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Following"~ lwo-bourneeting w~ththe
Democratic Left.Party ~) leader Bülent
Ecevit. Erbakan ~onechgainst attitudes
"which cast doubt on Turby's democratic system",
arguing abat "anifi~ crises can bring
nothing but harm to lheccmtry."
''The MOg cao.not issueordersand say ~leg~slale
this and that'; il can only put forth its .
thoughts and the ,ovemmœt has the say and
power ovcr~ ..1be governmentakes that
power from the Parliament. The naLionis the
source for that power. This is what democracy is.
Acts which overshadow this mechanism serves
nobody."
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The ~slamist leader repeated his arguments that
seculansm ~~ould not be i~terpreted as hostility
towards relIgIon and he satd his party had identical
views with all the other parties on that as well
as the sanctity of human ri~hts.
. Er~akan also called agamst "exaggeration of
certam isolated incidents and limitation of human
rights on that pretext."
Vexed by the reporters focus on the MGK ""
decisions, Erbakan called on them to "please the
nation, not your bosses." .
Contrary to the media reports of the 20-point
set of recommendations, the Islamist leader said
the gewernment had not been submitted such a
list. .
Ecevitl 'Either come to terms
with secularism or quit'
Following the meeting, which lasted nearly two
hours, Ec~vit reminded the press that Erbakan
had saidhe was open to a dlaloçue and a compromi~e
wi~.the opposition, especIally the DSP, on
aliissues. He said that Erbakan had not suggested
a compr~mise on any specific issue and that this
illerely.~~ that Erbakan was see~ng support.
"Ecevrt.reJ~ted Erbakan' s contentIon that there
were no big differences between them. He
stress~ that they had serious differences of view
regardihJrthe country's regime. Ecevit told the
press thatduring the meeting he had told Erbakan
"that it was not possible to govern the country
whilebeing at loggerheads with the state. Hë said
that with tJ:teword "state" he definitely did not .
mean only the MGK. He said that "state" was a
conceptwhichaIso entailed the government,
Parliament; the presidency, the judiciary and the
opposition. He said, "The 'We are the government
so we can do anything we lilec,' mentality
would creaLevery serious problems."
Ecevit said that what was expected of the
country was taking serious steps. He stressed that
the RP should, before anything else, change its
mentality. He said, "Either you (Erbakan and the
RP) must come to terms with this state, with all
its fundamental elements starting with secularism
.and democracy, or if, at this stage, you are .not
capable of doing that, you must step down from
:the government."
Ecevit said that Erbakan seemed to believe that
certain circles wanted no person left in Turkey
who was a believer. He stressed that this was not
true, that in no other Islamic country was the freedom
of belief and worship as extensive as in' .
Turkey. Referring to Erbakan's complaints about
the "objections to mosque building,' Eeevit
. stressed that this complaint did not reflect the
reality either. .
Ecevit said that the democratiC regime went
throu~h restoration ~riods froin time to time.
Now It was in a siimlar period. In the past,
restoration was achieved by suspending democracy.
But this time, suspension of democracy was
out of the question. Ecevit stressed that thIS
opportunity should be put to good use. He said
that the responsibility fell on the government,
especially on the RP, to ensure that restoration is
achieved without democracy being suspended. He
said that the RP should fully come to terms with
secularism. The RP's attitudes against that were
causing uneasiness.
Ecevit said that the DSP' s position regarding
military coups was no secret and that there would
be no change in that position. He said that they
wanted the country to enter the restoration
process withoutany shadow being cast on the
regime. He noted that in the past they had put
their proposalsregarding alternatives to the RP-
DYP coalition on the country's agenda. He
stressed that they considered Parliament as the
place where all these problems should be solved.
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