Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu also rejected the accusations that the Ankara bombings were a result of Turkey’s involvement in the war in Syria, reports said. That surge, along with PKK attacks that have killed scores of Turkish policemen and soldiers, has effectively ended a years-long Kurdish peace process. A report in Yeni Safak, a newspaper close to the government, claimed DNA samples were being compared to those obtained from families of extremists authorities suspect could have carried out the attacks, said Fox News.
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As it turns out, Turkey in fact was at the mercy of one man and one party, and that one man and one party prevented a coalition government from forming, actively aggravated tensions with Turkey’s Kurdish minority through constant incitement against the HDP and its politicians, and has left Turkey in a much more risky position than it was four months ago.
“One of the suicide bombers has been identified as Yunus Emre Alagoz”.
The country’s polarisation is rooted in 13 years of rule by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP). Moreover, we must not forget the July 2015 agreement on the Iranian nuclear programme, in which the Group of 6 countries de facto accepted a bigger role for Tehran in the region in all aspects of its life.
Kurds are a neglected group when it comes to addressing Middle Eastern politics, and the global community needs to condemn Turkey for its discriminatory policies. “That word is not suitable for our president because he is trying to look after all Muslims – how can he kill his own people?”
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey Turkish air strikes against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) bases in the southeastern province of Hakkari have killed 11 suspected militants and destroyed weapons depots and shelters, the military said on Saturday. According to Çelik, “They [YPG] need to stop posing a threat to Turkey and cooperating with the PKK, and they need to stop exploiting the situation in northern Syria…Then we would have no problem”.
Referring to the Ankara bombings, he adds: “These bombs were planned to kill a lot of people, to create big chaos to change people’s thinking. I brought them to Ankara in return for money”, Y.Ş. reportedly said.
In Ankara, Isis specifically targeted an anti-government peace rally, organised by various leftist groups, similar to the July attack in Suruc, a Turkish town on the border with Syria, when it bombed a pro-Kurdish anti-government rally, killing 33 people. Many have been arrested on grounds of “reasonable suspicion”. “We talk to people about the situation before and after the June vote, how much worse it has got, and we will do this until the last minute”.
Steven Cook wrote a good post on Monday summing up the various conflicts tearing Turkish society apart, and they range from the political to the ethnic.
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Those subject to arrest include any member of a proscribed organization (three to five years of heavy imprisonment), anyone who aids members of such as organization (one to five years of imprisonment), and any one who propagandizes in behalf of such an organization.
