Undersecretaries of Denmark, Portugal, Belgium, Britain, the Netherlands and Spain embassies and the Political Affairs undersecratary of EU Turkey Delegation visited the Van provincial representative of HUDA-PAR.

Rasim Saygin, the HUDA-PAR provincial Chairman welcomed the delegation.

Stig Paolo Piras, the  Counsellor of Danish Embassy, indicated that the reason that they came to Van was familiarizing themselves with the city, taking information about  present problems of the province and see the pre-election atmosphere in the city.

Answering the questions lawyer Rasim Saygin, the HUDA-PAR provincial Chairman, surprised the delegation.

"Our votes increased 2-3 times"

Expressing that citizens liked the attitude of HUDA-PAR on 6-7th October attacks Saygin said that: "During the 6-7th October attacks soldiers and police particularly just protected  state buildings but they didn’t care about the attacks towards civilians, other parties(except AKP) and NGO’s. Our attitude during the attacks was to call people to salvation. Our attitude of calling poeople to common sense get general approval from our people. After the 6-7th October people realised practical sides of things we were saying on the past electoral process. People could realise how good and necessary our party program was and how right we were in our speeches. According to our surveys, it seems like our votes increased 2-3 times."

"A new constitution doesn’t emphasize racism is a must"

Indicating that the main thing they desire is the state to give the rights of Kurds that occupied, without laying down any conditions Saygin, said : "Especially after the Republic founded in 1923, the rights of Muslim Kurds were ignored and all of them were regarded as they were Turks. Our recommendation of solution is to be giving up making constitution based on racism, superiority of a nation. And sensitivities of muslims should be considered while constitution was made."

"Kurdish should be recognized as a second official language"

Indicating that they are asking for the constitutional recognition of Kurdish entity and Kurdish to be accepted as a second official language. Saygin said that "The right of education in the mother tongue should be acknowledged at once. Especially after the World War 1 Kurdistan lands were devided into four parts. There are parts remaining in Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. Close Relatives were forced to live in different countries because of the borders drawn on the maps. We want the borders drawn to be symbolic in solution process. People should be able to travel just with their ID cards as it is in Europe."

"Serious accusations were regarded to figures like Sheikh Said, Said Nursi”

Underlining that the state should apologise about the injustices done to the important personages Saygin, continued that after establishment of Republic, personalities such as Sheikh Said, Said Nursi were accused with huge slanders.

Saygin finished his speech by saiying: "Sheikh Said was executed and Said Nursi held in prisons for years. State should apologize for these executions and unfair practises."

Thanking HUDA-PAR for accepting themselves Stig Paolo Piras, the  Counsellor of Danish Embassy and the delegation accompanying him said: "It was a very interesting conversation for us. Especially your observations about the Van are very precious for us and we wish success for your works." they left. (ILKHA)