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Turkey After the Local Elections

Tuesday 21 April 2009 16:00 to 17:00

Location

Chatham House, London

Participants

Ahmet Türk, President, Democratic Society Party, Turkey

Type: Fee-paying or special invitation events

The Democratic Society Party (DTP) is the fourth largest political group in the Turkish Parliament with 22 members. Ahmet Türk will discuss the outcomes of the recent elections where the DTP performed well, increasing its share of the vote in the predominantly Kurdish southeast, including notably in Diyarbakir.

Mr Türk began his career in Turkish politics in 1973 as a mayor of Mardin and first entered parliament in 1991. Mr Türk has founded and led a succession of pro-Kurdish political parties. He was first elected president of the DTP in 2005 and is currently a member of the Turkish Parliament.

Attendance at this event is strictly by invitation only.

THIS MEETING IS FULL, REGISTRATION HAS CLOSED.

For more information please contact the Middle East and North Africa Programme.