"Important Messages From Elekdag
BYEGM: 2/21/2005
BY TUFAN TURENC
HURRIYET- I know that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his staff will ignore the suggestions given by Sukru Elekdag, the experienced diplomat who once served as Turkey�s ambassador to Washington. However, the Turkish public should hear his vitally important suggestions. Elekdag recently said, �The elections in Kirkuk had many defects.� He charged that the polls were held without oversight, ignored census results, and that 20% of the nation didn�t vote. He added that such an election couldn�t be considered valid, but that unfortunately the world had accepted it. Stating that the elections in the northern city of Kirkuk and the province of al-Tamim were held under particularly bad conditions, Elekdag said Turkey should press on this issue."
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