The Kurdish Issue and the Political Parties

A far-right party, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), owes its post-1980 existence to a great extent to the Kurdish issue and the terrorist acts of the PKK.

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The Kurdish Issue and the Political Parties
The PKK Trauma

The PKK Trauma

It seems that with the PKK’s disarmament these political positions will have to disarm politically.

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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.