Well, we're here, and it's happening now. Our grandparents witnessed Turkish independence in 1923, when the country was born by throwing off the yoke of the Ottoman Empire. Communities around the world are watching as Turkey takes steps toward reaching its goals. At the forefront of the Turkish political agenda is the Kurdish conflict . He is hopeful that Turkey will join the democratic world despite the great losses faced by his party.
Stability is the key.
He explained that unless things change now, Turkey will pass these age-old struggles on to the next generation. In order to see the struggle for peace through to the demise of discriminatory policies against Kurds and other oppressed minorities in Turkey, young people need only be courageous enough to follow the example before them. This is a lesson every nation faces. Turkey has the opportunity to make a statement to the world by mending its ways.