TURKEY : Kurds’ existence undeniable: Arinc

23.3.2013 – BasNews – Turkey Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said the time to deny the existence of Kurds in the country is over and no one can deny their existence and identity, Anadolu news agency said. Addressing an election rally in the southeastern Kurdish city of Wan, Arinc praised peace talks between Ankara and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

In the last year Newroz celebration’s message there was call to silence guns and the language of politics and negotiation should be applied and it was successful and this year’s Newroz message is also in line with the demand, Arinc said, adding that Ankara has taken bravely steps in the talks despite blames from the opposition lines. He further added he would have taken gun and would have gone to the mountains if he had been exposed to the cruelties the Kurds have been in the country. A rinc also said the Kurds have been in the country for more than a thousand year and no one can deny their existence. Wan is one the 30 Turkey cities whose municipality receives especial budget.