HDP expects PKK to cease attacks

The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has said it expects the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to soon cease attacks following a breakdown in a two-year truce. 

"I believe a statement about ceasing the attacks will come. We do not know this for sure; there is no information that has been officially conveyed to us," HDP Deputy Group Chair Pervin Buldan said Oct. 9. 
"If a positive atmosphere is created and we enter the election environment like this, this sensibility will be taken into consideration by all," said Buldan. 

Asked about the PKK's possible ceasing of attacks, HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirta? also said they hoped to soon see an end to violence. 

"I hope that we get a result in the near future. We do not have solid information or data in our hands but the place we have brought our works forces us to be hopeful," said Demirta? on Oct. 9, during a meeting with shopkeepers in Istanbul. "Nobody should lose their hope for peace." 

Bese Hozat, the co-chair of the Kurdish Communities Union's (KCK) General Presidency Council, penned an article to the pro-Kurdish daily Özgür Gündem on Oct. 8, stating that the PKK would "once again take a historical stance that would contribute more to the big victory the HDP will get in the Nov. 1 polls" and thus "frustrate the AKP's disgusting plans once again and also call [them] to account." 

But Deputy Prime Minister Yalç?n Akdo?an dismissed Oct. 9 talk of a possible PKK cease-fire ahead of the Nov. 1 general election as a "ploy" and pledged that the government would continue to fight "until it gets a result."

"Right now, this has no value whatsoever or any credibility for that matter," Akdo?an said in an interview with a private broadcaster on Oct. 9. 

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