DEM Party's statement after meetings
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We discussed the steps to be taken for peace and solution," DEM Party said in a statement following the meetings with CHP and YRP.
We discussed the steps to be taken for peace and solution," DEM Party said in a statement following the meetings with CHP and YRP.
"There will be those who will try to poison the process, we are cautious," Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus said on the process launched to resolve the Kurdish issue.
The meeting between DEM Party Co-chairs and DEVA Party Chair Ali Babacan ended. The meeting lasted 1.5 hours.
Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus said the process is going on as planned and the parliament is the place to discuss the issue.
Following the PKK’s announcement of its congress resolutions, Chief Advisor to the President Mehmet Uçum stated, “Comprehensive reforms will be implemented in the fields of democracy and law.”
AKP Deputy Chair Efkan Ala made a statement following the PKK's announcement of its congress resolutions saying, “At the important stage we have reached, the mechanisms regarding the necessary efforts and management of the process will be operated appropriately.”
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan commented on the ongoing process, sayin: “The PKK will lay down arms, and then a new phase, a new era for all of us, will begin. A challenging process lies ahead.”
Gulistan Kilic Kocyigit, a member of the DEM Party delegation that met with Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunc, said: “We stated that the conditions of Mr Öcalan are the most important issue and that these conditions must be corrected without any buts and buts.”
Political parties, forces, and organizations in North and East Syria are preparing to hold the Kurdish National Conference in the middle of next week.
President Erdogan announced that he will hold a meeting with the DEM Party İmralı Delegation tomorrow.
Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç has spoken about the strip search imposed on university students arrested for protesting against the operation against Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB), "It is absolutely out of the question in our country" he claimed.
DEM Party will draw up a road map under the title "Democratic politics of the new era" following the call of PKK Leader Abdullah Ocalan. The party will organise public meetings in at least 100 centres with the agenda of the call.
"Mr Öcalan's freedom and the solution of the Kurdish issue cannot be postponed. Being courageous will win everyone," says DBP Co-chair Cigdem Kilicgun Ucar.
Speaking at the public meeting within the scope of "Social Peace and Freedom Meetings", DBP Co-Chair Cigdem Kilicgun Ucar called on all political parties, intellectuals and writers to have a say and practice on the Kurdish issue.
It is turn of the state and the government to take steps for the solution of the Kurdish issue says DEM Party co-chair Tülay Hatimoğulları and adds, "The CHP must lead this process with a more serious plan and programme. It must be a part of this process."