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June 13, 2011

Bombing Follows Third Consecutive Election of Turkish Prime Minister 
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party has scored a third
consecutive election victory. In a victory speech, Erdogan pledged to
work with opposition parties to rewrite Turkey's constitution.

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan: "We will write a civilian, free
constitution which braces all parties of the society together, everybody
will find himself in this constitution, east will find himself, west
will find himself."

Soon after the Turkish election results were announced, a bomb exploded
in southeast Turkey, injuring 11 people. Kurdish independent candidates
made a strong showing in the election, with 36 of them winning seats in
the 550-seat assembly. Turkish professor Cengiz Aktar says the Kurdish
conflict will be one of the biggest issues facing the Turkish
government.

Cengiz Aktar, Senior Analyst and Professor at Bahcesehir Univeristy:
"It's good that the Kurdish party, through independent candidates, made
to the parliament with more deputies than in the previous legislature
and it is definitely an asset for the future dialogue. But, the dialogue
does not really depend on them the dialogue, the dialogue depends
chiefly and mainly on Mr. Erdogan, whether he will accept to sit at
table."



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