Turkey: Democracy functioning! No more US soldiers...

2003-03-01 Thread e. ahmet tonak
The government's resolution was not able to get the simple majority vote in the parliament; hence it was rejected. Out of 534 parliamentarians only 264 supported the resolution when at least 268 supporters were needed --251 opposed, 19 abstained. As the parliament was in this 5 hour, rather

Re: Turkey: Democracy functioning! No more US soldiers...

2003-03-01 Thread Chris Burford
Congratulations on the courage and perseverance of those inside and outside the Turkish parliament. This is real internationalism! Chris Burford London