BDP delegation in San Francisco
BDP delegation in San Francisco
The Peace and Democracy (BDP) delegation held talks and attended panel discussions in the city of San Francisco within the scope of the program scheduled for the visit to U.S.
The delegation made the first visit in San Francisco to the General Directorate of Natural Disasters which acted in solidarity with Van Municipality in the process of two major earthquakes in Van last year. BDP MP for Van, Nazmi Gür, thanked the General Director of Natural Disasters for the sensibility and support it provided for the people of Van.
Following the visit, the delegation attended a panel discussion at Stanford University which addressed the developments in the Middle East and the process of new constitution within the context of the Kurdish problem in Turkey.
Speaking at the panel, BDP Co-Chair Gültan Kýþanak remarked that the process of new constitution has witnessed a preparation that doesn’t answer the expectations of the society or the promises given by the AKP before elections.
Kýþanak pointed out that the new constitution BDP has proposed consists of the practices of regional governances, distribution of authoritarian power to local governances on the basis of decentralization, recognition and constitutional assurance for Kurds and all other differences in Turkey, removal of all obstacles before mother-tongue education and enactment of a true constitution with the amendment of all articles referencing Turkishness.
However, even voicing the proposal for the amendment of articles referencing Turkishness constitutes a crime according to the current constitution, added Kýþanak.
Kýþanak underlined that there is therefore a need for a cleanup before ensuring the freedom of thought and organization.
Noting that the recent developments in the world and the Middle East have created an irreversible threshold among the peoples, Kýþanak underlined that the Kurdish people can in no way live without a status any more.
The panel ended with discussions on regional changes, the process of new constitution in Turkey and relations between Turkey and the U.S.
The delegation made the first visit in San Francisco to the General Directorate of Natural Disasters which acted in solidarity with Van Municipality in the process of two major earthquakes in Van last year. BDP MP for Van, Nazmi Gür, thanked the General Director of Natural Disasters for the sensibility and support it provided for the people of Van.
Following the visit, the delegation attended a panel discussion at Stanford University which addressed the developments in the Middle East and the process of new constitution within the context of the Kurdish problem in Turkey.
Speaking at the panel, BDP Co-Chair Gültan Kýþanak remarked that the process of new constitution has witnessed a preparation that doesn’t answer the expectations of the society or the promises given by the AKP before elections.
Kýþanak pointed out that the new constitution BDP has proposed consists of the practices of regional governances, distribution of authoritarian power to local governances on the basis of decentralization, recognition and constitutional assurance for Kurds and all other differences in Turkey, removal of all obstacles before mother-tongue education and enactment of a true constitution with the amendment of all articles referencing Turkishness.
However, even voicing the proposal for the amendment of articles referencing Turkishness constitutes a crime according to the current constitution, added Kýþanak.
Kýþanak underlined that there is therefore a need for a cleanup before ensuring the freedom of thought and organization.
Noting that the recent developments in the world and the Middle East have created an irreversible threshold among the peoples, Kýþanak underlined that the Kurdish people can in no way live without a status any more.
The panel ended with discussions on regional changes, the process of new constitution in Turkey and relations between Turkey and the U.S.
