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Turkey's DTK delegation to arrive in
Sulaimaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan
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September
4, 2010
SULAIMANIYAH,
Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — A delegation of the
Democratic Society Congress (DTK), is to land in
Sulaimaniyah on Saturday night to hold talks with
Kurdish officials about the Kurdish issue in Turkey
and on preparations for Kurdish National Conference.
The delegation, led by Turkish politician Ahmad Turk
would meet with the Iraqi President, Jalal Talabani
on Monday, and later with the Kurdistan Region's
former Premier, Nechirvan Barzani.
The delegation is composed of Kurdish political
leaders from Turkey including the deputy head of the
Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), Bangi Yeldiz.
The two sides will discuss the terms of organizing a
Kurdish National Conference with the participation
of all Kurdish political parties.
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Turkey's DTK delegation to arrive in Sulaimaniyah,
Iraqi Kurdistan. |
Also, the delegation
plans to discuss ways of making the Turkey Kurdistan
Workers Party (PKK)'s temporary unilateral ceasefire
a permanent one.
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in March 2009 claimed
that a Kurdish conference would urge the PKK to lay
down its arms, but since there were many
disagreements among the Kurds the conference was
never able to convene.
First the PKK dragged its
feet and tried to establish preconditions for the
conference. PKK-affiliated publishing and
broadcasting agencies at that time claimed that the
organization wanted to be present at the conference,www.ekurd.netbut this demand was not welcomed by the Iraqi Kurds.
The PKK has been battling against the Turkish state
for decades, demanding rights for the Kurds who
occupy large Kurdish areas of southeastern Turkey
[Turkey Kurdistan].
The clashes between the two sides have so far
claimed tens of thousands lives.
The party which is listed as a terrorist
organization by Turkey, the U.S. and a number of
other countries, has declared two successive
ceasefires this year.
The most recent was announced on Aug. 13 in line
with the Holy Islamic month of Ramadan, lasting
until Sept. 20.
The PKK have alleged that the Turkish military have
continued their assaults on the group despite the
latest laying down of arms.
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