Solution process

The government-led process to find a solution to the decades-old Kurdish problem is a "vital national project" that should be treated with patience, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has said.
      

The most critical stage in hectic talks between the government and the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) on the resolution process, which has recently gained visible momentum, has arrived.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has said he has been wiretapped, linking the eavesdropping issue to forces that are against a peaceful solution to the Kurdish bid.

With the traffic in Ankara getting busier on the eve of an expected declaration that the talks between the government and the Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) have shifted into formal negotiations, Deputy Prime Minister Yalç?n Akdo?an, a key name in the talks, met on Feb. 12 with a member of the team visiting the jailed leader of the outlawed organization.

The HDP suggests a much-awaited negotiations phase with the government over the Kurdish issue could start within a fortnig Turkey's government could shift into a negotiations phase "within two weeks" in talks with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in pursuit of a political settlement to the Kurdish issue, Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Figen Yüksekda? said Feb.

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has indicated he considers the apparent difference of view between President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu over the outgoing intelligence chief?s decision to run for parliament a farce.

Turkey's outgoing intelligence chief is a joint lawmaker candidate of the ruling party, the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Democratic Peoples' Party (HDP), the head of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has said, saying this will help legitimize the PKK.

The most important motor ahead of Turkey?s democratization and clearing the way for freedoms is no longer the European Union, but the ?resolution process.?

And this motor has been running in idle mode for a while; the power in the engine is never able to be conveyed to the wheels; the vehicle does not move.

Police have captured provocateurs who infiltrated into Turkey to start clashes in Turkey’s southeastern province of Şırnak that left three people dead, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said Dec. 28.

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.