Turkish Minister Insults Kurdish Cause and KDP on TV

Oct 22, 2001
Gulan Media ( KDP)

In a TV-interview in October 10, Turkish Interior Minister, Abdulqadir Chai, describes the
Kurdistan Democratic Party’s forces as a group of “bandits”, and makes rude remarks on
Kurd’s struggle for self-determination. 

In his written statement, an unnamed spokesman for KDP condemns and severely criticizes
Mr. Chai’s remarks and writes that the Minister’s comments are “against the spirit of good
neighborliness and diplomacy. 

The spokesman writes that his party and Kurds hope that Mr.Chai’s remarks reflect only his
own personal view and are not representative of the whole of the Turkish Government or
national opinion. 

In a new era in the world’s history where democracy and dialogue seem to have the last
words, it is sad that a neighboring Turkish Minister would hurt the feelings of millions of
people in Kurdistan by offending them and their struggle, the spokesman writes in his written
statement.
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