{"id":69120,"date":"2013-04-04T11:42:40","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T08:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=69120"},"modified":"2023-04-03T11:27:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T08:27:08","slug":"turkey-asks-wise-people-to-help-kurd-peace-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2013\/04\/04\/turkey-asks-wise-people-to-help-kurd-peace-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey asks &#8216;wise people&#8217; to help Kurd peace talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ANKARA: Turkey said Wednesday it has set up a consultative body of &#8220;wise people&#8221; to help shape public opinion on the latest peace process with Kurdish rebels.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_69121\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69121\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-69121\" alt=\"Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he addresses his lawmakers and supporters at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. (AP Photo) Read more:   (The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: http:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb) \" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/161646_mainimg.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/161646_mainimg.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/161646_mainimg-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Turkey&#8217;s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he addresses his lawmakers and supporters at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. (AP Photo)<br \/>Read more: <br \/>(The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: http:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The initiative &#8212; which involves an array of figures including popular actors and singers &#8212; follows a ceasefire call last month by jailed Kurdistan Workers&#8217; Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan.<\/p>\n<p>The group of &#8220;well-respected people whose common ground is democracy and freedoms&#8221; is due to have its first meeting with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>The 63-member group is being asked to inform people across Turkey about the budding peace process aimed at ending the outlawed PKK&#8217;s 29-year armed campaign for self-rule that has killed some 45,000 people, mostly Kurds.<\/p>\n<p>Among the &#8220;wise people&#8221; are journalists, academics, business people and rights activists, as well as some popular actors and singers.<\/p>\n<p>Ocalan called on March 21 for PKK fighters to lay down their arms and withdraw from Turkish soil in a breakthrough announcement after months of secret negotiations from his isolated jail cell with the Turkish intelligence agency.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-Kurdish lawmakers have repeatedly said a binding parliamentary committee was needed to oversee the fragile process, but Erdogan has rejected the idea.<\/p>\n<p>Previous attempts at ending the insurgency were crippled after splinter groups within the PKK torpedoed efforts or Ankara backtracked because of opposition from nationalist groups.<\/p>\n<p>via Turkey asks &#8216;wise people&#8217; to help Kurd peace talks | News , Middle East | THE DAILY STAR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANKARA: Turkey said Wednesday it has set up a consultative body of &#8220;wise people&#8221; to help shape public opinion on the latest peace process with Kurdish rebels. 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