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GAUCK: TURKEY HAS LIFTED ARMENIAN, KURDISH INJUSTICE TABOOS
World Bulletin, Turkey
April 30 2014
Injustice against Armenians and Kurds in Turkey is no longer taboo,
said Germany's President Joachim Gauck during an official visit
to Turkey.
World Bulletin / News Desk
Taboos concerning injustice against Armenians and Kurds in Turkey have
been lifted, said German President Joachim Gauck during a conference
in Ankara on Monday.
Gauck spoke at the Middle East Technical University during his Turkey
visit, noting that the influence of the military in politics have
been pushed back in the country.
'Turkey began the process of dialogue with the Kurds, and reduced the
number of violent conflict,' Gauck said. 'For example the injustice
taboos against the Turkish Armenians or Kurds began to be lifted.'
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's expressed condolences to the
descendants of Armenians who lost their lives in the incidents of
1915 are positive developments in Turkey, according to Gauck.
He also said Turkey's humanitarian aid service to Syrian refugees is
'impressive'.
'Turkey assumed many Syrians refugees without any conditions and
established refugee camps, schools, supplied humanitarian aid and
service health assistances,' Gauck said. 'In fact, the government
also provides medical assistance to around 500 thousand people who
do not live in the refugee camps.'
German president meets Turkish opposition party leader
Germany's President Joachim Gauck met with Kemal Kilicdaroglu,
leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP),
on Monday in the capital, Ankara.
Gauck's visit to Turkey comes two days after Germany's far-right
National Democratic Party (NPD) held a neo-Nazi rally on Saturday in
the mostly Turkish-populated Kreuzberg. The rally ended after hundreds
of people stopped the neo-Nazis from marching.
CHP Deputy Chairman Faruk Logoglu addressed the media after the
one-hour meeting, saying CHP's views on rising racism in Germany were
not discussed during the meeting. However, the main opposition party
wants justice to be served as soon as possible, according to Logoglu.
On April 5th, Burak Bektas, a Turkish man, was killed in the mostly
Turkish populated area of Neukoln in Berlin. The murderers' whereabouts
are still unknown as the killing raises debates of increasing racism
in Germany.
'We are against all kinds of racism whether it is in Germany, Turkey
or in the world,' Logoglu added.
Logoglu quoted Gauck as saying there is a perception that Turkey has a
'weak' opposition.
'Gauck said CHP's projects are important as a social democrat party,'
Logoglu said. 'It is important to make the youth arouse interest
to politics and [Gauck] knows that CHP took lessons from the Gezi
Park incidents.'
'The president wished us luck, stating that 28 percent is considered
as a huge vote in Germany,' said Logoglu.
World Bulletin, Turkey
April 30 2014
Injustice against Armenians and Kurds in Turkey is no longer taboo,
said Germany's President Joachim Gauck during an official visit
to Turkey.
World Bulletin / News Desk
Taboos concerning injustice against Armenians and Kurds in Turkey have
been lifted, said German President Joachim Gauck during a conference
in Ankara on Monday.
Gauck spoke at the Middle East Technical University during his Turkey
visit, noting that the influence of the military in politics have
been pushed back in the country.
'Turkey began the process of dialogue with the Kurds, and reduced the
number of violent conflict,' Gauck said. 'For example the injustice
taboos against the Turkish Armenians or Kurds began to be lifted.'
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's expressed condolences to the
descendants of Armenians who lost their lives in the incidents of
1915 are positive developments in Turkey, according to Gauck.
He also said Turkey's humanitarian aid service to Syrian refugees is
'impressive'.
'Turkey assumed many Syrians refugees without any conditions and
established refugee camps, schools, supplied humanitarian aid and
service health assistances,' Gauck said. 'In fact, the government
also provides medical assistance to around 500 thousand people who
do not live in the refugee camps.'
German president meets Turkish opposition party leader
Germany's President Joachim Gauck met with Kemal Kilicdaroglu,
leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP),
on Monday in the capital, Ankara.
Gauck's visit to Turkey comes two days after Germany's far-right
National Democratic Party (NPD) held a neo-Nazi rally on Saturday in
the mostly Turkish-populated Kreuzberg. The rally ended after hundreds
of people stopped the neo-Nazis from marching.
CHP Deputy Chairman Faruk Logoglu addressed the media after the
one-hour meeting, saying CHP's views on rising racism in Germany were
not discussed during the meeting. However, the main opposition party
wants justice to be served as soon as possible, according to Logoglu.
On April 5th, Burak Bektas, a Turkish man, was killed in the mostly
Turkish populated area of Neukoln in Berlin. The murderers' whereabouts
are still unknown as the killing raises debates of increasing racism
in Germany.
'We are against all kinds of racism whether it is in Germany, Turkey
or in the world,' Logoglu added.
Logoglu quoted Gauck as saying there is a perception that Turkey has a
'weak' opposition.
'Gauck said CHP's projects are important as a social democrat party,'
Logoglu said. 'It is important to make the youth arouse interest
to politics and [Gauck] knows that CHP took lessons from the Gezi
Park incidents.'
'The president wished us luck, stating that 28 percent is considered
as a huge vote in Germany,' said Logoglu.