DISCUSSIONS OVER KURDISH ISSUE GREW INTO HEATED DEBATE AMONG MPS
PanARMENIAN.Net
11.11.2009 20:19 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The anniversary of the death of the founder of
modern Turkey turned into a heated debate Tuesday as the ruling party
attempted to discuss in Turkish Parliament its Kurdish initiative
to end the 25-year terror problem. At the start of discussions,
pro-opposition MPs of Republican People’s Party (CHP) and National
Movement Party (MHP) did not allow Interior Minister BeÅ~_ir Atalay
to deliver speech as the latter took the floor. Banners that read
"Ataturk, we are following your path" and "The Republic is your legacy
and it is we who will perpetuate it" were opened by CHP deputies.
Pro-opposition MPs criticized the AKP’s decision to discuss the
Kurdish move on Nov. 10, Ataturk Memory Day.
Parliament speaker Mehmet Ali Å~^ahin warned the CHP and MHP deputies
that Parliament was not a rally. He called on the opposition deputies
to lower the banners. He then recessed the session for five minutes
and then started the session, Hurriyet Daily News reports.