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DEHAP member sentenced for saying 'good day!' in
Kurdish
Turkish Daily News - 12.Oct "..he wanted to continue
his speech in Kurdish but was asked to vacate the
podium.."
A court sentenced Democratic People's Party (DEHAP)
Sanliurfa deputy leader Resit Yardimci to six months
imprisonment and a fine of YTL 1,640 on Monday for
beginning a speech at a local party convention by
saying "good-day" in Kurdish.
Yardimci, speaking at the DEHAP Sanliurfa convention
on June 11, 2003, started his speech by saying
"Good-day, dear board" in Kurdish. He wanted to
continue his speech in Kurdish but was asked to
vacate the podium after police warnings.
He was charged with using a language other than
Turkish for public political purposes in violation
of the Political Parties Law.
Yardimci said he was very surprised with the court's
decision. "I believe this is a very unfortunate
decision for Turkey. It is especially regrettable
when one considers the start of Turkey's European
Union membership negotiations and its aim to protect
human rights," he said.
www.kurdishinfo.com
Clashes between Kurdish youth and Turkish police in
Adana
NEWSDESK, Oct 11
- Kurdish youth in Adana protesting the '9 October
Conspiracy' clashed with Turkish police in the
Sakirpasa district in the city of Adana in Turkey.
Youth set up bonfires in the streets of Sali Pazari
in Sakirpasa and chanted slogans in favour of the
Kurdish national leader Abdullah Ocalan. Turkish
police who arrived at the scene of the demonstration
clashed with the Kurdish youth who threw stones and
Molotov cocktails at the armoured cars.
The '9 October Conspiracy' was a black-op jointly
conducted by Turkey, Israel and USA to oust the
Kurdish national leader Abdullah Ocalan from Syria
and refuse him refugee in Europe to later capture
him in Kenya. Abdullah Ocalan was taken to the
special military isolation prison in the island of
Imrali and sentenced by a military court to death
for 'treason'. His sentence was later commuted to
life in prison.
Abdullah Ocalan is the sole prisoner on the island
and has for over 20 weeks been refused visits from
his lawyers.
www.dozame.org
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