Speaking to the Greek daily Eleftherotypia, Talabani said Turkey's ongoing military activities in northern Iraq since December 2007 have stemmed from the PKK's actions, the Anatolia news agency reported yesterday."The PKK is responsible for all of the things going on today in northern Iraq," Talabani was quoted as saying by Anatolia. He also said "the terrorist organization has ignored" his calls for putting an end to its armed activities and that "this has created problems."
Nobody can tolerate a group that is settled in one country and carries out activities against another country, Talabani said. In the same interview Talabani also voiced concern over recent political turmoil in neighboring Turkey, saying that closure of the ruling and minor opposition parties in Turkey would not be good, CNN-Türk reported yesterday. "I've been following the political developments in Turkey with concern," Talabani was quoted as saying. "It will be a backward step. The AK Party's [Justice and Development Party] policy toward us has always been friendly and unambiguous," he added, referring to the ruling party's potential closure by the Constitutional Court.
He also said the closure of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) "will not be good for Turkey, and it will eventually serve those who suggest that the sole way [to resolve the Kurdish issue] is armed struggle."
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