Current Developments in the Kurdish Issue

SUMMARY

The section also includes attitudes towards the trustees appointed to replace the mayors of Mardin, Batman and Esenyurt district of Istanbul after the local elections. Attitudes towards the solution of the Kurdish problem and opinions on the detention of Selahattin Demirtaş are also analyzed in the section:

• I approve the appointment of a trustee to replace the elected CHP mayor of Esenyurt.
  
• I approve the appointment of trustees to replace the Dem Party elected mayors of Mardin, Batman and Halfeti.
  
• What do you think about the detention of Selahattin Demirtaş?
  
• What is your opinion on a possible new solution process initiated by the government to solve the Southeast/Kurdish problem?
  
• How is the Southeast/Kurdish issue best solved?
  
• Which two would be most effective in solving the Southeast/Kurdish problem?
  
• The state should allow Kurdish citizens to receive education in their mother tongue.
  
• Is there anyone in your family or close circle who has served/is currently serving in the Turkish Armed Forces? Was there anyone?
  
• Is there anyone from your family or close circle who was martyred while serving in the Turkish Armed Forces?
  

Those who disapprove of the appointment of a trustee to replace Esenyurt's CHP mayor outnumber those who approve. Compared to the appointment of trustees to replace DEM Party mayors, the general public approves of this situation less. Regarding Demirtaş's imprisonment, 7 out of every 10 people think he is serving a sentence for a crime he committed. As the tendency to support a possible solution process increases, the tendency to think that the imprisonment is unlawful also increases. While the proportion of those who think the Kurdish issue will be solved by eliminating terrorism is increasing since February'22, another increase in this period is among those who say there is no Kurdish issue. Support for the solution process increases the most when the economical cost of counterterrorism is remembered.