3 Turks Elected to Dutch Parliament

November 24, 2006 - 18:29 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Christian Democratic Party maintained positions of the strongest faction of the Dutch parliament. Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende's party won the most seats in Dutch elections, but results today showed a sharply divided nation with no alliance winning a clear mandate to govern. Dutch support was split between a government coalition that has been tough on immigration and pro-business, and socialists - led by the Labor Party - promoting a softer approach. It was clear no combination of left or right-wing parties will easily muster a majority in parliament.



As PanARMENIAN.Net reporter came to know from a source in Netherlands, 3 Turks Nebahat Albayrak, Coskun Coruz and Sadet Karabulut were elected to the parliament. In the words of the coordinator of the Armenian community, Karabulut is of Kurdish nationality.



Three Turkish candidates were expelled from the party lists for their refusal to recognize the Armenian Genocide. The Turkish community of Netherlands proposed 12 candidates and was even going to boycott the election. As for Nebahat Albayrak, she once said that recognizes the Armenian Genocide but then renounced her statement.
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