ANKARA (A.A) - 22.07.2002 - New Turkey leader Ismail Cem said on Monday, ''Turkey has three important problems: lack of production, unemployment and inequality. Our understanding of economy is based on happiness of people.''
New Turkey held its first group meeting after being founded officially earlier in the day.
Speaking at the meeting, Cem stressed, ''our main target is to renew Turkey. Turkey needs modernization in every field. We have founded this political party in order to reach the age of information as Great Leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk said years ago.''
''There are obstacles in front of people in Turkey. He have to restart many things, and we have to re-assess many things. Modernization means renewing our minds. Modernization also means resisting against our fears. Turkish nation is a great nation. We do not have anything to fear. Our target is to give up our fears, and create a Turkey of information,'' he said.
Cem added, ''Turkey has three important problems: lack of production, unemployment and inequality. Our new political party will develop a strategy to increase prosperity of our people. Economy is not only a table of numbers. It is also the human being. Therefore, our understanding of economy is based on happiness of people.''
''Our political party will be the most serious and most courageous movement of our people to save Turkey from problems of lack of production, unemployment and inequality,'' he emphasized.
''You will hear the word of seriousness from us many times. Seriousness is maybe the biggest deficiency of Turkey. Turkey has been ruled with a government of 36 ministers. Such a crowded cabinet is unique in the whole world. Turkey should put itself in order and form an influential mechanism of state,'' he added.