Turkey's Kurdish Solution: Political Maneuvering and Future Scenarios

... Ozgur Ozel, the new general chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP), has sided politically with Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan, who is progressively winning over the public. Then, in October 2024, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli unexpectedly unveiled an initiative to reconcile with Abdullah Ocalan and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). President Erdogan was initially taken aback by this and cautiously distanced himself from it because of the unclear implications. However, due to the worsening economic situation, President Erdogan quickly realized that he would have to target the ...