Taraf: “Speak to us for a solution,” the daily said in the headline of its main story yesterday, quoting remarks from Ahmet Türk, who was banned from politics when his pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) was closed down by the Constitutional Court over charges of ethnic separatism last year. Responding to recent complaints of Interior Minister Beşir Atalay, who had said that “the government is looking an interlocutor for the democratization initiative [which aims to resolve Turkey’s long-standing Kurdish problem],” Türk said the government can speak to Kurdish deputies in Parliament about a solution to the Kurdish problem. “It is not realistic for the government to say that it is making an initiative for Kurds without listening to their demands. There are Kurdish deputies in Parliament who represent the will of the Kurds. You should listen to them,” Türk told the government.Milliyet: “CHP’s problem a lack of love,” the daily said in the headline of its lead story yesterday, quoting remarks from Muharrem İnce, a Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy. Speaking to the daily’s Devrim Sevimay, he said: “There is a kind of lack of love problem within the CHP. Instead of loving each other, our party branches constantly criticize each other. While other parties even stand up for their members who were involved in many controversial acts, we cannot stand up for our honest members.” He called on his party to stay away from political crises on the grounds that such crises serve the interests of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party).
Star: “Time of the gypsies,” was the top story’s headline yesterday. The article said Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan launched the government’s Roma initiative with the movie “Time of the Gypsies.” Erdoğan said: “A character in the movie says, ‘Since I began to lie, I haven’t believed anyone.’ We tell the truth and trust each other and do not discriminate.” Erdoğan met with nearly 10,000 Roma at a festive meeting.
