Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) group deputy chair and Bingöl deputy İdris Baluken issued a press conference in  the parliament concerning the 'democratisation package' the government will announce at the end of the month.
Baluken pointed out that the silence of arms since Abdullah Öcalan's call on 21 March and the withdrawal process as of 8 May have created a historic opportunity for the solution of the Kurdish question and the achievement of democracy across the country. BDP deputy said the ruling AKP government has however failed to initiate democratic reforms to enable the negotiation process to lead to a permanent solution and lasting peace, and to make political moves in order to help the process to advance. Baluken noted that the government has on the contrary avoided taking a democratic political attitude, using a language and manner contrary to the solution process.

Reminding that the government has not opened the so-called "democratisation package" to discussion in the democratic public opinion, Baluken noted that the government also delayed the announcement of the package again and again. BDP deputy said this attitude gave no confidence to the people, underlining that participation, transparency and comprehensiveness were sine qua non of democracy.

To what extend could a package be democratic if prepared in an anti-democratic way, Baluken underlined.

Referring to the previous package, the so called "Kurdish Opening" or "Kurdish Initiative" the government announced in 2009, Baluken pointed out that “it is the failure of previous packages and their inadequateness of democracy that has created a need for another package today”.

Baluken laid emphasis on the fact that the Turkish state needed to recognize Kurds as a people and recognize their language, identity and will, remarking that this was the only way to the achievement of a solution to the Kurdish question and  democracy in the country.

BDP deputy added that the Turkish state was also in need of realistic and stabilized policies to satisfy the sociological and political needs of Turkey's peoples.