Turkish President urges respect for rule of law

The uneasy political situation in Turkey have moved President Abdullah Gül to use his traditional New Year’s message to call for the utmost attention to respect for the rule of law for the sake of the country’s future generations, Hürriyet Daily News reports.

“We are a country which has been integrated with the world, which has harmonized with the European Union acquis to a considerable extent, which has become a center of attraction of investors and where capital flows liberally. In such a country, stability, trust and confidence in the future are determining factors,” President Gül said in a message posted on his official website yesterday.

“These developments are a product of political stability, good governance and disciplined work. As a nation, we should very well be aware of the value of the point that we have arrived and should exert efforts to leave a country in serenity which is economically and politically developed to the next generations. As such, we need to avoid stances and manners which would shake political stability and an environment of economic confidence, which will erode the democratic state governed by the rule of law, and which will disrupt our unity and peaceful coexistence,” Gül said.