The transformation of the Turkish authorities’ Kurdish initiative and the Turkish Constitutional Court’s judgment banning the Kurdish Democratic Society Party will prove to be a most serious obstacle to the Turkish authorities’ efforts to settle the Kurdish problem, the specialists in Turkic studies Vahram Ter-Matevosyan told NEWS.am.

According to him, unlike military coups of the previous decades, the term “judicial coup” put into use in 2007 is a more accurate definition for the intensified activities of the Kemalists’ last stronghold, the judicial system. “The trial has lasted for over two years and resulted in the Kurdish party being banned at the crucial moment for the ruling Justice and Development Party. The Constitutional Court’s decision will make it much more difficult for the Turkish authorities to exert efforts to resolve the Kurdish problem -the political style of the Democratic Society Party founded in 2005 was radically different from that of the other Kurdish political forces, as it was represented in the Turkish Parliament. Moreover, in this year’s local elections the party strengthened its positions in the regions densely populated with Kurds,” Ter-Matevosyan said. He pointed out that the ruling party is not secured against the Constitutional Court’s decisions either.

“The fact that last year it was very close to being dissolved means that the Constitutional Court may revert to the issue. Almost all people in Turkey believe that dissolving political parties is not a means of resolving the country’s problems. They in Turkey also consider the adoption of a new constitution necessary. Recep Erdogan’s self-confidence and regular statements that the Justice and Development Party is the most influential political force in Turkey does not at all guarantee successful development of the Turkish Government’s initiatives, as it has not a sufficient number of seats in Parliament to adopt a new Constitution and implement legislative reforms,” Ter-Matevosyan said.

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