Turkish gov't submits "democratic move" motion to parliament
Turkish gov't submits "democratic move" motion to parliament
10:33, November 04, 2009 
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The Turkish government on Tuesday presented a "democratic move" motion, which aims at solving the Kurdish issue, to the parliament.
The motion, signed by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, foresees a general debate on all aspects of the "democratic initiative" process.
"The government has launched a 'national unity and brotherhood project,' publicly known as the 'democratic move' in order to raise democratic standards and find a lasting solution to terror problem that cost many years, harmed unity and solidarity of the country," the motion said.
According to the motion, an appropriate ground to solve the terror problem had emerged, and a genuine and permanent solution should be found.
All political party leaders, particularly President Abdullah Gul, nongovernmental organizations and citizens had assumed a positive approach to the process of solving the terror problem, the motion said.
It also said that democratic initiatives had been launched to end the ongoing terror problem, strengthen unity and solidarity in Turkey, and take new steps in fundamental rights and freedoms.
"All steps, taken and to be taken within the scope of the democratic move, aim at improving peace and confidence, brotherhood and solidarity and co-existence in our country, and most importantly leaving this will to upcoming generations," the motion said.
The motion said the most important part of the democratic move was to ensure democratization and human rights in the highest level, and implement individual and cultural rights in the most comprehensive way so that it would cover all citizens.
It also said that these initiatives were carried out as a state policy.
"All dimensions of the problem, including political, economic, social, cultural, security and international relations, are taken into consideration in the democratization initiatives," the motion said.
It asked the parliament to hold a general debate on the "democratic move" process in the following week.
On July 22, Erdogan announced his government initiated a move to deal with the Kurdish issue and the Ministry of Interior was assigned with the coordination of this task.
A week later, Interior Minister Besir Atalay said the government believed the Kurdish issue would be solved with an egalitarian approach through democratization.
Source: Xinhua
The motion, signed by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, foresees a general debate on all aspects of the "democratic initiative" process.
"The government has launched a 'national unity and brotherhood project,' publicly known as the 'democratic move' in order to raise democratic standards and find a lasting solution to terror problem that cost many years, harmed unity and solidarity of the country," the motion said.
According to the motion, an appropriate ground to solve the terror problem had emerged, and a genuine and permanent solution should be found.
All political party leaders, particularly President Abdullah Gul, nongovernmental organizations and citizens had assumed a positive approach to the process of solving the terror problem, the motion said.
It also said that democratic initiatives had been launched to end the ongoing terror problem, strengthen unity and solidarity in Turkey, and take new steps in fundamental rights and freedoms.
"All steps, taken and to be taken within the scope of the democratic move, aim at improving peace and confidence, brotherhood and solidarity and co-existence in our country, and most importantly leaving this will to upcoming generations," the motion said.
The motion said the most important part of the democratic move was to ensure democratization and human rights in the highest level, and implement individual and cultural rights in the most comprehensive way so that it would cover all citizens.
It also said that these initiatives were carried out as a state policy.
"All dimensions of the problem, including political, economic, social, cultural, security and international relations, are taken into consideration in the democratization initiatives," the motion said.
It asked the parliament to hold a general debate on the "democratic move" process in the following week.
On July 22, Erdogan announced his government initiated a move to deal with the Kurdish issue and the Ministry of Interior was assigned with the coordination of this task.
A week later, Interior Minister Besir Atalay said the government believed the Kurdish issue would be solved with an egalitarian approach through democratization.
Source: Xinhua
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