Is Turkey to expect a promising future for democracy after BDP ends boycott and takes oath in parliament?

“Turkish Democracy”  is supposedly on the right track again.

As Turkey goes through big difficulties both domestic and abroad, one of the major problems has come to an end to put democracy right back on route.

The Turkish Parliament opened Saturday for the new legislative season with all parties on board after a tense opposition boycott.

Lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party, or BDP, took their oaths and formally ended a parliamentary boycott over colleagues who remain in jail.

Political experts and opinion leaders have been emphasizing the importance of the proper representation of Kurdish votes in the parliament as they believe this is the only ultimate solution to sweep away the need of existence of terrorist PKK, as they claim to be leading a guerilla war (more likely to be described as terrorism) to get democratic rights for Kurdish origined Turkish citizens.

If Turks and Turkish citizens of Kurdish origin succeed to hear what each other has to say and manage to use various means of communication such as understanding, tolerance, compensation and sacrifice, it would not be a far away dream to see long lasting peace prevail in the country.

Now that BDP is back in parliament again – it is hoped – a great number of Turkish citizens of Kurdish origin will be able to be represented in the National Assembly. This point is considered to be of ulitmate importance as the country is getting prepared to write a new constitution which is expected to embrace everybody regardless of what ethnicity.

In the meantime Abdullah Gül, the President delivered a speech to mark the importance of the day

The 30 deputies took their oaths after President’s speech.

Many Turkish citizens are now much more hopeful that a brand new and democratic (by all means) charter will be agreed on by all political parties to lead the country to a brighter future.

October 1, 2011

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BUSINESS TURKEY TODAY