{"id":8664,"date":"2025-03-10T11:54:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T08:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emep.org\/en\/?p=8664"},"modified":"2025-03-10T11:58:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T08:58:42","slug":"we-will-continue-to-raise-the-demand-for-democracy-in-the-country-and-peace-in-theregion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emep.org\/en\/we-will-continue-to-raise-the-demand-for-democracy-in-the-country-and-peace-in-theregion","title":{"rendered":"We will continue to raise the demand for democracy in the country and peace in theregion"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\" data-type=\"vc_cmsms_shortcodes-custom-css\"><\/style>\n<p>We will continue to raise the demand for democracy in the country and peace in the<br>region<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The demand for a democratic and peaceful solution to the Kurdish question, for an end to<br>the conflicts and for life under equal conditions in a democratic country continues to be<br>vital. It is clear that Abdullah \u00d6calan&#8217;s call from Imrali Prison to his organisation to \u2018convene<br>a congress, lay down arms and dissolve itself\u2019 is a new threshold in the process of resolving<br>the Kurdish question. The end of the decades-long conflict is an opportunity for the process<br>to be handled on the grounds of democratic debate and to be resolved democratically.<br>It is important that the struggle is waged in a democratic environment and on a democratic<br>ground, in order to pave the way for discussions. The Kurdish question affects a large area in<br>the region and the call for laying down arms by a movement defined as the last Kurdish<br>rebellion will inevitably have repercussions in many areas. Its effects will be seen both in<br>Turkey and in the Middle East.<br>The struggle of the Kurdish people, especially Kurdish workers and labourers, on the basis of<br>mother tongue and equal rights will continue. And essentially the source of the problem is<br>the non-recognition of their rights arising from being a nation, and the struggle for the<br>recognition of this right will continue. The Kurdish people&#8217;s demand for equality and<br>democracy, their struggle for freedom will continue.<br>Of course, it is an important development that the call for the end of the conflict<br>environment, which also prevents the joint struggle of Turkish and Kurdish workers, is an<br>important development.<br>Judging by the statement made by Efkan Ala from the ruling party in response to the call, it<br>seems that they will follow a \u2018wait and see\u2019 tactic. This is not the right attitude. If the<br>government really wants to solve this problem, what needs to be done is clear. First of all, it<br>must sit down and talk with the representatives of the Kurdish people, take steps to ensure<br>the participation of all sectors of society in the process, and create the conditions under<br>which this process will result in peace and a solution. It must make the necessary legal<br>arrangements for the solution of the problem, make arrangements to release the thousands<br>of politicians held hostage in prison, and pave the way for a general political amnesty.<br>It must put an end to the process of government-appointed trustees in the municipalities,<br>and the elected mayors must be reinstated.<br>Steps should be taken to fulfil demands, especially education in mother tongue.<br>Cross-border military operations must end as well as the pressure and arrests on political<br>activists.<br>Swift arrangements to meet the national demands of the Kurdish people must be made. It is<br>among the duties of the government to take steps to expand the area of democratic rights<br>and freedoms in society. Without taking these steps and without carrying out the process,<br>verbal statements alone will not have any effect.<br>The need for democracy in Turkey and peace in the region is clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government&#8217;s authoritarian, fascist oppression and its attitude of dispersing all<br>opposition is an indication of how it approaches the process. The Kurdish and Turkish<br>people&#8217;s demand for peace and equality, and their struggle for a democratic country will<br>continue uninterruptedly.<br>Seyit Aslan<br>Labour Party Chair<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We will continue to raise the demand for democracy in the country and peace in theregion The demand for a democratic and peaceful solution to the Kurdish question, for an end tothe conflicts and for life under equal conditions in a democratic country continues to bevital. 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