TÜSİAD chair: Democratic reforms should continue to root out terror
by Daily Sabah
ISTANBULSep 18, 2015 - 12:00 am GMT+3
by Daily Sabah
Sep 18, 2015 12:00 am
Cansen Başaran Symes, chair of the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen Association (TÜSİAD), said Thursday during TÜSİAD's high advisory board meeting in Istanbul that Turkey must continue democratic reforms to root out PKK terror.
"First and foremost, we condemn terror and all elements of violence without ‘if's' and ‘but's,'" she said. "Despite the level of representation in Parliament, where the means of democratic politics are present against all odds, there cannot be an acceptable excuse for insisting on violence and terrorizing the whole region through coldblooded murders, landmines and remote controlled explosives. We believe that these actions done in the name of the Kurdish cause are an attack targeting the people showing the biggest efforts for a democratic solution. While fighting against terror, we should insistently continue democratic reforms to root out terror in the region, embrace development policies for the region, and reduce the development gap among regions. This is exactly the reason why TÜSİAD asserted the development aspect of the economic aspect of the reconciliation process. That is why we supported it when the reconciliation process began; we made efforts to contribute to its economic aspect."
Symes added that a strong state can only defeat terrorism through a struggle with legal boundaries and continuing reforms for personal freedoms.
Speaking on the latest police operation conducted against Boydak Holding, which is accused of supporting the alleged Gülenist Terror Organization, Symes stressed that they wish to see Boydak Holding CEO and TÜSİAD board member Memduh Boydak, who was detained in the operation, sitting among themselves. Boydak and six others were detained in central Turkey's Kayseri province.
Symes said increasing foreign currency rates continue to negatively affect the business world and households in Turkey, while preventing the ability to take advantage of cheap oil prices as an oil-importing country.
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