TURKISH MILITARY MILITARY WILL IMPEDE ANY POSSIBLE FORMULA IF IT DOES NOT SUIT IT
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
08.06.2009 12:03 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Democratic Society Party endeavors to assist in
finding a democratic solution to the Kurdish problem despite knowing
it will not be easy, says Ahmet Turk from the DTP, while adding that
top officials are scared to confront and deal with the issue. He also
says the military will impede any possible formula if it does not
suit it The powers that be in Turkey today are scared to confront
the reality of the Kurdish issue, the co-chairman of the Democratic
Society Party, or DTP, said. Ahmet Turk added that the military would
create obstacles to any proposed formula that is not to its liking.
"We can now see that 30 years of war, operations and denial politics
could not solve the problem, and the powers that be in Turkey today are
afraid to confront the reality of the Kurdish problem," Turk said at a
conference titled "Dialogue for a Solution," held at Istanbul’s Bilgi
University. "We see the chief of general staff make a statement from
Washington. He objects not to us, but to the process being undertaken,"
Turk said. "He responds to the president and prime minister by saying
it is us [the military] that matters."
"We now see that the state is beginning to realize that the Kurdish
problem cannot be solved by old methods and is being forced to confront
the issue," he said, adding that the Kurds have demands of their own
for the solution of this problem that are being expressed clearly.
"The DTP, with the support of the Kurdish population in the southeast
region, is working toward a democratic solution in Parliament," Turk
said. The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has also stated
that a solution through dialogue and peaceful methods is viable after
30 years of armed conflict, he said. "It is clear that there is no
project on the table despite the president saying ‘Good things will
happen’ and ‘The Kurdish problem is Turkey’s most important problem,’"
Turk said, adding that there is no plan at the moment to resolve the
problem through democratic means.