When other opposition parties which are against the democratic initiative have already made it difficult for the government to take the necessary steps, the DTP making such demands is not understandable, analysts say. “Kurdish politicians, members of the DTP are raising the bar on their demands with every passing day. They are demanding open negotiations with the state. A re-establishment of the public order together with Turks and the amendment of the Constitution to this effect are their main demands. But they aren't stopping at this and have announced that speaking to Öcalan is necessary for peace,” says Yeni Şafak's Ali Bayramoğlu, who thinks Kurds themselves are opposing a solution to the Kurdish problem by acting this way. Citing remarks from DTP deputy Emine Ayna, who said: “Öcalan and the PKK should be made a part of the solution. We may have to assess this process after a while. We can negotiate and then withdraw and tell the public why we did so,” Bayramoğlu says these demands can be understood from the dynamics of Kurdish politics, but he says it is questionable whether the dynamics of Kurdish politics are the same as those of the Kurdish problem. “I think they overlap to a certain extent, but claiming that they are the same would mean restricting a huge problem to narrow politics,” he says. In his view, the solution process of the Kurdish question is not an easy one; hence, everyone including the DTP should support every step which has been taken. “It would not be right to block such steps saying that our solution formulas are not like these, these steps are not sincere. This can only serve the cause of the pro-status quo circles,” warns Bayramoğlu.
According to Radikal's Oral Çalışlar, the DTP knows well that it is not possible for the state to speak to an illegal organization, the PKK, but it is another fact that this is a bargaining process and when circumstances mature, ways will be found to overcome this. On the calls inviting the DTP to end its monopoly by the PKK, Çalışlar says it is not possible for the DTP to achieve this just because many want them to do so. “It is not possible to break the monopoly of the PKK over the DTP under today's circumstances. We need more democracy for this and then some time. If the dominant view in the state sees this problem as a problem of security and continues its insistence on an armed solution, the Kurdish side will be steered by the armed side. We see there are two tendencies within the DTP. We witness that these two tendencies sometimes give similar and sometimes different messages. If a more democratic environment can be created, different approaches among Kurds will surface more,” says Çalışlar.
Another Yeni Şafak columnist Yasin Doğan says the DTP raising opposition to the government and demanding unrealistic things about the government's democratization initiative following the Republican People's Party (CHP) and Nationalist Movement Party's (MHP) strong opposition to the initiative leaves the government between a rock and a hard place. “Hawks from both sides strongly criticize the initiative and rebuke the government. Those who should be on the side of peace and the opponents of peace are singing from the same choir,” contends Doğan.
