Denk (Dutch political party)
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| Leader | Tunahan Kuzu |
| Chairman | Selçuk Öztürk |
| Secretary | Gladys Albitrouw |
| Treasurer | Tunahan Kuzu |
| Leader in the House of Representatives | Tunahan Kuzu |
| Founded | 9 February 2015 |
| Split from | Labour Party |
| Headquarters | Schiekade 10 Rotterdam |
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Anti-discrimination Multiculturalism Identity politics Social democracy |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Colours | Turquoise |
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| House of Representatives |
3 / 150
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| States-Provincial |
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| European Parliament |
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Denk (Dutch pronunciation: [dɛŋk]; Dutch for "think" and Turkish for "equality") 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 "racism registry".
In the 2017 parliamentary election, Denk secured three seats, ensuring that Kuzu, Farid Azarkan and Öztürk would remain in parliament.
The movement drew up a political manifesto in February 2015 from which the political party Thinking Netherlands (Denk) emerged in November 2016.
The Denk program argues for the following five points:
Regarding point 1, the movement wants to establish a monument in memory of Labour and they want 'knowledge of migration history as a key target in education. They propose that the term "integration" should be replaced by the word "acceptance". The movement abolishes the term "immigrant". It notes that people with a non-western background are less likely to find a job or internship and are often have negative experiences in contacts with law enforcement. The manifesto states that racism in the Netherlands is structural and institutional in nature and therefore wants a so-called "racism register" to be set up, in which manifestations of racism are registered. The movement proposes that people registered should not be permitted work for government organizations.
In relation to point 3, the movement that the education is the diversity in the classroom is commensurate with the diversity of the class (including the teacher). The movement has a policy that in every school in the Netherlands, both in primary and secondary education, study of Chinese, Arabic and Turkish must be introduced as optional subjects. According to the movement, education in these languages will be useful for the trade 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 of imams, but is opposed to the government interfering with the curriculum. According to the manifesto imams should not only be appointed to mosques, but also in health care, prisons and the armed forces.
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