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Fri, 04/08/2011 - 11:12
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Change in Middle East countries should be peaceful, Turkish deputy premier says
WASHINGTON (A.A) - 08.04.2011 - Turkey's deputy prime minister said on Thursday that change in Middle Eastern countries should be made through peaceful means.
"Turkey also believes that a change is essential in the Middle Eastern countries. However, we want this change to take place through peaceful methods and without giving damage to security of life and property of the people," Turkish State Minister & Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc told reporters at a news conference in Washington.
Asked how he considered strategy of the United States towards the Middle East, Arinc said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Barack Obama were in contact before and after every issue, noting the two leaders most of time shared the same views.
Referring to the messages of Erdogan to Egyptian people and President Hosni Mubarak, Arinc said peoples of the Middle East were always the friends and brothers of Turkey, noting, "we have ties with them stemming from the history and culture".
Arinc said the administrations should apply democratic and liberal methods, "if necessary administrators should be replaced. However, all those should take place without putting pressure on people and without giving damage to the country," he underlined.
Asked to comment on "presidential system", Arinc said, "I earlier said parliamentarian democratic system will be better for Turkey. However, this is my conviction. There may be different views, those views will also be respected. Whatever the legal procedure requires will be done."
Arinc said, "presidential system, semi-presidential system, and parliamentary democracy are all regimes in democracy and all aim at finding ways how a better management can be. Discussions on the matter should be made within democracy, without excluding the parliament and considering the Constitution."
Arinc said Turkish society in the United States, supposed to be around 300,000, should be in solidarity more and that there were many things to be done to make them more influential.
Responding to a question, Arinc said they were not in Washington for formal talks.
Referring to arrest of journalists, Arinc said the issue was totally under the responsibility of jurisdiction. He said they did not intervene in affairs of jurisdiction.
Arinc said they did not want journalists to be "accused, punished or harmed" while doing their duty. He said, "to this end, some arrangements have been made in articles of Turkish Penal Code. Amendment to Article 6 of the Turkish Penal Code was made to prevent opening of superficial cases against journalists or at least to keep the cases in deferral scope against recent incidents."
Arinc said they did not think of an amendment to Counter-Terrorism Law, noting 25-26 journalists were currently in prison for their acts against Counter-Terrorism Law.
Arinc said Turkish-U.S. relations followed a stable course despite ups and downs from time to time.
Arinc later left Washington for Turkey.
"Turkey also believes that a change is essential in the Middle Eastern countries. However, we want this change to take place through peaceful methods and without giving damage to security of life and property of the people," Turkish State Minister & Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc told reporters at a news conference in Washington.
Asked how he considered strategy of the United States towards the Middle East, Arinc said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Barack Obama were in contact before and after every issue, noting the two leaders most of time shared the same views.
Referring to the messages of Erdogan to Egyptian people and President Hosni Mubarak, Arinc said peoples of the Middle East were always the friends and brothers of Turkey, noting, "we have ties with them stemming from the history and culture".
Arinc said the administrations should apply democratic and liberal methods, "if necessary administrators should be replaced. However, all those should take place without putting pressure on people and without giving damage to the country," he underlined.
Asked to comment on "presidential system", Arinc said, "I earlier said parliamentarian democratic system will be better for Turkey. However, this is my conviction. There may be different views, those views will also be respected. Whatever the legal procedure requires will be done."
Arinc said, "presidential system, semi-presidential system, and parliamentary democracy are all regimes in democracy and all aim at finding ways how a better management can be. Discussions on the matter should be made within democracy, without excluding the parliament and considering the Constitution."
Arinc said Turkish society in the United States, supposed to be around 300,000, should be in solidarity more and that there were many things to be done to make them more influential.
Responding to a question, Arinc said they were not in Washington for formal talks.
Referring to arrest of journalists, Arinc said the issue was totally under the responsibility of jurisdiction. He said they did not intervene in affairs of jurisdiction.
Arinc said they did not want journalists to be "accused, punished or harmed" while doing their duty. He said, "to this end, some arrangements have been made in articles of Turkish Penal Code. Amendment to Article 6 of the Turkish Penal Code was made to prevent opening of superficial cases against journalists or at least to keep the cases in deferral scope against recent incidents."
Arinc said they did not think of an amendment to Counter-Terrorism Law, noting 25-26 journalists were currently in prison for their acts against Counter-Terrorism Law.
Arinc said Turkish-U.S. relations followed a stable course despite ups and downs from time to time.
Arinc later left Washington for Turkey.
