PKK leader Bayık says militants ready for long-term conflict
While the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) is encouraging peace through its peace meetings throughout various cities in Turkey, the PKK terrorist organization's senior leader Cemil Bayık told Foreign Policy magazine that the outlawed organization's militants are ready for a long-lasting war against Turkey. The article underlined that the PKK spent the past two years preparing for war, while Bayık in his statements to the U.S.-based magazine said that "the PKK has the right to defend itself." In early August, the leader of the PKK's military wing, Murat Karayılan, also said that they are not ready to lay down arms.
With decreasing support to the party, the HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş called for peace and urged ending the armed conflict in efforts to regain public support. The recently conducted public surveys also revealed a significant drop in the HDP's potential votes. However, despite the HDP officials' efforts to repair its image in the eyes of the public ahead of the upcoming elections, the PKK terrorist organization's senior figure said, "It's not the HDP's role to decide if it's time for us to disarm." While the cease-fire between Turkey and the PKK ended after the terrorist organization had killed two policemen on July 22, Bayık said the cease-fire didn't end in July and accused Turkey of ending it. The terrorist organization leader Bayık said its organization is in favor of negotiations yet continues its increased terror activities that result in the killing of not just security officers but also many civilians including children.
Bayık praised the PKK for its help toward stranded Yazidis on Mount Sinjar after Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) attacks in the article. It was reported that the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the PKK were placed in the evacuated region where 15,000 Arabs and Turkmens had fled and crossed into Turkey. It was further reported that the PKK-affiliated PYD has been trying to change the demographic structure of northern Syria with the aim of establishing a Kurdish state from Iraq to the Mediterranean Sea. Finalizing his controversial statements, Bayık added that the outlawed organization "will continue to fight against Turkey as long as necessary."
Though experts have analyzed Demirtaş's call for peace as highly significant, it hasn't necessarily been sufficient, as the HDP's Co-Chair Figen Yüksekdağ has praised the PKK terrorist organization numerously, and referred to it as "a national liberation movement and also an organization that stands for democracy and equality."
With decreasing support to the party, the HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş called for peace and urged ending the armed conflict in efforts to regain public support. The recently conducted public surveys also revealed a significant drop in the HDP's potential votes. However, despite the HDP officials' efforts to repair its image in the eyes of the public ahead of the upcoming elections, the PKK terrorist organization's senior figure said, "It's not the HDP's role to decide if it's time for us to disarm." While the cease-fire between Turkey and the PKK ended after the terrorist organization had killed two policemen on July 22, Bayık said the cease-fire didn't end in July and accused Turkey of ending it. The terrorist organization leader Bayık said its organization is in favor of negotiations yet continues its increased terror activities that result in the killing of not just security officers but also many civilians including children.
Bayık praised the PKK for its help toward stranded Yazidis on Mount Sinjar after Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) attacks in the article. It was reported that the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the PKK were placed in the evacuated region where 15,000 Arabs and Turkmens had fled and crossed into Turkey. It was further reported that the PKK-affiliated PYD has been trying to change the demographic structure of northern Syria with the aim of establishing a Kurdish state from Iraq to the Mediterranean Sea. Finalizing his controversial statements, Bayık added that the outlawed organization "will continue to fight against Turkey as long as necessary."
Though experts have analyzed Demirtaş's call for peace as highly significant, it hasn't necessarily been sufficient, as the HDP's Co-Chair Figen Yüksekdağ has praised the PKK terrorist organization numerously, and referred to it as "a national liberation movement and also an organization that stands for democracy and equality."
Last Update: September 01, 2015 22:01