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The Turkish Humanist Party was established

A new political party named the Turkish Humanist Party has recently been founded. The head of the party, Mustafa Kemal Karakoc, said that the present-day politicians in Turkey and in the world are incapable of ruling their countries and thus there is a need for new ideologies and new parties. He also stated that what is important is not being a leftist or a rightist party but a humanist party.

Source: ntvmsnbc (Turkey), June 20, 2009

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