STATEMENT ON THE TERRORIST ATTACK IN TURKEY

The International Commission of Alianza P

PAIS expresses its condolences to the people of Turkey
following the terror attack that killed 99 people and injured hundreds more on 10 October 2015. It
hopes that the perpetrators of this terror attack are swiftly brought to justice.
This terror attack targeted
eted a "Labour, Peace and Democracy" rally - organized by the pro-Kurdish
pro
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and various trade unions calling for an end to the renewed wave
of violence between the Turkish Armed Forces and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
ional Commission of Alianza PAIS supports the values of peace and justice so opposed
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by the terrorists who carried out this cowardly attack.
To this end, it also hopes for a resumption of the Kurdish
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Turkish peace process, announced in
2013, as the best way of reaching a just solution to the Kurdish
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Turkish conflict which has caused
the loss of life of tens of thousands of people

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Guillaume Long
President of the International Relations Commission
Alianza PAIS