A failed peace process

The peace process between Turks and Kurds has suffered a severe setback, the German daily Die Tageszeitung notes with regret, commenting on the ban against the pro-Kurdish party the DTP: "Only three months ago all the relevant forces in Turkey seemed determined to finally find a political solution for the Kurdish minority. The government of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan was aiming to make even the large part of the PKK guerrilla group an offer of reintegration. The military didn't protest and the Kurdish DTP was delighted that the government was finally talking to it. Turkey was on the way to making a quantum leap in terms of democracy. But this path towards peace is now once again history. The DTP ban handed down by the Constitutional Court last Friday was only the final step in a process that demonstrates how stubborn opponents of peace are capable of torpedoing any kind of dialogue."

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