CHP vows to resolve Kurdish issue on basis of democracy, justice

The incumbent Justice and Development Party (AKP) government dragged the country into terror and violence, the Republican People's Party (CHP) has said, vowing to resolve the Kurdish issue on the basis of "democracy and justice" by coming to power in the upcoming early election.

The AKP has decided to go to an early election at the expense of having Turkey lose one more year in the current "ring of fire" that it has been surrounded by, the CHP's Party Assembly said in a written statement released on Aug. 24.

The statement was released following the assembly's meeting on Aug. 23, during which it also decided to appeal to the Supreme Election Board (YSK) in order to make clear whether it should hold primaries before the upcoming election.

"We encounter a mentality which sees Turkey's most fundamental issue, which leads us to bury our youngsters every day, as solely composed of its short-term political interests. Now a historical responsibility falls on our party. We are aware of this responsibility. We have to terminate terror and violence as soon as possible, to take initiative for a lasting solution to the Kurdish issue on the basis of democracy and justice, to be committed in this regard, to have a clear attitude and to act bravely, and as the Republican People's Party, we have an eternal commitment in this regard," said the statement, which came shortly before President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an was expected to call snap polls likely to be held on Nov.1 after efforts to form a coalition government failed.

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has been meanwhile staging daily attacks against the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK), as the military keeps up air raids and operations against the PKK's strongholds in southeast Turkey as well...