VAN
The 'solution process', aimed at ending terrorism and addressing issues related to a sizable Kurdish minority, is continuing without any pause, said Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Saturday in the eastern province of Van, calling for a "strong stance" against those who try to cause ethnic separatism in Turkey.
Davutoglu said Turkey's democratization process has "created a restoration" and the hints of a "New Turkey" that welcomes diversity, given by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir in November, proves it.
Erdogan had assured Diyarbakir citizens, many of them weary of decades-long armed conflict on one hand and lackluster development on the other, saying “You will see that those in the mountains will come down, those imprisoned will be free, and the entire population of 76 million people will stand united and create the new Turkey”.
"No one can be seen as a second class citizen in Turkey" the minister said. "The solution process had created a great stir.. A peaceful environment needs to be created."
Calling for support for the solution process Davutoglu said " When we strengthen brotherhood in Turkey we will be able to embrace people in neighboring countries."
