Resolution Commission Formed Without CHP, MHP

After a series of heated discussions, the parliament has approved to form a commission in charge of investigating the ongoing peace process - a commission only supported by governing AKP and pro-Kurdish BDP.

The name of the commission will be determined by the parliament administration.

The commission has been approved after governing AKP submitted a proposal to form a parliamentary commission in charge of investigating the ongoing peace process.

Originally expected to have 17 members, the commission will only include 11 members due to refusal of CHP and MHP to participate. It will include 10 deputy members from AKP and 1 from BDP.

What happened?

Different proposals have been made by parliamentary deputies to form a commission to investigate on the ongoing situation of Turkey's Kurdish question. The definitions on determining the commission's role engendered heated discussions in the parliament.

A proposal made by a group of 187 AKP deputies cited: "The determination of measures after an investigation on terror problem."

Another proposal by a group of CHP deputies, which was later taken back, cited: "The investigation of events and phenomena behind bloody clashes, and the search for an end to the process that lead to the death of several citizens and waste of resources."

Another comment has been made by İdris Baluken, BDP deputy, said: "The investigation of Kurdish problem." (NV)