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| Elçi: Turkish Kurds want political rights, federalism as in Iraq |
| 2006-01-15 |
| There will be a reflection of developments in Iraq on Turkey, and Turkish Kurds will demand âtheir shareâ in the administration of the country, a senior ethnic-Kurdish politician has said. He also claimed that âefficient and authoritativeâ people from the United States asked Turkey to declare an amnesty for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) but that the government decided instead to issue yet another ârepentance lawâ that âserved no purpose.â ªerafettin Elçi told the Turkish Daily News that developments in Iraq have shown that federalism is the best administrative system for multi-nation countries. He said the new Iraqi constitution was âexemplaryâ for all states of the region because it will reflect on all countries there, particularly Turkey, where the most Kurds live. He said the developments in Iraq might help Turkey to overcome its âdisintegrationâ phobia. Elçi said it was very probable that Turkey's Kurdish population will start demanding federalism in Turkey as well. Reiterating that the PKK hurt the Kurds of Turkey more than it hurt the Turks, Elçi said he was confident that a peaceful resolution to the Kurdish problem was possible. |
| Posted by:lotp |
| #1 Interesting. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-01-15 12:30 |