Gul: " It's not the Kurdish issue, it's Turkey's problem"

President Abdullah Gul yesterday flew to Dakar, Senegal to attend a summit meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Before leaving, speaking about his recent meeting with a group of Democratic Turkey Party (DTP) deputies, Gul told reporters, "The problem in southeastern Turkey concerns all Turks, not only the people living in that region. It is characterized as a �Kurdish issue,' �terrorism issue' or �southeastern Anatolia issue.' In fact, it is Turkey's problem, not that of any group or party. The DTP is a party represented in Parliament, and every political party has opinions about the problems. My meeting with the DTP deputies was very normal." Gul said he had listened to the deputies' views on various issues, expressed his own, and gave them some advice. He stressed that all political parties, politicians, and people should help to solve the problem.