January 11, 2013

Who wants peace?

Orhan Miroğlu

Currently in Turkey, the horizon holds what appears to be the possibility of peace. Of course, there are those who do not wish to see peace and, in fact, if we look at what has been written and said in the past two weeks, we see lists of the “official views” held by those terrified by the prospect of such peace. I will leave for another day my thoughts on who does not want peace and why they don't want it. Today, I want to write about those who do want peace.

Top AK Party official likens Fethullah Gülen's stance on peace talks to that of Mandela

Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Deputy Chairman Hüseyin Çelik has expressed appreciation for Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen's support for ongoing talks with the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), likening Gülen's remarks to those of South African politician Nelson Mandela.

We have many reasons to be hopeful

Yasin Doğan, Yeni Şafak

Political parties are slowly revealing their stance on the government's talks with Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) head Abdullah Öcalan.