Denk (political party)
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DENK | |
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| Leader | Tunahan Kuzu |
| Party Chairperson | Selçuk Öztürk |
| Secretary | Gladys Albitrouw |
| Founded | 9 February 2015 |
| Split from | Labour Party |
| Headquarters | Schiekade 10 Rotterdam |
| Ideology | Anti-discrimination Multiculturalism Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colours | Turquoise |
| Senate | 0 / 75 |
| House of Representatives | 0 / 150 |
| States-Provincial | 0 / 570 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 26 |
| Website | |
| www | |
DENK (Dutch for "THINK" and Turkish for "EQUALITY"[1][2]) is a political party in the Netherlands.
It was founded by Tunahan Kuzu and Selçuk Öztürk, two Turkish-Dutch members of the House of Representatives, after leaving the Labour Party on 13 November 2014. On 9 February 2015, they gave their parliamentary group the name DENK and published a political manifesto for the establishment of a movement for migrants and a "tolerant and solidarity society" which, among other things, calls for a register of racism.
Manifesto
The movement has drawn a political manifesto in February 2015 from which emerged the election Thinking Netherlands in November 2016.[3][4]
The program argues DENK for the following five points:
- a tolerant society in which we accept each other.
- a caring society in which we have an eye for each other.
- a learning society in which we utilize everyone's talents.
- a sustainable society where we have to worry about our environment.
- a just society, promoting international justice.
In point 1, the movement wants to establish a monument in memory of Labour and they want 'knowledge of migration history "is a key target in education. The term "integration" wants to abolish the motion and replaced by "acceptance". The movement abolishes the term "immigrant". The manifesto is found that people with non-western background are less likely to feel a job or internship and are often treated in a negative contacts with law enforcement. The manifesto states that racism in the Netherlands are structural and institutional in nature and therefore wants a so-called "racism register" shall be set up, in which manifestations of racism are registered. Registrants should not work for a government organization.
In point 3, the movement that the education is the diversity in the classroom is commensurate with the diversity of the class (including the teacher). Also wants the movement that in every school in the Netherlands, both in primary and secondary education, the subjects Chinese, Arabic and Turkish must be introduced as an optional subject. These languages are in accordance with the movement useful for the trading position and international relations of the Netherlands. According to the manifesto frequent taunting of promoters of Islamic education will stop the movement by setting up an independent commission. It advocates encouraging government training to imams, said the government should not interfere with the curriculum. Imams, according to the manifesto needed not only for mosques, but also in health care, prisons and defense.
Under paragraph 4 there is an agreement with the views of green parties.
At Section 5 focuses on three points.
- DENK's view that the UN and to the Security Council for a fundamental revision and that the EU should pursue an independent foreign policy.
- The movement wants to tackle extremism by tackling the soil, which, according THINK consisting of hopelessness, social exclusion and injustice.
- On the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is in the manifesto that Europe strengthens the international position of Palestine and that the Netherlands recognizes Palestine as this would work better than a large number of interfaith dialogues.
Controversy
The program for the parliamentary elections in the Netherlands in 2017, in the context of the Armenian question, i.e. the Turkish-Ottoman genocide of the Armenians, is mourning both the Turkish and the Armenian sides, while calling for an "independent international investigation" No consensus "for the genocide.[4]
NRC Handelsblad reported in February 2017 to DENK on social media using fake profiles in order to influence public opinion.[5] In response set DENK primarily a video on their Facebook page where Kuzu and Farid Azarkan downplayed the allegations, the motives of NRC Handelsblad in doubt concerned and suggested that other parties would be guilty to a greater extent to working with nepvolgers.[6] A few days later authorized party leader Kuzu still that there had been of internet trolls. According to him concerned the youth of the youth department of DENK, now would be called to account for their behavior.[7] [8] Still have a few days later recognized Kuzu also Azarkan called to account for his role;[9][10]
References
- ^ Kuzu en Öztürk willen een racismeregister, NRC.nl, 9 February 2015
- ^ Simon Otjes: The Netherlands. European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook. Vol. 55, December 2016, pp. 188–193
- ^ "Een Nieuke Politieke Beweging" (PDF). Bewegingdenk.nl. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ a b "Denkend Aan Nederland" (PDF). Bewegingdenk.nl. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ Andreas KouwenhovenHugo Logtenberg 10 februari 2017. "Nep-aanhang is online actief voor politieke partij Denk - NRC". Nrc.nl. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "DENK - Dit is hoe de media (NRC) werken". Facebook. 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ "Jongeren van partij Denk aangesproken op nepprofielen". Trow. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ "Kuzu: trollen verleden tijd bij Denk | NOS". Nos.nl. 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ Door: ANP (2017-02-16). "Kuzu spreekt tweede man Denk aan op inzet 'trollen' | NU - Het laatste nieuws het eerst op". Nu.nl. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ "Kuzu tegen tweede man DENK: zo gaan wij niet te werk". Elsevier.nl. 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
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