Solution process

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has publicly acknowledged the administration had instructed governors to not carry out military operations targeting outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) militants along the now-stalled resolution process for the Kurdish issue, while suggesting the process could restart when positive momentum is captured.

Turkey is passing through a tough test to maintain societal peace, Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has said, amid ongoing tension following deadly terrorist attacks that sparked violent public demonstrations across Turkey targeting citizens of Kurdish origin. 

Isn?t it simple? Washington got (permission to use) ?ncirlik base in Turkey and started to hit Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets, and now it is evacuating the families of the personnel that are on duty in Turkey?s critical regions.  

Let me explain how we came to this point, in the light of recent events.

* The article was written before the outlawed PKK's deadly Da?l?ca attack on Sept. 6.

If stability also means predictability in both economy and politics, it is not valid for Turkey at all times.

It would have been very difficult for an observer to predict both the current political scene and the Kurdish issue as a major problem in Turkey six months ago.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has held a closed-door meeting with Turkish National Intelligence Organization (M?T) chief Hakan Fidan in Istanbul amid an upsurge in violence in the country, with 18 Turkish workers still captive in Baghdad.

Turkey?s response to the nearly 2 million refugees who have crossed its border from Syria and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) extremists is ?above and beyond,? the U.S. State Department has said.

People really do surprise you!

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an recently said he was the one who started the solution process.

A reader of my column has asked: Tayyip Erdo?an used to get votes because the coffins of martyrs were not in the news. Now it is said he will gain votes because the coffins of martyrs are once again in the public eye. How is this so? How come Tayyip Erdo?an gets votes both when the coffins come and when they don't come?

I am a Turkish mother and I have a son. That should explain most of my sentiment. It should tell you where I stand on the current conflict in Turkey. 

A young man approached me the other day at a bar in the Aegean town of Bodrum and said:
?I was a security officer 15 years ago fighting in the mountains. When we used to lose our friends there, we used to look to those having fun in Bodrum and swear at them. Look at the fate. I am now in Bodrum and having fun and other people are dying in the mountains.?