on behalf of the PPE-DE Group. - (NL) Madam President, Commissioner, following the local elections on 29 March, in which the Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) achieved a sensational victory - almost doubling their number of mayors from 52 to 98 - it is clear that the Kurdish question can no longer be reduced to a socioeconomic issue, as Mr Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) have been doing up to now.
PPE-DE fraktsiooni nimel. - (NL) Proua juhataja, volinik, pärast kohalikke valimisi 29. märtsil, kui Kurdi Demokraatlik Partei saavutas sensatsioonilise võidu - peaaegu kahekordistades oma linnapeade arvu 52-lt 98-le - on selge, et kurdi küsimus ei ole enam üksnes sotsiaal-majanduslik küsimus, milleks härra Erdoğan ja tema Õigluse ja Arengu Partei (AKP) seda seni on pidanud.