Pro-Kurdish Rights and Freedoms Party (HAK-PAR) Secretary-General Sertaç Bucak, who has also founded the International Kurdish Human Rights Center, has initiated a new movement, called Legerine Kurden Demokrat (Pursuit of Kurdish Democrats).
Speaking at a press conference in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, the movement’s center, with the politicians and intellectuals participating in the movement, Bucak, the spokesperson of the movement, said the current parties do not address the public and continued: “Our movement is the voice of the silent majority. In order for the public to win their struggle, we have started a movement. This could take a new political form in the future.”
Bucak said the Kurdish people need a new organization that is based on the rights of the public collectively and that aims to come to power by putting forward a political, economic and social program.
He also explained that they aim to form an organization which rejects using violence as a means of political expression and that they will maintain their political battle on clear and legal grounds. “A democratic struggle will enable us to bring together the thoughts and ideas that address the Kurdish people’s needs and to pull together the institutions and values that have become diminished. A national and democratic line to cover all segments is needed.”
Bucak also highlighted that they care about Turkey’s democratization and its membership in the European Union, noting that they will support every step that aims to spread democracy and freedom. “Serious efforts are required to remove the economic inequalities between the regions. If steps toward economic development are taken in conjunction with political steps, solutions can be presented to the problems that Kurdish people face. Economic reforms alone cannot bring about solutions.”
