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Hypocrisy unmasked
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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.
Besides the kidnapping of two highway workers and burning down of several work machines, the PKK was held responsible Thursday for a mine blast at southeastern Hakkari’s Çukurca district that killed six soldiers and wounded eight others, one of them seriously. The two events were just the latest terrorist actions in the region while the separatist gang’s current "military chieftain" Murat Karayılan is busy talking with some selected Turkish and foreign journalists and making offer after offer for a "peaceful and democratic resolution" of the Kurdish problem of Turkey.
Probably, within days Karayılan will come up with a statement to one of those journalists and give assurances that the PKK "command" was sincere in its peaceful offers but it was "normal" to have such exceptional small actions taken by some small local PKK groups outside the information and permission of the "headquarters." Indeed, with its government, presidency and the main opposition party Turkey has been nourishing for some time the idea of a comprehensive resolution of the Kurdish problem, though no one so far has any concrete idea what that comprehensive resolution formula might be, excluding the fact that whatever would be done cannot come before the PKK gave up arms or at least stopped violence. What’s more, while the government, for obvious reasons, is not yet talking about a possible amnesty for those members of the separatist terrorist group that were not involved in violence, the main opposition Republican People’s Party, or CHP, leader Deniz Baykal came up with a rather surprising statement stressing that Turkey could consider an amnesty for the gang if and when arms were silenced.
Serious consideration in Ankara
Compared with what Baykal was saying just few days ago and how he was criticizing the President Abdullah Gül’s statement that "there will be some good developments" as signs of something bad being cooked behind closed doors by the AKP, seeing the CHP leader talking about an amnesty, even a conditional one, was of course a very interesting development. Similarly, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, extending an invitation to Baykal and the CHP leader declaring that he would seriously consider the invitation was an important happening. These developments, as well as the continued resolution of the government and Gül that there was an ever-high probability of a peaceful resolution of the Kurdish problem, all are indicators of a serious consideration in Ankara.
The PKK, on the other hand, has been acting in a hypocritical manner as would be expected from it. On one hand, it talks about a peaceful resolution and even though most of what Karayılan so far said appears to be the product of a lunatic mind, it is trying to give an image that if it is given a chance by the Turkish state it could indeed take some steps toward a nonviolent resolution of the Kurdish problem. On the other hand, as has often been the case at times when there is some serious hopeful developments toward peace, we see some heinous actions undertaken by some "local PKK elements." No one can be fooled.
The latest PKK actions, particularly the deaths of six more sons of this nation to a mine blast, have unmasked the gang’s hypocrisy once again. The sole positive development in this latest atrocious episode of separatist terrorism was the statement from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party, or DTP, leader Ahmet Türk who, for a change, deplored the violence and expressed sorrow over the death of six soldiers.
No one could agree less with what Türk has said in his statement: "Those who want a democratic resolution must pull his fingers off the trigger!"
Can the PKK take its finger off the trigger? Can there be a chance for peace before the PKK takes such a move?
Probably, within days Karayılan will come up with a statement to one of those journalists and give assurances that the PKK "command" was sincere in its peaceful offers but it was "normal" to have such exceptional small actions taken by some small local PKK groups outside the information and permission of the "headquarters." Indeed, with its government, presidency and the main opposition party Turkey has been nourishing for some time the idea of a comprehensive resolution of the Kurdish problem, though no one so far has any concrete idea what that comprehensive resolution formula might be, excluding the fact that whatever would be done cannot come before the PKK gave up arms or at least stopped violence. What’s more, while the government, for obvious reasons, is not yet talking about a possible amnesty for those members of the separatist terrorist group that were not involved in violence, the main opposition Republican People’s Party, or CHP, leader Deniz Baykal came up with a rather surprising statement stressing that Turkey could consider an amnesty for the gang if and when arms were silenced.
Serious consideration in Ankara
Compared with what Baykal was saying just few days ago and how he was criticizing the President Abdullah Gül’s statement that "there will be some good developments" as signs of something bad being cooked behind closed doors by the AKP, seeing the CHP leader talking about an amnesty, even a conditional one, was of course a very interesting development. Similarly, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, extending an invitation to Baykal and the CHP leader declaring that he would seriously consider the invitation was an important happening. These developments, as well as the continued resolution of the government and Gül that there was an ever-high probability of a peaceful resolution of the Kurdish problem, all are indicators of a serious consideration in Ankara.
The PKK, on the other hand, has been acting in a hypocritical manner as would be expected from it. On one hand, it talks about a peaceful resolution and even though most of what Karayılan so far said appears to be the product of a lunatic mind, it is trying to give an image that if it is given a chance by the Turkish state it could indeed take some steps toward a nonviolent resolution of the Kurdish problem. On the other hand, as has often been the case at times when there is some serious hopeful developments toward peace, we see some heinous actions undertaken by some "local PKK elements." No one can be fooled.
The latest PKK actions, particularly the deaths of six more sons of this nation to a mine blast, have unmasked the gang’s hypocrisy once again. The sole positive development in this latest atrocious episode of separatist terrorism was the statement from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party, or DTP, leader Ahmet Türk who, for a change, deplored the violence and expressed sorrow over the death of six soldiers.
No one could agree less with what Türk has said in his statement: "Those who want a democratic resolution must pull his fingers off the trigger!"
Can the PKK take its finger off the trigger? Can there be a chance for peace before the PKK takes such a move?
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