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Turkey Daily: Kurdish PKK Declares End of “Peace Process”

By Scott Lucas October 29, 2014 12:28 Updated – EAWORLDVIEW – The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has declared the end of the “peace process” with Turkey’s Government.The PKK issued a statement, following last week’s central committee meeting in the Qandil Mountains of Iraq, saying that the ruling AKP party has already ended the process with its crackdown against southeastern Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish communities.

Widespread protests, in which at least 38 people were killed, were staged in the region last month criticizing Turkey’s indecision over support to the besieged Kurdish center of Kobane in northern Syria. The Turkish Government started negotiations in 2012 with Kurdish groups, including the detained leader Abdollah Ocalan, to end 30 years of violent conflict over the status of Turkish Kurdistan.

The PKK also said a “global democracy front” has been fostered by the Kurdish fight in Kobane against the Islamic State, with security cooperation between Turkish, Syrian, and Iraqi Kurds.  Following a week of meetings between Kurdish factions in northern Iraq, the PKK said it will restore its ties to the Syrian umbrella group Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK).

Shootout Outside Diyarbakir Police Department

Authorities said a group of masked men opened fire with shotguns on the police headquarters in Diyarbakir’s Yenisehir District on Tuesday night. No injuries were reported in the shootout.

Authorities said the masked men, who fired on a Turkish armoured vehicle during their escape, were supported by a power outage.