Diyarbakir Mayor: current Kurdish generation is the last Turkish state can talk withMay 25, 2011 - 15:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Last week Diyarbakir Mayor Osman Baydemir gave a warning to Turkish authorities. Baydemir, seen by many as one of the moderate voices in the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), said that the current leaders of the BDP “are the last Kurdish generation that the Turkish state can negotiate and shake hands with.” According to him, there is a new generation that is not willing to compromise anymore, and their radical stance has started to influence some of the older generation as well. “A major gap has developed in the way people in Turkey's West and East feel about each other,” Baydemir stated. “We no longer can sympathize with each other. This is unfortunate, but it is how it is.” “The party that will profit from this disillusionment on June 12 is the BDP. But even the BDP seems to have only limited opportunities to check and control the new radicalism in the Southeast. After the elections the AKP and the BDP will have the chance, one more time, to sit down and find a historic compromise on the Kurdish question, with the support of the Republican People's Party (CHP) that under Kilicdaroglu has indicated its willingness to cooperate constructively on this issue. It seems to be the last chance for this generation of Turkish and Kurdish politicians. If they fail again, I am afraid that, unfortunately, Baydemir will be proven right,” Sunday’s Zaman quoted Baydemir as saying. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | About 173 million drams and more than 30 beneficiary funds. "The Power of One Dram" is 4 years old In June 2020, the exclusive joint corporate social responsibility initiative of Idram and IDBank "The Power of One Dram" was launched. CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. Armenia: Protesters march to parliament, some spend the night on street The protesters did not disperse despite heavy rain that began at around 2 a.m. local time. |