Taraf: In its main story yesterday, the daily reported that the situation of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) Mahmour camp in northern Iraq was discussed during a mini summit held in Ankara on Monday with the participation of Turkey, Iraq and the United States. Interior Minister Beşir Atalay said more information and analyses were needed about the camp. He signaled that the state would act more quickly than PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, who is expected to announce a roadmap for the solution of the Kurdish problem in mid-August. The daily added that the minister is expected to talk about this issue on Tuesday.Milliyet: “We should have said ‘soldiers should also not die',” read the headline of a front-page article in the daily yesterday, which quoted remarks from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party's (DTP) Aysel Tuğluk in which she criticized her party. Tuğluk admitted that the DTP has so far failed to assume the necessary responsibility for a solution of the long-standing Kurdish problem and added: “We could have been at a different point today had we said soldiers should also not die [in conflicts with PKK terrorists]. We failed to have empathy.” She also noted that politicians owe an apology to the nation because they have been unable to stop the killings in the conflict with the PKK.
Yeni Şafak: “The target is Kandil and the Mahmour camp,” read the headline of the daily's main story yesterday, which reported that the elimination of the PKK leadership located in the Kandil Mountains and the Mahmour camp in northern Iraq was discussed during a trilateral meeting that took place in Ankara on Monday. “Our aim is to kick the terrorist organization out of Iraqi soil and border areas,” Iraqi Minister of State for National Security Shirwan al-Waili told a joint press conference with Turkish Interior Minister Atalay after trilateral talks that also included US Maj. Gen. Steven A. Hummer, the deputy chief of staff for operations in Iraq's multinational force, the daily reported.
