Egalitarian and Pluralist Democracy Platform Project
The biggest obstacle before establishing democracy with its all bodies and orders throughout Turkey is the Kurdish problem, which is still not resolved. Failing to resolve the Kurdish problem consumes resources of the country and compromises the future economic, political, social and cultural development of Turkey. Non-governmental organizations did not adequately play their social roles in the 30 years of antidemocratic administrative mentality and conflicts as of the 1980 military coup. Especially the violations of rights, extrajudicial executions, burning down of villages and unsolved murders related to the Kurdish problem are still a bleeding wound of the country.
Today, it is quite apparent that the civil society must actively take on responsibility. “Egalitarian and Pluralist Democracy Network” project, which is prepared by DİTAM and supported by the European Union, has been initiated on February 1, 2016 for the purpose of achieving active participation of non-governmental organizations as well as contributing to reestablishment of peace environment in the country. As part of the project, workshops were organized in Diyarbakır, Van, Batman and Şanlıurfa and the matters regarding the dialog among the NGOs as well as between NGOs and the public were discussed.
Information and dialog establishment works continue throughout the region in order to create an “Egalitarian and Pluralist Democracy Network/Platform”, which is one of the main aims of the project.
