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Jan 6 2010
Kurd’s withdrawal from the parliament would affect Erdogan’s policy, analyst
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Zardusht Alizade Creation of the new pro-Kurdish party of democracy
and reconciliation in Turkey is a good news, says political analyst
Zardusht Alizade.
"I think this is a good news, because Kurds threatened to withdraw
from the parliament, which could have affected to Erdogan’s policy of
democratic opening, democratic development, dialogue, amnesty for
Kurdish rebels. They did so and the process started", he said.
According to him, the decision of the Constitutional Court of Turkey
to close down the Kurdish Democratic Society Party was actually a blow
to the policy of the Turkish prime minister.
"And Erdogan has criticized it. But thanks God that PKK leader Ocalan
said from jail that they should not go away and the Kurds joined
another party and returned to parliamentary activity. This is a good
sign. That is the dialogue with the Kurds will continue to evolve. And
the Kurds will understand the position of the Turkish government and
Turkish government, in turn, will have the opportunity to to influence
the process through peaceful democratic means and we may hope that the
militants will leave the field and join the parliament ", said Z.
Alizade.
According to him, it is a very good news not only for Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but also for Turkey.
"Imagine a situation when Karabakh separatists disavow the armed
resistance and start a political dialogue. Would it be good for
Azerbaijan? Of course, it would be good for Azerbaijan ", said the
political scientist.
Z. Alizadeh also commented on the recent statement by Turkish
President Abdullah Gul that the normalization of relations between
Yerevan and Ankara has no connection with the issue of Turkey’s
accession to the European Union and that at Ankara has included the
solution of frozen conflicts to the agenda of the Armenian-Turkish
relations.
"As for Gul’s statement, he was right to say that improving relations
with Armenia was not an official requirement of the EU. Simply Turkey
has decided to go on the European path of normalization of relations
with its neighbors. This is its own initiative. And I think that in
this situation it is quite right, sending a message of Armenia of
Putin and Medvedev that they use their relationship with the EU as a
lever to exert pressure on Turkey so that it has disavowed the claims
on the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. So for me it’s a
normal position of Turkey and the normal statement of the Turkish
president, " said the political analyst.
Meanwhile, he called it unserious that Sophia in the face of its State
Minister Bozidar Dimitrov voiced a demand for Turkey to pay $ 20
billion for the EU membership saying it is a "mandatory condition of
acceptance of Turkey into the European Union as compensation for the
property of displaced persons".
Financial requirements of the Bulgarians are absurd. This is
absolutely unserious ", he stressed.
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