Pro-Kurdish Party decides to resign from Turkish parliamentDecember 15, 2009 - 18:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 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." Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |