What is the Arts Initiative for Peace about?
When we talk about peace in Turkey, it is mostly about the Kurdish issue because the war in Turkey is related to the Kurdish issue. We would like this war to end. In general, our demand is for equal citizenship, not only for the Kurds but for all people living in Turkey. There are revelations that there have even been recent military coup plans in Turkey. It is horrible that we are still being led by people who have the mentality of İttihat ve Terakki [the Committee of Union and Progress] even though the first years of the republic are so far behind us. Do you think the Kurdish initiative will last? It is important that some things have started, but we need to see them continue. It was important that a number of PKK members came back to Turkey. We have moved one step forward in that regard. But we also expect that Ceylan’s case will be followed up on. However, so many problems have been swept under the rug since the Ottoman period, and it is hard to sort them out all at once. One other
