Imrali Prison- Turkey: In his last weekly visit, the Kurdish national leader Mr. Abdullah Ocalan stated that if a solution is not found then ‘special law’ lobbies will drag the country into a civil war.”
The imprisoned Kurdish national leader also outlined the basic conditions for the solution to the Kurdish problem in Turkey. The conditions include the elimination of the 10% election threshold, abolishing the Turkish anti-terror law, releasing the Kurdish imprisoned children as well as the detainees of KCK (Democratic Confederation of Kurdistan) case and preparing a democratic constitution for Turkey.
In the course of lawyer’s visit on Wednesday Ocalan drew attention on the increasing clashes between the Kurdish rebels and the Turkish army. He further declared the basic condition for a solution. He said: “A suitable psychological environment should be prepared. My approach regarding the solution is clear. I could deepen the Kurdistan Revolution which would have left millions of people dead, like Vietnam Revolution has left. I however prefer a democratic solution based on a democratic constitution. A democratic constitution is a sine qua non for us. Before writing such a constitution some concrete steps are also needed, which can also be considered as good faith gesture. In order to create a suitable psychological atmosphere %10 thresholds should be reduced, anti-terror law should be abolished and imprisoned children and detainees in the KCK case should be released. After these step a new constitution can be prepared.”
Call to the Turkish PM
The Kurdish national leader added that: “AKP government can realise these conditions with the support from the opposition as well as the civil society within Turkey. I am herewith reiterating my call to Erdoğan that a peaceful solution is still possible and the parliament is the correct venue for that. I am not sure yet whether Erdoğan is capable of developing such a solution. His power might be limited. But if AKP fails to find a solution based on a democratic constitution they can also find themselves in the middle of a conspiracy, like 3 other conspiracies took place in the past. In that case they should not lay the blame on us. Neither BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) nor the PKK (Kurdistan Worker Party) can be held responsible. The responsibility merely belongs to governing party AKP. Once the chance for a solution is missed then special war lobbies will step on the stage and AKP will not be able to cope with them. These lobbies are in bureaucracy, judicative, and army and all over. I am just warning AKP about these lobbies. And if AKP does not want to face another coup d’état then it has to be brave. AKP should perform a coherent, stable and strong-willed attitude. Otherwise, war lobbies will bring an end to their existence as well.”
Ocalan insisted on a democratic solution and elaborated that:
“If a democratic solution cannot be found then Kurdistan Revolution will deepen which will intensify the clashes. But what I know is that nobody is capable of extirpating the Kurds from the mountains of Kurdistan. Even if they sent an army composed of thousand of soldiers they cannot achieve anything. It is impossible to defeat the Kurds in those mountains. Even though both sides give huge number of losses yet the Kurds will win. But as I said that is not what we prefer. I have been struggling to prevent such a result. I am working for a democratic solution, without shedding blood and I am still insisting on it.”
Ocalan stated that a bilateral ceasefire is needed. “I totally agree with the declaration by the NGO’s in Diyarbakir. A bilateral ceasefire can be made. KCK may obey such a will. But it should be known that nobody will wait like a sacrificial lamb. They will use their right to self-defence. It is a universal right. Self-defence should be developed in a variety of field like law, economy and diplomacy. Such self-defence will bring a de facto autonomy,” Ocalan said.
The Kurdish imprisoned leader stated that everybody should be mobilized for the elections. “Democratic mobilization is needed. It is not for war but for the elections. In order to create a basis for a democratic constitution a great success in the elections is needed. Not only in judicative but also in the filed of bureaucracy, society, politics there are obstructions. It is the responsibility of the government to prevent these lobbies creating obstructions,” Ocalan concluded.