Fatma not first, not last victim of YPG terrorism
The killing of 17-year-old Fatma by YPG terrorists proves how right Turkey was to start the Afrin operation
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What has been lost in Raqqa?
When Daesh first emerged, the U.S. chastised Turkey for condoning it. However, while Turkey was fighting on the ground in Azaz, Jarablus and al-Bab, the U.S. did not provide enough air support.
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The KRG referendum established that regional powers could work together when it comes to preserving the territorial integrity of others.
The YPG's position in the aftermath of the retake of Raqqa means the threat for the security of region's people is not over yet
The reason why Öcalan will appear on the stage once again is to bring disintegrated radical Kurdish nationalism together. He will play a part in alleviating Kurdish social segments that are angry with the PKK.
Reconciliation Process
Turkey takes a new historic opportunity to settle the Kurdish question after two previous initiatives failed in 2005 and 2009. To this end, the 2013 Reconciliation Process aims to eradicate the armed-conflict and violence and sets the ground for dialogue, politics, peace and calm for a solution. The process has been launched after the talks between the National Intelligence Organization of Turkey (MIT) Director, Hakan Fidan, and the leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, who has been confined to the İmralı Island. It is of historic and vital importance for Turkeys transformation into a global actor, and introduces a step-by-step strategical road map that needs to be followed very carefully.
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What Do Kurdish Nationalists Want?
The HDP's call for supporters to rally on the streets raises serious doubts regarding its commitment to the reconciliation process.
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In an atmosphere where the Kurdish issue is interpreted as Turkey's most important political problem aside from terror, the position and responsibility of both the government and the Kurdish political movement is growing.
The Qandil engaging in an implicit contest with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalans Newroz message, now, at the end of 2013, embarks on an undeclared succession struggle against Öcalan.
In the multi-phased peace process, we face an entity that keeps employing unreasonable provocations in the withdrawal phase, the first leg of a road map on which their leader proceeds through consensus.
The Kurdish grassroots almost completely supporting the solution process of the Kurdish question will also question for how long , from here on, they will continue to bear with the Kurdish political elites who have difficulty to convey the PKK leader Abdullah Öcalans message.
The reshuffling of Turkey's domestic and foreign policy over the last decade has finally led to a solution for Kurds.
If the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) believes that a withdrawal to Kandil only will be sufficient, the other phases of the solution process may be put into practice arduously.
It seems that with the PKKs disarmament these political positions will have to disarm politically.
Given the projected direction and strategic vision of the message and notions used in the statement, this message represents a mental transformation and a paradigm change.
The message of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan promises, with its most general terms, a quite different world from the 30-year-old clichés.
The re-initiation of the İmralı talks is putting the political parties of the new Turkey through a very realistic test, albeit unintentionally.
If the PKK turns into a political actor and gives way to legal political channels, Turkey with this century-old political energy will not only guarantee social peace in a short period of time but also strengthen economic and political stability.
Unless the PKK articulates the phrase we can disarm hypothetically, its disarmament in reality will not be possible.
The escalation in attacks by the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) on Turkish troops and civilians has brought Turkey to the brink of war with the Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, has declared that unless action is taken against the PKK, Turkey will act unilaterally. Despite the intensifying rhetoric, however, the crisis may be an opportunity to find a lasting solution to the Kurdish problem in Turkey and the region
