September 15, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will hold political consultations on Armenian-Turkish reconciliation with oppositional Felicity Party, Democratic Left Party and Republican People’s Party.

September 15, 12:45 p.m. local time Davutoglu met with representatives of Felicity Party (Saadet), known for its strong Islamist views. It was founded by the members of Virtue Party members (Refah), that was banned by Turkey’s Constitutional Court. Turkish incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the President Abdullah Gul as well as a large number of Justice and Development party were Virtue Party members.

In an hour Davutoglu will meet with Deniz Baykal, the leader of oppositional Republican People’s Party (CHP). Mustafa Kemal Ataturk is Party’s founder and a lifelong leader.
Presently Republican People’s Party a leading party in the Parliament, it has 112 MPs, getting 21% of votes at the parliamentary elections. The Party opposes both Armenian-Turkish reconciliation and Kurdish issue settlement. They consider Armenian side should return “occupied” territories.

Today, at 3: 30 p.m. Foreign Minister will meet with Democratic Left Party (DSP) leader Masum Turker.