Turkish Opposition Leader Meets Non-Muslim Religious Leaders
CHP leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu (R) shake hands with Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew in ?stanbul on Monday (Photo: Cihan).
Turkish Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Yusuf Cetin speaks to reporters (photo: DHA)
http://www.todayszaman.com – 27/1/15
Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu and non-Muslim religious leaders of Turkey discussed on Monday the problems of minorities in the country.
In his remarks to reporters in Istanbul following the meeting closed to press, Kilicdaroglu said that during the meeting he listened to the problems of religious leaders.
Kilicdaroglu stated that while some of the problems religious leaders voiced stem from law, others were caused by implementation. “We will make efforts for the solution of the problems that stem from implementation,” Kilicdaroglu was quoted by Cihan news agency as saying.
“Some of the problems they conveyed to us will be brought to Parliament’s agenda,” Kilicdaroglu said.
Among the problems voiced by the religious leaders were some of the rhetoric that is used and problems within the context of hate speech, the CHP leader said.
During the meeting, the CHP stated that as a party that adopted not to intervene into people’s lifestyles, religions or question people over their ethnic identity as the main principle, the CHP wants to live in peace and harmony with the 77 million people in this country.
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