DTP's Türk surprises all with provocative remarks

Vatan's Güngör Mengi, voicing his surprise and disappointment over Türk's remarks, says he wonders whether Türk wants to encourage the closure of his party by making these remarks. The DTP currently faces a closure case over charges that it has become a "focal point of separatist activities." "If the DTP no longer has any hesitation about seeming like an extension of the PKK and becoming the puppet of a baby killer who was convicted of treason, I call on everyone to think about this," says Mengi. He interprets Türk's remarks in Diyarbakır as poisonous provocations, noting that never before has Türk lost his common sense and balance so completely. "The duty of DTP deputies is to defend the rights of the masses targeted by the PKK, but they instead try to set a trap for them for the PKK's sake. They not only set a trap for the people living in the Southeast, but also for the judges of the Constitutional Court. If the Constitutional Court decides to close down the DTP, the PKK thinks it will legitimacy at home and abroad," contends Mengi. He suggests that it is high time for Turkey to take the necessary measures to strengthen political party laws against such traps. Referring to Türk's Tuesday remarks, when he said: "There is an attempt to suppress Kurds with lynching and similar policies. Elimination of freedoms and rights is the biggest mistake. The language of violence should be abandoned," Yeni Şafak's Yasin Doğan points out the contradiction in Türk's remarks. "Who makes life unbearable for the public in Diyarbakır, who pressures, threatens and blackmails the public and tries to make violence a part of their lives? It is the PKK. What do the political supporters of the PKK want? An end of violence and the formation of an environment in which they can enjoy their freedoms. What kind of a contradiction is this?" asks Doğan.