Bugün: “Don’t send your sons to the mountains,” the daily said in the headline of a front-page article yesterday, quoting remarks by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who took part in a panel discussion at the “Southeastern Anatolia Project and Strengthening of Women” event in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa on Sunday. “I am appealing to the mothers who support the separatist terrorist organization: Please put yourselves in the shoes of the mothers who have lost their sons in the fight against terrorism. Please prevent yours sons from going to the mountains as terrorists,” Erdoğan said. He also condemned discrimination and violence against women, while saying that any understanding that categorizes women according to their attire is outdated.Akşam: “Homosexuals call on minister to resign,” the daily said in the headline of a page one article yesterday, reporting that homosexuals have strongly reacted to Selma Aliye Kavaf, state minister for family and women affairs, who recently defined homosexuality as a disorder that should be treated. Nongovernmental organizations working to protect the rights of homosexuals pointed out that Kavaf should not forget the fact that she is also the minister of homosexuals and their families.
Milliyet: Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy group chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said his party would support a general amnesty for the members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) if that would make any contribution to peace in society, the daily said in the headline of a front-page article yesterday. Speaking at a meeting at his party’s provincial branch in Batman, Kılıçdaroğlu also condemned the recent detention of several mayors from the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) in an operation against the urban leg of the PKK.
