Strasbourg, 03/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - Tuncer Bakirhan, President of the DEHAP Party, a pro-Kurd party for the people's democracy, seized the opportunity provided by the plenary session to meet the president of the European Parliament, Pat Cox, and those responsible for several political groups. Two trials are currently under way in Turkey aimed at closing the party. "Banning parties does not strengthen democracy and does not do away with them, and this gives a very bad image of Turkey",...