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Turkish Opposition MP Resigns from Party After Party Colleagues Hold
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01.28.2015 11:00 epress.am
A Republican People's Party (CHP) MP Birgul Ayman Guler has handed her
resignation after CHP politicians were seen at a Hrant Dink memorial
march holding a banner saying `Confront the Genocide.'
Guler, a Kemalist opposition MP from Izmir, accused her party of
having a `politically inconsistent structure."
A photo reveals CHP Deputy Chairman Sezgin Tanrıkulu, MP Safak Pavey
and MP Umut Oran standing next to Hrant Dink's wife Rakel Dink and
holding a banner saying "Confront Hrant, Confront the Genocide.' The
latter case is being investigated by an internal Disciplinary
Committee for violating the statutes of the party, according to Taraf¤
Guler stated in her reasons for resigning: `In regards to the current
structure and ideology of the CHP, the CHP is not where I can be a
member of the parliament. False accusations of genocide have been
supported by the leaders of the new CHP and thus depriving Turkey from
its abilities to express itself. In a year of attacks like 2015,
leaders of the party (CHP) are carrying a banner that reads `confront
the genocide,' which is a concrete manifestation of support.' She says
that the party she is resigning from is not the CHP but a politically
inconsistent structure.
Among other reasons, she also stated that "the new CHP has abandoned
the understanding of the national economy and became a structure that
reflects the interests of the global financial market."
Guler also made statements last month, criticizing the party's
cooperation with the Gulenist movement, President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan's arch-nemesis, which has led to her referral to the CHP's
disciplinary council. On Monday, the day of her resignation, she
presented a defense letter to the council.
In the past few months, multiple CHP MPs have submitted their
resignations over the party's stance on various issues.
To note, this past Monday, CHP Chairman Kemal Kilicdaroglu met with
non-muslim religious leaders in Turkey to discuss their concerns.
Kilicdaroglu stated that his party would bring some of the leaders
concerns to the Parliamentary agenda and acknowledged that the
religious leaders had issues with hate speech and the implementation
of the law.
http://www.epress.am/en/2015/01/28/turkish-opposition-mp-resigns-from-party-after-party-colleagues-hold-genocide-related-banner.html
Genocide Related Banner
01.28.2015 11:00 epress.am
A Republican People's Party (CHP) MP Birgul Ayman Guler has handed her
resignation after CHP politicians were seen at a Hrant Dink memorial
march holding a banner saying `Confront the Genocide.'
Guler, a Kemalist opposition MP from Izmir, accused her party of
having a `politically inconsistent structure."
A photo reveals CHP Deputy Chairman Sezgin Tanrıkulu, MP Safak Pavey
and MP Umut Oran standing next to Hrant Dink's wife Rakel Dink and
holding a banner saying "Confront Hrant, Confront the Genocide.' The
latter case is being investigated by an internal Disciplinary
Committee for violating the statutes of the party, according to Taraf¤
Guler stated in her reasons for resigning: `In regards to the current
structure and ideology of the CHP, the CHP is not where I can be a
member of the parliament. False accusations of genocide have been
supported by the leaders of the new CHP and thus depriving Turkey from
its abilities to express itself. In a year of attacks like 2015,
leaders of the party (CHP) are carrying a banner that reads `confront
the genocide,' which is a concrete manifestation of support.' She says
that the party she is resigning from is not the CHP but a politically
inconsistent structure.
Among other reasons, she also stated that "the new CHP has abandoned
the understanding of the national economy and became a structure that
reflects the interests of the global financial market."
Guler also made statements last month, criticizing the party's
cooperation with the Gulenist movement, President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan's arch-nemesis, which has led to her referral to the CHP's
disciplinary council. On Monday, the day of her resignation, she
presented a defense letter to the council.
In the past few months, multiple CHP MPs have submitted their
resignations over the party's stance on various issues.
To note, this past Monday, CHP Chairman Kemal Kilicdaroglu met with
non-muslim religious leaders in Turkey to discuss their concerns.
Kilicdaroglu stated that his party would bring some of the leaders
concerns to the Parliamentary agenda and acknowledged that the
religious leaders had issues with hate speech and the implementation
of the law.
http://www.epress.am/en/2015/01/28/turkish-opposition-mp-resigns-from-party-after-party-colleagues-hold-genocide-related-banner.html