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Turkey's Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) is readying to announce a new plan for a resolution to the decades-old Kurdish question at an extraordinary congress on May 20, HDP spokesperson Osman Baydemir has said, stating that his party will work toward "a process where there is no conflict and war."

The newly elected leader of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), Binali Yildirim, announced the new Turkish government on Tuesday after a meeting with Turkish President Recep Erdogan.

Turkey wants to establish a secure zone on the border with Syria that would go ten kilometers into the territory of the neighboring country.

This has been announced by Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Yalcin Akdogan. The proposed safe zone would include the Syrian town of Azaz.

Anadolu's bilingual Macedonian and Albanian desk opened in Skopje on Monday as the news agency expanded its operations further into the Balkan region.

The opening ceremony was attended by Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov and Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Yalcin Akdogan. The agency's chairman, Senol Kazanci, was also present.  

Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of Turkey's rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, has called on his followers to lay down arms in a bid to find a democratic solution to the 30-year-old insurgency.

Official talks on the Kurdish peace process may start in 10 days, the co-chair Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has said in Moscow at an affiliate of a U.S.-based think tank.

At the same time, remarks by Yalçın Akdoğan, the deputy prime minister, also implied that the government was working on a process for a "final solution."

Moscow needs to become more involved in the Kurdish issue, Selahattin Demirtaş, the co-leader of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), has said during a five-day visit to the Russian capital.

Russia does not generally contact Kurds directly, but prefers doing this via Turkey, Demirtaş told dailies Sputnik and Kommersant, Cihan news agency reported.

Deputy Prime Minister Yalçın Akdoğan has warned the military leaders of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) after they suggested that the group's jailed head could achieve their coming party congress if the peace process comes to fruition.

Despite holding a lengthy meeting that did not reflect a particularly negative mood, neither the government nor the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) have stepped back in their position regarding the definition of public order and its place in the resolution process.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Yalçın Akdoğan reacts to pressure to force the country do more aganist jihadists