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    GAUCK: TURKEY HAS LIFTED ARMENIAN, KURDISH INJUSTICE TABOOS

    World Bulletin, Turkey
    April 30 2014

    Injustice against Armenians and Kurds in Turkey is no longer taboo,
    said Germany's President Joachim Gauck during an official visit
    to Turkey.

    World Bulletin / News Desk

    Taboos concerning injustice against Armenians and Kurds in Turkey have
    been lifted, said German President Joachim Gauck during a conference
    in Ankara on Monday.

    Gauck spoke at the Middle East Technical University during his Turkey
    visit, noting that the influence of the military in politics have
    been pushed back in the country.

    'Turkey began the process of dialogue with the Kurds, and reduced the
    number of violent conflict,' Gauck said. 'For example the injustice
    taboos against the Turkish Armenians or Kurds began to be lifted.'

    Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's expressed condolences to the
    descendants of Armenians who lost their lives in the incidents of
    1915 are positive developments in Turkey, according to Gauck.

    He also said Turkey's humanitarian aid service to Syrian refugees is
    'impressive'.

    'Turkey assumed many Syrians refugees without any conditions and
    established refugee camps, schools, supplied humanitarian aid and
    service health assistances,' Gauck said. 'In fact, the government
    also provides medical assistance to around 500 thousand people who
    do not live in the refugee camps.'

    German president meets Turkish opposition party leader

    Germany's President Joachim Gauck met with Kemal Kilicdaroglu,
    leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP),
    on Monday in the capital, Ankara.

    Gauck's visit to Turkey comes two days after Germany's far-right
    National Democratic Party (NPD) held a neo-Nazi rally on Saturday in
    the mostly Turkish-populated Kreuzberg. The rally ended after hundreds
    of people stopped the neo-Nazis from marching.

    CHP Deputy Chairman Faruk Logoglu addressed the media after the
    one-hour meeting, saying CHP's views on rising racism in Germany were
    not discussed during the meeting. However, the main opposition party
    wants justice to be served as soon as possible, according to Logoglu.

    On April 5th, Burak Bektas, a Turkish man, was killed in the mostly
    Turkish populated area of Neukoln in Berlin. The murderers' whereabouts
    are still unknown as the killing raises debates of increasing racism
    in Germany.

    'We are against all kinds of racism whether it is in Germany, Turkey
    or in the world,' Logoglu added.

    Logoglu quoted Gauck as saying there is a perception that Turkey has a
    'weak' opposition.

    'Gauck said CHP's projects are important as a social democrat party,'
    Logoglu said. 'It is important to make the youth arouse interest
    to politics and [Gauck] knows that CHP took lessons from the Gezi
    Park incidents.'

    'The president wished us luck, stating that 28 percent is considered
    as a huge vote in Germany,' said Logoglu.

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