There have been massive protests by workers, peasants and small businessmen against factory closures, privatisations and cuts in wages and social benefits. The badly discredited government has consequently hesitated to follow the demands of the international banks. As opposed to this, the unions utterly fail to understand. I am calling on them to raise their democratic demands. They are not telling the Turkish people the truth concerning the reasons for the crisis.
Democratic alliance is important.
What is fundamental is alliance with Turkey's democratic forces. These are being called 'efforts to modernise'. Kemal Dervis said of the army that it 'loved Turkey'. They are watching the situation in Turkey and following Turkey's interests. If they see that these interests have made a democratic initiative mandatory and that it will not be possible for different trends to save Turkey from crisis and collapse, they will be open to democratic developments.