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Angry exchanges and confrontations by deputies in Parliament on Tuesday, the day when the government’s Kurdish initiative, which aims to solve Turkey’s decades-long Kurdish problem, was first discussed, have led to cynicism among many, who harshly criticized the deputies for failing to act with common sense over such a serious issue.
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Milliyet’s Aslı Aydıntaşbaş is very disappointed about the incidents that emerged in Parliament on Tuesday and notes that such scenes cause many to lose hope about the future of Turkey. Looking at the general pessimism in Ankara regarding the Kurdish initiative after what happened in Parliament on Tuesday, she says she hoped politicians would try to find a solution to this critical problem, but her expectations have turned out to be unfulfilled. Aydıntaşbaş says she does not expect everyone to think in the same way, as democracy is the regime of differences and Parliament is the battleground of opposing views. However, there was no remarkable proposal regarding Turkey’s most fundamental issue in Parliament on Tuesday. There was only noise. “If the deputies debate this issue in such a way, what should the public do? During that turbulent session in Parliament, there was not a single serious debate regarding the solution of the Kurdish problem,” states Aydıntaşbaş. “Until this fight ends, we are like children neglected by their parents,” she says. Sabah’s Engin Ardıç criticizes the Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputies who waved signs during Tuesday’s session that read “Atatürk, we will not forget you or allow you to be forgotten. Atatürk, we will stand up for your legacy.” Ardıç explains that if signs like this had been held by an ordinary citizen in Parliament, s/he would face serious charges for “blocking the operation of Parliament,” but the CHP deputies receive praise from certain media outlets. “In the past, when deputies wanted to protest something, they would bang on the tables in front of them, but they no longer do this. If deputies demonstrate their reaction in a cheap way, they will be called ‘politically poor’ and get their response from the public at the ballot box,” says Ardıç. “Will we solve Turkey’s most critical problem with such outbursts of anger?” asks Milliyet’s Taha Akyol, who was also disappointed by deputies’ reactions during the Parliament session. In his view, to prevent such scenes in Parliament, the responsibility falls on the shoulders of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to calm everyone down because the ugly clashes and provocative speeches in Parliament have the potential to exacerbate Turkish-Kurdish polarization in the country.
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| 13 November 2009, Friday |
| FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK |
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