Pro-Kurdish Party decides to resign from Turkish parliament
The lawmakers of the Turkey's Democratic Society Party (DTP), banned by the Constitutional Court, gathered on Monday in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir and decided to resign from the Turkish parliament.
The leader of DTP, Ahmet Turk, closed after being found guilty of links to the outlawed PKK, said former party members would resign from parliament in protest.
"As you know, we have said before there is no reason to stay in parliament if our struggle for democracy is not taken into consideration. We will submit our resignations to the speaker of the parliament in the shortest possible time," Turk said.
Other MPs speculated that they could join an alternative pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party, Reuters reported.
Replying a question of a reporter on whether the parliament would except the resignations, Turk said that "That's not our problem."
The leader of DTP, Ahmet Turk, closed after being found guilty of links to the outlawed PKK, said former party members would resign from parliament in protest.
"As you know, we have said before there is no reason to stay in parliament if our struggle for democracy is not taken into consideration. We will submit our resignations to the speaker of the parliament in the shortest possible time," Turk said.
Other MPs speculated that they could join an alternative pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party, Reuters reported.
Replying a question of a reporter on whether the parliament would except the resignations, Turk said that "That's not our problem."
