Where is Turkey in the Kurdish Peace Process?
Galip Dalay
Saturday, 28 September 2013 10:52
Galip Dalay
'It is important to highlight how, in 2013, there has so far not been a single death on either side, thanks to the peace process'
Despite the roiling protests of the past summer, the Kurdish peace process still remains the most important political initiative in recent decades for Turkey. Initiated in the closing days of 2012 by the dialogue between the Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) incarcerated leader, Abdullah Ocalan, and the chief of Turkey's national intelligence service, Hakan Fidan, the process has been the most audacious political step towards settling the Kurdish issue in Turkey's history. Of course, this is not the first attempt in trying to politically solve the Kurdish issue. In fact, there have been other attempts - both before and during the AK Party's rule - in bringing this conflict to an end through peaceful means. Yet, this new approach represents a novelty in two respects:
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