That our government sucks is no secret. The peace negotiations were just used to stock more weapons as we saw it on the PKK side.
Maybe the PKK see a reason for stocking up on weapons. After all, the PKK are the ones who saved hundreds, if not thousands, of Yezidis from Mt. Sinjar when it was under siege by Daesh.
Negotiating with people who are willing to go that far to kill civilians and blow themselfs up is of no use.
Then what does it say about the Turkish government when it kills its own civilians?
The only way for peace is that the PKK lays down their weapons in Turkey.
Do you really except that to happen while security forces are essentially sieging Kurdish cities?
I have no symphathy for anyone who picks up arms. My uncle died in an attack carried out by the PKK.
I'm sorry to hear that, and you have my sincere sympathies. By no means do I condone any of the PKK's tactics that lead to civilian deaths. But we have to realize that the violence isn't a way one street here. When it comes to negotiations, both sides are expected to make concessions.
It isn't as if the PKK are nihilist terrorists with no objective at all. They have political goals, some of which have changed over time.
They have different ideologies and stances towards this. There are even hardcore government supporters and nationalistic ones.
Sure, I know that a fair number of Kurds are conservative, and some are even fighting with the Islamic State.
I always find it weird to hear foreigners tell me how oppresed Kurds are in Turkey. It used to be that way, it's true. It has changed in times and hopefully it will even get better in the future, but with the PKK bringing hatred into some of my countrymen I see no bright future right now.
The Kurds have a lot of sympathizers, which has only grown with recent fighting, especially due to the women in the YPJ. And it wasn't too long ago (the 1990s) when a Kurdish politician was arrested for speaking Kurdish in a legislative chamber, so it will probably take some time before Turkey shakes a reputation as being oppressive to minorities, from Greeks, to the Armenians -- and the Kurds.
Turkey doesn't have a very good international reputation right now, and the jailing of journalists and threats against the political opposition isn't helping.