The outlawed terrorist organization PKK/KONGRA-GEL's leader Abdullah Ocalan apparently supports cooperation between leftist parties in the local elections. Republican Democracy Party leader Yekta Gungor Ozden, former Constitutional Court President, Independent Republic Party leader Mumtaz Soysal, the Socialist Democracy Party, the Labor Party, the Freedom and Solidarity Party, the Freedom Party and DEHAP have initiated talks to form a leftist alliance. CDP leader Ozden had supported the dissolution of DEP and OZDEP, DEHAP's predecessors, when he was the President of Constitutional Court. Ocalan, who met with his attorneys on Imrali Island yesterday, said he was glad that the leftist parties were cooperating. Ocalan regarded efforts to unify the left wing as positive. The terrorist leader said unification efforts should not only be made for the polls but for more strategic purposes and serve to democratize the entire country. Ocalan hoped for "all the leftists, democrats and Kurds to cooperate in a democratic Turkey program".
| The more Ocalan sounds the voice of sweet reason, the more pressure will build from the EU to spring him. I don't know if it's an act or not. Murat might have an idea, if he's around. It probably wouldn't be the same idea as Berxwedan... |
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