Summit on settlement process held at prime ministry

Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay convened a meeting at the Prime Ministry building in Ankara on Thursday to discuss the roadmap for the ongoing settlement process aimed at resolving the country's Kurdish and terrorism issues. The meeting was attended by Deputy Prime Ministers Bulent Arinc and Bekir Bozdag, Interior Minister Muammer Guler, Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin, Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy leader Numan Kurtulmus, AKP spokesperson Huseyin Celik and AKParty deputy group chairman Mahir Unal. During the four-hour meeting, participants discussed issues such as laws that will be prepared during the settlement process for democratization, as well as the second phase of the withdrawal of PKK members from Turkey and regulations about the status of  cemevi (Alevi house of worship).