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A number of deputies from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) traveled to northern Iraq yesterday to speak with officials in order to contribute positively to Turkey's democratic opening.

Three recent public opinion polls conducted by independent firms for the Ministry of Interior show that between 55 and 64 percent of Turks support the government's Kurdish initiative.

"What are we waiting for, assembled in the forum?
Today the Barbarians are coming.
Why is the Senate so idle?
Why do the Senators pass no laws?
But why should the Senators be bothered?
Today, the Barbarians are coming, and once arrived
They will make the laws for us."

32 people have been detained at police operations carried out on September 8, 2009, in İstanbul, İzmir, Ankara, Bursa, Diyarbakır, Tunceli, Malatya and Çanakkale. Police teams raided the offices of the weekly Atilim and the Socialist Platform of Oppressed People (ESP), accusing them of activities in favour of the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (MLKP).

"While for the first time Turkish high officials are openly expressing their intentions to resolve the unsettled and overdue Kurdish question, there still remains a lack of will in Turkey both politically and socially to approach the conflict in an effective and resolute manner. Each year, deadlines come and go, pivotal events transpire, and yet no solution that comes close to satisfying all parties involved in this conflict seems any closer to reality…"

The Solidarity Platform of Imprisoned Journalists (TGDP) reminds that 34 journalists and writers were still in the prisons as the country is going to celebrate Sugar Holiday. TGDP call all to visit them in prison or to send them the messages of sympathy and solidarity.

On the occasion of Turkey’s local elections in march a delegation of Flemish observers reported on the systematic detention of Kurdish minors.

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