of a grand transformation.
The opposition parties have come to accept that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the AK Party's founder and the mastermind behind the past decade's transformation, will remain a prominent figure in the political arena.
In any coalition scenario, the AK Party will be the major partner, and due to the close interest of Ahmet Davutoğlu in foreign policy issues, who is a long time foreign policy adviser and former minister of foreign affairs, the party will have significant clout in Turkish foreign policy
It is very likely that in the political history of Turkish democracy, the June 7, 2015, general elections will be described as a watershed that produced a more fragmented, finely balanced and patchwork framework following a decade of uninterrupted single party governments.
