Turkey on 3 April said it has set up a consultative body of “wise people” to help shape public opinion on the latest peace process with Kurdish rebels. The initiative, which involves an array of figures including popular actors and singers, follows a cease-fire call last month by jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan. The group of “well-respected people whose common ground is democracy and freedoms” is due to have its first meeting with Prime Minister RecepTayyip Erdogan today, Deputy Prime Minister BulentArinc told reporters. The 63-member group is being asked to inform people across Turkey about the budding peace process aimed at ending the outlawed PKK’s 29-year armed campaign for self-rule that has killed some 45,000 people, mostly Kurds. Among the “wise people” are journalists, academics, business people and rights activists, as well as some popular actors and singers.
Erdogan’s ‘wise’ Step To Help Kurd Peace Talks
Turkey on 3 April said it has set up a consultative body of “wise people” to help shape public opinion on the latest peace process with Kurdish rebels. The initiative, which involves an array of figures including popular actors and singers, follows a cease-fire call last month by jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah…
