Roj Bash Kurdistan

April 20, 2013

ISTANBUL,— Pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Istanbul deputy Sırrı Süreyya Önder said that the withdrawal of Kurdish PKK guerrillas from southeastern Turkey (North Kurdistan) will begin in 8-10 days, in an interview to Hürriyet daily on Saturday. Önder pointed out that after the withdrawal a process of decisions will begin.

Önder said he was hopeful about the process and added that “Following the meetings I held with the representatives of all institutions involved in the decision making process among the PKK guerrillas in Qandil, I have seen that they approach the process with hope and self-confidence in their own power and structure. What hope means to them is being together and believing in a true liberation. What the public cannot see about them is the fact that they are not only military fighters but also people who have the capability and skills of building a new life and hope for the humanity”.

Referring to the withdrawal, Önder said this should pave the way for the removal of obstacles to civil politics which -he underlined- included "the removal of the Mussolinian reference and articles in the law on meetings and demonstrations, abolishment of the anti-terror law that enables the imprisonment of people demanding their legal and politic rights,www.ekurd.net enabling the representation of all peoples in elections, removal of the ten percent election threshold and removal of the obstacles to the organization of all cultural and religious identities. Arms will become useless once a democratic structure is succeeded in all these areas", he underlined.

Noting that PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) will withdraw as Öcalan has proposed, Önder said that “all structures within the KCK (Kurdish Communities Union) have a strong will in terms of strengthening Öcalan's proposal. They are discussing the mechanisms of withdrawal”.

Önder added the followings as to the discussions he had also witnessed during the meetings in Kandil, “Karayılan and the KCK Executive Council strongly objected to the proposal that some in KCK put forward, suggesting that a part of the guerrillas should stay in the northern area (Turkey) as a precautionary measure. It was later agreed that KCK would leave no armed groups in Turkey in order to keep the promise it made to Mr. Öcalan and to the peoples of Turkey”.

Asked about what these guerrillas would do after the withdrawal, Önder said, “KCK staff is currently working on a program for involvement of guerrillas in civil democratic politics on the basis of democratic liberation. It goes without saying that they will be taking other steps in accordance to the fulfillment of the promises the state has made to implement this process”.

Asked about people's doubts about the genuinity of the government in the peace project, Önder added that the Kurdish people trust in Kurdish leader Öcalan was the main guarantee for the process to succeed.

Copyright ©, respective author or news agency, firatnews.com

Piling wrote:

April 20, 2013

ISTANBUL,— Pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Istanbul deputy Sırrı Süreyya Önder said that the withdrawal of Kurdish PKK guerrillas from southeastern Turkey (North Kurdistan) will begin in 8-10 days, in an interview to Hürriyet daily on Saturday. Önder pointed out that after the withdrawal a process of decisions will begin.

Önder said he was hopeful about the process and added that “Following the meetings I held with the representatives of all institutions involved in the decision making process among the PKK guerrillas in Qandil, I have seen that they approach the process with hope and self-confidence in their own power and structure. What hope means to them is being together and believing in a true liberation. What the public cannot see about them is the fact that they are not only military fighters but also people who have the capability and skills of building a new life and hope for the humanity”.

Referring to the withdrawal, Önder said this should pave the way for the removal of obstacles to civil politics which -he underlined- included "the removal of the Mussolinian reference and articles in the law on meetings and demonstrations, abolishment of the anti-terror law that enables the imprisonment of people demanding their legal and politic rights,www.ekurd.net enabling the representation of all peoples in elections, removal of the ten percent election threshold and removal of the obstacles to the organization of all cultural and religious identities. Arms will become useless once a democratic structure is succeeded in all these areas", he underlined.

Piling wrote:

Noting that PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) will withdraw as Öcalan has proposed, Önder said that “all structures within the KCK (Kurdish Communities Union) have a strong will in terms of strengthening Öcalan's proposal. They are discussing the mechanisms of withdrawal”.

Önder added the followings as to the discussions he had also witnessed during the meetings in Kandil, “Karayılan and the KCK Executive Council strongly objected to the proposal that some in KCK put forward, suggesting that a part of the guerrillas should stay in the northern area (Turkey) as a precautionary measure. It was later agreed that KCK would leave no armed groups in Turkey in order to keep the promise it made to Mr. Öcalan and to the peoples of Turkey”.

Asked about what these guerrillas would do after the withdrawal, Önder said, “KCK staff is currently working on a program for involvement of guerrillas in civil democratic politics on the basis of democratic liberation. It goes without saying that they will be taking other steps in accordance to the fulfillment of the promises the state has made to implement this process”.

Asked about people's doubts about the genuinity of the government in the peace project, Önder added that the Kurdish people trust in Kurdish leader Öcalan was the main guarantee for the process to succeed.

Copyright ©, respective author or news agency, firatnews.com

talsor wrote:This is from Hürriyet daily , so I will take it with lots of salt . As far as we know for certain , PKK leadership in Qandil including Murat Karalyan and Duran Kalkan rejected any notion of withdrawal from Northern Kurdistan .What Ocalan or Kerdogan say in this case is irrelevant here.

talsor wrote:The process in my view does not exist period and I'm surprised so many people are buying into it . Ocalan once again is being used to humiliate Kurds and destroy their spirits . If Kurds listen to him they are doomed and if they do not listen to him they are doomed too , because there will most certainly be an internal fighting between kurds who follow Ocalan without any question and those who actually have a brain . Over all it is a win win situation for turkey

Personally , I do not think PKK will ever withdraw unless there is some solid changes in turkey and we all know that is not going to happen , so enjoy the obras sobre and do not take it seriously .

HZKurdi wrote:Pretty good analysis Londoner, makes sense to me. This whole withdrawal and disarmament talk is just a show for the Turkish public and the hardliners, the Turkish Islamist can use it as a victory and at the same time the Kurds in NK are not really losing anything. Who cares if you disarm and withdraw guerilla forces, they can easily sneak back in and rearm, that's what guerrilla forces are good at doing, especially the PKK.