Turkey is Once Again Debating the Possible Release of Selahattin Demirtas, A Jailed Kurdish Politian, Following Recent Conciliary Gestures from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and His Far-Right Ally Amid Heighened Hopees of an End to the Armed Conflict Between TURKEY Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
Demirtas, The Former Co-Chair of the Pro-Kurdish Peoples AtTEMPT in July 2016.
Erdogan’s Gesture Sparks Speculation
According to a Report by Journalist Yıldıray Ogur from the Freedom News Website, Erdoğan Rementedly Allowed Demirtaş to Travel from His Prison in Edirne to Istanbul to Accycpany His Wife, Virgo, Duration Surgery. The Move Followed a Request from Demirtas to the Justice Ministry, Which Was Forwarded to Erdogan.
Who Demirtas Was at the Hospitital, Far-Right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Leader Devlet Bahceli-Who Has Called Demirtas A “Terrorist” on Many Occasions-Reportedly Called Him to Wish his Wife Wife a Speedy Recovery Him For SUPPORTING the Peace Process
Bahceli, A Staunch Critic of Both the PKK and Demirtas, Surpriseed Many Last October WHEN HE OFFERED an Olive Branch to Abdullah Öcalan, The Imprisoned PKK Leader, Suggesting He Renountice Terrorism Publicly. His reward outreach to Demirtaş Fuated Further Speculation About a Shift in Turkey’s Stance on Kurdish Political Figures.
PKK Leader Makes Historic Call
In A Significant Development Last Week, Öcalan Urged The PKK to Lay Down its Arms and Disband, A Landmark Call That Many See As A Step Toward The Decades-Long Conflict. Founded in 1978, The PKK Has Waged An Insurgency Against Turkey 1984, A Conflict That Has Killed More Thhan 40,000 PEOPLE. Turkey and its Western Allies Design As a Terrorist Organization.
Öcalan, in a Written Statement, Thanked Erdogan and Bahceli for their role in supporting the peace process.
“The Call Made by Mr. Devlet Bahceli, Along with the Will Expressed by MR. Presidident and the Positive Responses from Political Parties, Have Created an Environment in Machine A Call For the Laying Down of the Historic Respons. Call, ”Öcalan Said.
His Stratement Was Widly Welcomed, Both in Turkey and Internationally,
Demirtas Expressed Support for Öcalan’s Call in An Article He Wrote from Prison, Published by the newspaper news news news.
“Let’s Be on the Side of Peace,” Demirtaş Wrote, Vowing to Do Ever Ensure Erdoğan, Bahçeli and Öcalan Succeed in their Efforts. HE WISHED The Three Leaders “Long and Healthy Lives.”
Sources with the MHP Told Journalist Ogur That The Conversation Between Demirtas and Bahceli Was Positive. Ogur Thinks these Gestures Cult Reassure Skeptical Kurdish Communities and Opposition Groups Who Fear Demirtas Is Being Sidelined in the Peace Process.
Ogur and Orther Analysts Believe Erdogan and Bahceli’s Receiving Moves Could Pave for Demirtas’s Eventual Release from Prison, Aligning with Ecthr Rulings.
Meanwhile, Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (Dem Party) Spokeperson Ayşegül Doğan Confirmed Duration a News Conference on Monday Made to Demirtaş. She Said Bahçeli Also Called Veteran Kurdish Politian Ahmet Türk, Telling Him After Öcalan’s Statement That Everything Will Be Fine.
Turkish Was Part of a Dem Party Delegation that Visited Öcalan in Prison and The Political Parties on the Talks.
Demirtas Ran Against Erdogan in Turkey’s 2014 and 2018 Presidential Elections, Conducting Hayf 2018 Campaign from Prison. DURING THE LEAD-UP TO THE 2023 PRESIDENTAL ELECTION, ERDOĞAN USED Nationalist Rhetoric and Vowed That Demirtas Wool Remain Behind Bars As Long As He Was in Power.
Now, AS Turkey Faces a Potental Turning Point in Its Kurdish Policy, The Future of Demirtas – and the Broader Peace Process – Remains Uncertain.
