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TURKEY - Report 03 Nov 2024 by Murat Ucer and Atilla Yesilada

Turkey’s bombastic and excitable pundit community discussed nothing but the peace offering of MHP leader Mr. Bahceli to Kurds. President Erdogan is generally supportive of Bahceli, but has so far refused to take the leadership of a new Peace Process, as talks on addressing Kurds’ grievances are called. As it turns out, AKP-MHP have learned from the bitter failure of the first Peace Process (2013-2015), demanding unconditional disarmament of terror outfit PKK and its Syrian affiliate before negotiating with pro-Kurdish Party DEM about its demands.

This was always a tough bill to fill, but things got more complicated when CHP’s Esenyurt borough mayor Mr. Ahmet Ozer was arrested on charges of aiding and abetting terrorism and sacked subsequently. The decision enraged CHP and DEM, with CHP leader Ozel vowing to force early elections. Despite these bizarre twists, the idea of a Peace Process gradually evolving into talks for a new Constitution, which would incidentally grant Erdogan the chance to run in 2028 is not dead. In fact, it is starting only after these events, with AKP-MHP expected to recalibrate their strategy to add more sweeteners to the opposition to elicit cooperation.

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