{"id":4607,"date":"2009-12-11T14:05:47","date_gmt":"2009-12-11T14:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/?p=4607"},"modified":"2015-04-23T14:06:48","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T14:06:48","slug":"green-mep-condemns-turkeys-decision-to-ban-the-countrys-largest-pro-kurdish-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/2009\/12\/11\/green-mep-condemns-turkeys-decision-to-ban-the-countrys-largest-pro-kurdish-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Green MEP condemns Turkey&#8217;s decision to ban the country&#8217;s largest pro-Kurdish party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Turkey&#8217;s Constitutional Court has voted to ban the country&#8217;s largest pro-Kurdish party because of alleged links with Kurdish separatist rebels. The DTP is the latest in a series of pro-Kurdish parties to have been closed down in Turkey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jean Lambert MEP, along with many others in the European Parliament, has expressed her deep concerns over the ruling:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;I am dismayed to hear that this decision has been taken to ban the DTP. This can only prevent progress towards to true democracy in Turkey.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;With the co-presidents of the DTP party being dismissed from their positions and prohibited from parliamentary activity for the next five years, the DTP has lost its statute as a political group in the national assembly. Like most European political groups, the Greens\/EFA strongly supports the strengthening of democracy in Turkey and dialogue between the Government and the DTP. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;We regret the court&#8217;s decision and call on the Turkish government to continue with furthering democratic development. It is vital that a new civil and democratic constitution is established in Turkey and that legislation concerning political parties is reformed &#8211; if Turkey wishes to join the EU it must conform to the European convention of human rights.&#8221; <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;The political expression of Turkish Kurds in the democratic institutions is crucial, which is why we are calling on the elected members of the DTP not to resign.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey&#8217;s Constitutional Court has voted to ban the country&#8217;s largest pro-Kurdish party because of alleged links with Kurdish separatist rebels. The DTP is the latest in a series of pro-Kurdish parties to have been closed down in Turkey. 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