That initiative is what the Turkish government's calls its "democratic opening."
VOA: standard.2010.06.17
Miss Jordan was the first black woman to give an opening speech at the Democratic Convention.
VOA: special.2010.05.09
As part of what was described as the "democratic opening, " the Turkish state established a Kurdish-language TV channel for the first time and eased bans on Kurdish language education in schools.
Mexico's conservative opposition, the National Action Party, largely favors a broader opening of the energy business to private investment, while the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution has proposed a more limited opening for areas like refining.
"The lingering problem of job losses has created an opening for the Democratic candidate, making it possible for Mr Kerry to win a state with strong Republican leanings, " he says.