On Wednesday, Turkey's National Security Council (MGK) convened under the chairmanship of President Abdullah Gul. At the end of the meeting, which iincluding the Prime Minister; Chief of Staff; deputy premiers; Justice, Defense, Internal, and Foreign Affairs Ministers; the commanders of air, land and naval forces and the gendarmerie, a statement declared:
In the meeting, attention was drawn to the fact that any attempt to change the Turkish Republic's official language, which is Turkish, and to alter the understanding of "One Flag, One Nation, One Land, and One Language"cannot be accepted.
So much for a political accommodation with pro-Kurdish parties over bilingualism and autonomy in parts of Turkey....