Chapter 5

What kind of danger is Turkey facing?

Everyone’s expectation from the peace process that was shaped by various contacts and officially began in 2013 was that all the weapons would fall silent. However, at the start of the process in question we regularly reiterated the following warning: No true solution can be reached through negotiations, meetings or persuasion efforts. The PKK will always act in the light of its aim of breaking up the country, with its Leninist and communist ideology and underhanded and bloody tactics, and will never abandon those objectives. If people wish to move toward a genuine and lasting solution, this has to be done through education. There simply is no other way.

Ever since then, the PKK has somehow infiltrated our cities, and its leaders have made their voices heard in a most effective manner, while Öcalan has been praised to the rafters by some of the country’s “White Turks.” Turkey is now perhaps facing a greater danger than ever before. It is these threats we shall be looking at in this chapter.