The Turkish government unveiled on Tuesday an action plan to boost social and economic development in the country's southeastern region, calling the initiative "a turning point for Turkey," reported the semi-official Anatolia news agency.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made the announcement in a meeting in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir, adjacent to the Turkey-Iraq border which is often harassed by the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) rebels.
"The GAP (Southeastern Anatolia) Action Plan that we are announcing today is not a mere report or a project. It is a well-defined, scheduled and a funded action plan to remove regional differences in economic and social development, unemployment and migration," Erdogan was quoted as saying.
The premier promised that the state-run television is set to broadcast round-the-clock programs in dialects of the region. "Our action plan and the new broadcast policy will constitute a social restoration to strengthen our social fabric, unity and integrity."
"As long as welfare spreads and freedom is broadened, all our people will win," said Erdogan, adding that investments, production and stability were the remedies to solve the problems of Turkey.
Erdogan, meanwhile, condemned "the inhuman face" of the PKK which "has been isolated inside and outside, thanks to multilateral and multidimensional fight Turkey was carrying out."
"Thanks to our recent steps, the area in which the terrorist organization is trying to exist will get narrower each passing day," he added.
Source:Xinhua
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