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Turkey snubs report on Iraqi Kurd hopes
ISTANBUL - Ankara has rejected a recent report suggesting Iraqi Kurds might consider joining Turkey, saying the country’s borders are not subject to debate. "Turkey’s borders are set. It would not be correct to stick in such discussions," Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Burak Özügergin said Friday, also underscoring the importance of Iraq’s territorial integrity, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported.
Turkey snubs report on Iraqi Kurd hopes
ISTANBUL - Ankara has rejected a recent report suggesting Iraqi Kurds might consider joining Turkey, saying the country’s borders are not subject to debate. "Turkey’s borders are set. It would not be correct to stick in such discussions," Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Burak Özügergin said Friday, also underscoring the importance of Iraq’s territorial integrity, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported.
Öcalan prepares for August statement
"This opportunity should not be missed" is what we still hear and it is still valid. There has never been a better time to wipe out the PKK terror and progress in the Kurdish issue. For the first time those in Ankara holding the power and those in Çankaya are of the same opinion. They do not look in a different direction. No difference in opinion. And again for the first time is the command level in the TSK generally in line with the govenment, even if not in details. They believe that a step needs to be taken in order to wipe out the PKK terror.
The kind of reporter democracy demands
Nedim Şener, one of Turkey’s most respected investigative journalists, is someone we know well at the Daily News. His reporting for our sister newspaper Milliyet has appeared in our pages many times. Knowing Şener, we can predict what will happen if he is found guilty of violating secrecy laws with his new book on the murder of another colleague, Hrant Dink.
Hypocrisy unmasked
Is it possible to talk of peace, claim readiness for a "democratic resolution" but at the same time continue ambushing military outposts, laying land mines on roads, killing sons of this country, burning work machines and kidnapping highway workers? Probably in few weeks or few months time an officious prosecutor may come with a claim that all such heinous actions attributed to the separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, were indeed staged by the so-called Ergenekon "gang" with the "aim and intention" of creating unrest and plotting a military takeover. Unfortunately, this ludicrousness has become a lifestyle for some people as long as such absurdities fit well into the designs of oppressing the opponents and silencing the critics.
Sevgi’s engagement night
People are in possession of guns, licensed or not licensed. And that is another factor contributing to violence, claiming the lives of dozens. We, as a society, are becoming armed. Automatic weapons are causing the east to resort to violence, allowing quick and sudden deaths.
What if?
Was it a surprise? After hearing Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declaring just a while ago that until the Nagorno-Karabakh problem was resolved and the Armenian occupation of Azerbaijani territory was terminated, Turkey would not take any step toward normalizing its relations with Armenia, yes, it was a surprise to read the statement from the Foreign Ministry declaring that Turkey and Armenia have concluded drawing a road map aimed at normalizing their relations in a manner that would satisfy both countries.
