Turkey’s prime minister on Saturday canceled a planned meeting with the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), saying its politics was rooted in violence, as government forces pursued a security operation in the mainly Kurdish southeast.
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“HDP leaders have shown once again that they lack the political maturity required to use politics as a means to solve problems”. Davutoglu responded by calling the remarks “a treason”.
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On Saturday, HDP Ankara deputy Sirri Sureyya Onder ruled out any discussions with the prime minister over the constitutional reform as long as clashes between Turkish army and Kurds in the country’s south-east continue and the curfews in the region are still in place.
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PKK, which is listed as a terrorist group by the United Nations and the European Union, has in recent months become active in the south-east of Turkey as attacks on military units and police stations have increased.
Last week, while on a visit to Moscow, HDP co-head Selahattin Demirtas condemned Ankara’s shooting down of a Russian warplane over Syria, comments Davutoglu described as treasonous.
Demirtas, speaking to an umbrella group called the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) in Diyarbakir, said his party would support calls for regional autonomy in the southeast.
The conflict between Turkey and the PKK, which is demanding the creation of an independent Kurdish state, has been continuing for over 25 years and has claimed more than 40,000 lives.
However, he has previously called on leaders of opposition parties to discuss the preparation of a new constitution which the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) hopes will give Turkey an executive presidential system.
The army said on Saturday that over 200 Kurdish militants have been killed in the offensives during the past two weeks.
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The premier is scheduled to meet Republican People’s Party (CHP) on December 30 and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) on January 4.
