Hurriyet Daily News published an article by Murat Yetkin headlined "Turkey’s challenged ‘Kurdish solution’ roadmap."
"There was a detectable concern within the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), a party primarily focused on the Kurdish Issue, on Nov. 7 regarding the future of the dialogue between the Turkish government and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in pursuit of a political solution for Turkey’s chronic problem," the article reads.
"There were two reasons for that worry according to the HDP sources speaking on the condition of anonymity: One of those reasons is the media reports in the last few days about the reluctance of Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) government whether to continue the process unless there is a clear signal from the PKK side to close itself to all kinds violence, including street protests. Another is perhaps more worrying for the HDP – and taken almost as evidence for the media reports, is the silence from the government side," the author writes.
“We have not been able to establish any contact with any government official for almost 10 days,” one senior HDP source is quoted by Hurriyet Daily News as saying on the phone; “We asked for appointments more than once, but there has been no response” as of the evening of Nov. 7.
"According to the neither confirmed, nor denied press reports, the government is considering to review a “roadmap” draft, supposedly agreed upon by Abdullah Öcalan, the founding leader of the PKK, now kept on the İmralı Island-prison south of Istanbul," the article reads.
"Öcalan’s resistance according to HDP sources was this step-by-step model; he did not have trust in the government and he wanted all of the steps to be taken at once. But feelings were reciprocal and the government did not have full confidence in Öcalan as well," Hurriyet Daily News writes.
"In the meantime, on Sept. 20, the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) released the hostages it had taken from the Turkish consulate in Mosul in June and intensified its attacks on the Syrian town of Kobane (Ayn al-Arab), near the Turkish border, which was defended by PKK militants and the militia of their sister organization in Syria, the Democratic Union Party (PYD). Their demand from the Turkish government to give arms and let PKK/PYD armed forces go into Kobane using Turkish territory was denied," the article reads.
"The lack of contact with the government that the HDP sources complained for the last 10 days coincide with an interesting calendar: On Oct. 30, there was the National Security Board (MGK) meeting chaired by Erdoğan. Between Nov. 1-2, there were AK Parti meetings chaired by Davutoğlu, with some reporting about MPs complaining about the government losing control to the PKK. Davutoğlu met with the MİT and the army on Nov. 4 and 5 and Erdoğan said on Nov. 6 that those who caused the deaths of 40 people did not have the right to talk about peace. That is the background of the tension which the HDP hopes to end," Murat Yetkin concludes.
