‘Closure of AK Party and DTP will serve separatism and violence’
“It should be questioned. Are you insane? For 80 years you have had the fear of division, but there are efforts to close down the only political party that will weaken pro-Kurdish politics and separation efforts. If the AK Party and the DTP are closed, this will mean all the parties that get the votes of the Kurds are shut down. Then what will you do if the Kurds say: ‘That is enough. You take your republic; we are going to have Kurdistan.’ We know that you love your institutions and principles, but are you sure that you love your country?” asks Akyol in the article.
“There is a new generation in the region consisting of people who were born and lived under pitiable conditions. They are totally hopeless. They don’t have any expectations for the future. Anti-democratic interference and the closure cases are just increasing this mood. The parties before the DTP were inexperienced. They were not able to put forward projects, but the DTP is not like this. It at least has considerable experience in municipalities. But if a party like this is closed down, practically the whole region will be excluded from politics, and other options will come to their agenda,” Tanrıkulu says.
Tanrıkulu notes that this option could even be the right of “self-determination.” “The United Nations says if a group is not able to represent itself in politics in the country, it has a right to self-determination. If Kurds feel that they don’t have any other option, they may start to discuss it. I think the Constitutional Court has to take this fact into consideration when it is reaching a verdict,” Tanrıkulu says.
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