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HADEP: We are ready for the election

Ozgur Politika

July 12, 2002

We held a meeting with Murat Bozlak, HADEP Chairman, about the latest developments in Ankara.

Saying that “there is an awful competition”, Bozlak stated that right now the situation was not clear but it would be clear soon. HADEP Chairman pointed out that those who resigned from DSP (Democratic Left Party) had a plan to take the power by gaining majority in the parliament and in order not to give this an opportunity MHP (Nationalistic Action Party, a fascist party) had brought early elections into the agenda. Bozlak believed that there would be an election at the end of October or November.

Murat Bozlak said that the indefiniteness concerned everybody and observance was necessary. Emphasizing that it is a fact that the existing government could not solve the problems, Bozlak is of opinion that the government cannot accept the risk of an early election.

Bozlak continued with words to the effect: “A need to an early election has been said for a long time. But the three political parties in power which do not want to lose the advantageous of being in power could not take the risk of an early election.”

AN AWFUL COMPETITION”

Drawing attention that now there was an awful competition between MHP and DSP, the Chairman added the following: “There is a traffic between those who have resigned from DSP and ANAP (True Path Party). Therefore what will occur tomorrow is not clear, right now the situation is cloudy. There are those who support the accession to European Union and those who do not. Those who support EU have a plan to gain the majority in the parliament and to come to power, but there is also MHP which has brought the early election into the agenda in order not to give opportunity to them.”

“WE CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS”

Bozlak stressed that they has been continuing their organizational efforts, adding the following: “We are ready for the elections. We continue our relations with democratic, progressive group which can solve the problems in Turkey. I do think that debates will ended up with an early election. I believe that there will an election at the end of October or November.”