Turk to stand for Dutch Labor party leadership in Netherlands

AMSTERDAM

Nebahat Albayrak, an ethnic Turk, will stand for the election of chairman of the Netherlands’ main opposition, the Social Democratic Labor Party, after the resignation of Job Cohen, daily Hürriyet has reported.

Speaking to news web site Nu.nl, Albayrak, 43, said the minority government had been unable to produce solutions to the country’s problems.

Already the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Albayrak said the country could be saved by a coalition government composed of progressive parties.

“I want to build a bridge between all parties that will make the Netherlands a more powerful and social country,” Albayrak said.