Taraf: “Those who held Apo banner are not from among us,” the daily said in the headline of a front-page article yesterday, quoting remarks from a senior leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Murat Karayılan. Speaking to the Türkiye daily in an interview, Karayılan said those who held banners in support of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan as a group of PKK members were surrendering to Turkish security forces in October were not from the ranks of the PKK. “We investigated those who held such banners. They are not from us. The security forces investigated them, too. Their identities were not released,” Karayılan said.Bugün: The daily’s main story yesterday carried the headline “Öymen quake.” It reported that statements of Republican People’s Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Onur Öymen, who defended the violent way the 1937 Dersim Rebellion was handled during a speech in Parliament earlier this month, led to resignations from the CHP. A total of 300 CHP members in Tunceli on Monday announced their resignation from the party due to Öymen’s remarks. CHP leader Deniz Baykal ignored calls for Öymen’s resignation and even voiced support for him, the daily said.
Vatan: “The most courageous minister,” the daily said in the headline of its lead story yesterday, referring to Health Minister Recep Akdağ. Although Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said he would not get an H1N1 vaccination, Akdağ, who launched the vaccination campaign, has not been demoralized. He continues to go door to door to get more people vaccinated against the H1N1 virus. Akdağ called on everyone to have an H1N1 shot by Dec. 15 saying that getting more people vaccinated against the virus may slow down its spread.
