Kurdistan Workers' Party

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) circles were trying the extinguish the fire, or pretending that there was no fire at all, regarding the exchange of words between President Tayyip Erdo?an and Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Ar?nç over the Kurdish issue, when the AK Parti?s intrepid Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek started to machine gun Ar?nç with tweets on March 23.

Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Ar?nç?s recent criticism of President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, even if shrouded in sugary diplomatic language, suggests turbulence ahead in Erdo?an?s relations with the government of Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu.

The topic of disagreement is the Kurdish peace process.

Turkey?s government cannot take further steps in the peace process unless the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) lays down its arms and takes concrete steps to foster peace, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said.

Turkey?s government cannot take further steps in the peace process unless the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) lays down its arms and takes concrete steps to foster peace, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said.

The co-leader of the Peoples? Democratic Party, which is playing an active role in efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Kurdish issue, has called on Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu to take an ?open position? regarding the recent war of words between his Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Ar?nç and President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an.

A Turkish soldier, who was injured in an outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) attack in the eastern province of Erzincan in 2008, has died after remaining in a coma for seven years.

Maj. Y?lmaz Tankül, who was a Gendarmerie captain at the time, died on March 21 after seven years of treatment in intensive care unit.

The cabinet under Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu is holding its first meeting on March 23 after an unprecedented row was sparked between Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Ar?nç and President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an over the Kurdish peace process.

A Turkish columnist close to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP or AK Parti) administration has warned the party amid the ongoing ?infighting? between the government and President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, saying the ?spell? of stability the party had held is being reversed.

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has categorically denied claims it cooperated with an organization affiliated with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) during the relocation of the historic Süleyman ?ah Tomb inside Syria in late February, vowing it will never take the terrorist organization as its interlocutor.

At the very top, we can hear cries of peace and conciliation, but what happens in daily life?