What Compelled the Turkish-Kurdish ‘Peace Process’ Initiative?
Hiwa Zandi
17/08/2013
1. Introduction
In part I of this article, we looked at Kurdish suspicions
raised over the Turkish-Kurdish peace process initiative. It was highlighted
that the suspicion originates from Turkish political establishment’s past
political betrayals and lack of initiative in proceeding with the current
negotiated peace plan.
In this part, we will put the peace process initiative into
context to underscore the underlying
reasons prompting the Turkish government to initiate the peace process. For this purpose, a number of external and internal political, economic and security pressure factors will be highlighted. These factors cumulatively indicate that the peace process was not a Turkish government project initiated on its own accord in good faith to resolve the Kurdish conflict in Turkey. Rather, these compelling external and internal factors played an instrumental role in pushing Turkey to negotiate the rapprochement plan.
reasons prompting the Turkish government to initiate the peace process. For this purpose, a number of external and internal political, economic and security pressure factors will be highlighted. These factors cumulatively indicate that the peace process was not a Turkish government project initiated on its own accord in good faith to resolve the Kurdish conflict in Turkey. Rather, these compelling external and internal factors played an instrumental role in pushing Turkey to negotiate the rapprochement plan.
