KURDISH POLITICIANS TO VISIT U.S.
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 20, 2012 - 13:05 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The co-chairs of Turkey's Peace and Democracy Party
(BDP) will visit the United States for meetings with officials and
civil society, to try to build support for their position on the
Kurdish conflict.
"The U.S. approach on the Kurdish issue has been based on unilateral
information from the government. They should see the other side of
the coin and lend us an ear as well," sources close to BDP co-chair
Selahattin DemirtaÅ~_ quoted him as telling his aides.
During the April 22 to 29 trip, DemirtaÅ~_ will be accompanied
by BDP co-chair Gultan KıÅ~_anak, BDP lawmaker Nazmi Gur as well
as independent deputy Ahmet Turk, who heads the Kurdish umbrella
organization, the Democratic Society Congress (DTK).
The delegation is expected to visit several cities, Hurriyet Daily
News reported.
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 20, 2012 - 13:05 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The co-chairs of Turkey's Peace and Democracy Party
(BDP) will visit the United States for meetings with officials and
civil society, to try to build support for their position on the
Kurdish conflict.
"The U.S. approach on the Kurdish issue has been based on unilateral
information from the government. They should see the other side of
the coin and lend us an ear as well," sources close to BDP co-chair
Selahattin DemirtaÅ~_ quoted him as telling his aides.
During the April 22 to 29 trip, DemirtaÅ~_ will be accompanied
by BDP co-chair Gultan KıÅ~_anak, BDP lawmaker Nazmi Gur as well
as independent deputy Ahmet Turk, who heads the Kurdish umbrella
organization, the Democratic Society Congress (DTK).
The delegation is expected to visit several cities, Hurriyet Daily
News reported.