ANKARA - Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy leader Onur Oymen called Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul to give information to the parliament about Incirlik base on Thursday.
Speaking in a joint news conference with CHP acting group leader Haluk Koc, Oymen referred to the news published in the press saying that a memorandum of understanding was signed with the US and a decree was opened to signature at the cabinet about Incirlik base.
''The parliament learns the things that are going on about such an important matter from the press, can this be possible? The government has not answered our question motions or has not given us information about Incirlik base till today... We want to know what the government has done so far and what it will do? '' Oymen said, asking Foreign Minister Gul to inform the parliament immediately about Incirlik base.
Oymen also criticized the government's attitude regarding the adoption of the recent Polish parliament's decision which recognized the so-called Armenian genocide. ''The parliament should have been informed about the developments so that we could do something. The government continues to ignore the parliament in foreign policy,'' Oymen commented.
Haluk Koc said in his part that CHP expressed almost all of the views which Chief of General Staff Gen. Hilmi Ozkok explained during his speech at the War Academies Command yesterday, adding none of those CHP views were covered by the media.