Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
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REVUE DE PRESSE~PRESS REVIEW~BERHEVOKA ÇAPÊ~RIVISTA STAMPA~DENTRO DE LA PRENSA~BASIN ÖZETi<br />
Kurdish 'parliament- in-exile'<br />
to convene again in twomonths<br />
Executive Council Chairman<br />
Aydar: We have no problem<br />
in finding a place to me<strong>et</strong><br />
IBy Aytül Gürta~<br />
Turkish Daily News<br />
ANKARA- Zübeyïr Aydar, the chainnan of the<br />
executive council of the so-called Kurdish "parlia-<br />
. ment-in-exile" fanned on A'pril 12 in The Hague,<br />
said, in a telephone interview from Brussels on<br />
Sunday, that the assembly will convene again on July<br />
12 and that he did not foresee any problem in fInding<br />
.a me<strong>et</strong>ing place. .<br />
Aydar, In answer to a question from the Turkish<br />
Daily News, said that, according to its bylaws, the<br />
parliament should convené every three months, and<br />
the second me<strong>et</strong>ing was plarmed for July, presumably<br />
somewhere in Europe. ..<br />
"The laws of many European countries allow such<br />
me<strong>et</strong>ings, provi<strong>de</strong>d they do not violate certain rules,<br />
and therefore we will have no difficulty finding a<br />
place to convene" said Aydar. Turkey strongly<br />
protested- aaainst the holding of the fITStme<strong>et</strong>ing of<br />
the so-calfed Kurdish parliament-in-exile in the<br />
N<strong>et</strong>herlands in April. As a result relations b<strong>et</strong>ween<br />
the countries became strained and Turkey put the<br />
N<strong>et</strong>herlands on its "red list."<br />
At the end of the its flfst four-day, me<strong>et</strong>ing the parliament<br />
fonned an executive council of 15, Including<br />
Turkey's now barmed pro-Kurdish Democracl Party<br />
(DEP) <strong>de</strong>puties, and representatives of the National<br />
Liberation front (ERNK), the political wing of the<br />
outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK).<br />
Aydar, a fonner DEP <strong>de</strong>puty, said that the chief<br />
objective of the parliament was to gain observer status<br />
at the United Nations.. . .<br />
"We are continuing our diplomatic activities<br />
throughout the world, including European Union<br />
bodies and the other international orgamzations. We<br />
want the Kurds to be represented in the United<br />
Nations and as a parliament-in-exile we are ready for<br />
this," Aydar stateâ. .<br />
He repeated the call on international bodies to put<br />
pressure on Turkey for a peaceful solution to the<br />
Kurdish problem. Talking about the other activities<br />
of the executive council, Zübeyir Aydar said that<br />
they had <strong>de</strong>ci<strong>de</strong>d to launch a campaign for cultural<br />
i<strong>de</strong>ntity, and specifically the promotion of the<br />
Kurdish language. .. .<br />
"Our council will do its best for everyone in.<br />
Kurdistan to be allowed to speak their mother tongue<br />
and be educated in Kurdish: ln that context we call<br />
Zübeyir Aydar<br />
on all Kurds to speak KÙl"dish,think in Kurdish and<br />
read in Kurdish," Aydar ad<strong>de</strong>d. .<br />
Meanwhile, according to Aydar, some other<br />
Kurdish factions which did not participate in the first<br />
me<strong>et</strong>ing of the exile parliament, now want to participate.<br />
.<br />
"Representatives of the Kurdistan Communist<br />
Party (KCP), from Turkey, visited us on May 25 and<br />
expressed their support for the exile ~arliament. We .<br />
have agreed that the KCP representattves could participate<br />
in the bye-election that the parliament has<br />
<strong>de</strong>cl<strong>de</strong>don.<br />
He saidthis was a sign of the increasing support of<br />
the Kurdish people for the parliament-in-exile.<br />
The grouping has been criticized in the past of<br />
being an organ of the PKK and of not giving any'<br />
space to the other Kurdish political movements.<br />
Some other groups such as the Kurdistan ~ocialist<br />
Party lea<strong>de</strong>d by mo<strong>de</strong>rate Kemal Burkay have<br />
refused to join the parliament. . .<br />
. It is being said that the other Kurdish groups are<br />
waiting to see if the parliament-in-exile gains international<br />
acceptance before <strong>de</strong>ciding on their participation.<br />
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