ISTANBUL - U.S. President George Bush said on Tuesday that the resurgence of terrorist acts of PKK towards Turkish people is an example of acts of terror in the Middle East.
Speaking at Istanbul's Galatasaray University, Bush said that fight between political extremism and modern values is still continuing.
He mentioned terrorist groups in Iraq and Palestine and the terrorist organization PKK, and noted that terrorism could not prevail forever. Bush said that democracy exists in many Muslim countries, and some of them have already made reforms.
Bush stated that the Middle East would eventually be ruled by free people.
The United States, NATO, European Union (EU) and G-8 were supporting efforts to build modern societies in the Middle East, Bush said.
Bush noted that a struggle is underway in Iraq to establish democracy, adding that a democratic regime in Iraq would raise hopes for reforms in the Middle East.
(BRC-ULG) 29.06.2004