CHP: We Totally can’t Accept ISIL Becoming a Neighbour on Our Borders

• 10.08.2015, 10:20
•  Region,  World

Turkey is counting down to snap elections. Coalition talks between political leaders after June’s poll broke up without any conclusion. Now everyone is waiting to see if Turkey will wake up to a ''one party ruling'' era or with another round of coalition talks on the morning of November 2. Ahead of the poll, Euronews has spoken to Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party or CHP.

First of all, Kılıçdaroğlu assured that if the Republican People’s Party is in power after the next elections, the process of membership negotiations between the EU and Turkey will advance rapidly.

''We won’t wait for the EU to open a new chapter. Whatever standards the member countries have for democracy, law, gender equality, judicial independence etc, we will carry them out. We never wait for the opening of another chapter to do so.''

In response to Euronews question, what the party will do in case there is a new round of coalition talks, Kılıçdaroğlu answered that if they become the first party, and are charged to form a new government, they will definitely form a coalition or government. But Turkey has no tolerance to wait or to go for another election. The problems are getting deeper and bigger.

''We are already in contact with all the political parties in the parliament. We’re the only party that’s in contact with all of them. There are two polar opposites in our parliament, HDP and MHP. Even these two agreed on CHP involvement, underlining that we need to be part of a coalition,'' Kılıçdaroğlu answered.

With regards to finding a solution for Syrian conflict concerning which world leaders have disagreements, the Republican Party leader told that Turkey should be an important actor in solving the problem with or without Assad.

''Peace should come to Syria. ISIL definitely needs to be silenced. We totally can’t accept ISIL becoming a neighbour on our borders''.

Kılıçdaroğlu even added that if necessary, military operations should be on the table, and if there are human rights violations in a country, they will do everything possible to prevent them.

The leader of the opposition party also spoke about the migration crisis and the great number of refugees in Turkey nowadays. In his opinion, the West is not acting with a goodwill, because when more than two million refugees came to Turkey, they received nothing more than applause from the West.

''The West understood the importance of the work Turkey was undertaking, only when refugees started going to the West,'' Kılıçdaroğlu mentioned.

Answering some other important questions as well, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu asked the Turkish people to vote for CHP, if they want democracy, freedom, justice, a free press and judicial independence for their country.