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TAK claims
responsibility for the attack in Cesme
(Source: MHA)
TURKEY, July 10
- The militant Kurdish organisation TAK (Kurdistan's
Freedom Falcons) has claimed the bomb attack on July
10 in the Turkish tourist resort of Cesme in Izmir.
A TAK official called the Kurdish news agency MHA
and claimed the attack which wounded 20 people in
the popular tourist resort of Cesme in western
Turkey. The TAK official stated that they had called
authorities before the explosion and warned them
about the presence of the bomb. The person also said
that they would continue their attacks against
tourist targets in Turkey.
A bomb placed in a garbage can in central Cesme went
off wounding 20 people, of them two foreign
tourists. Turkish police believed that the bomb was
a pipe bomb with a small amount of explosive
material.
The names of the wounded are John Willoghby
(English), Aleksander Daniluk (Russian), Idris Utal,
Bendi Yildiz, Yilmaz Arikan, Ramazan Mert, Merve
Kiliç, Akin Demir, Ali Ziya Gökmen, Günnur Irkilir,
Sait Kocalevent, Sükrü Yorulmaz, Ilker Ersan, Havva
Deniz, Sahabettin Özgü, Ismail Demirkol, Ece
Demirkol, Ali Çelikli, Ali Riza Coskun and Selin
Ertan.
The condition of the Turkish tourist Ali Çelikli has
been reported to be serious and he is currently
being treated at the 'September 9' University
Hospital.
Hunger striking Baduzade punished with 25
whiplashes by Iranian authorities
(Source: MHA)
Turkey-Kurdistan,
July 10 - The Kurdish prisoner Cehangîr Badûzade was
punished with 25 whiplashes by the Iranian Urmiye
prison administration. The reason behind the
punishment was Baduzade's hunger strike and wish to
be tried fair and openly.
On July 4, Baduzade was taken out from his cell and
punished with 25 whiplashes on the prison yard.
Cehangir Baduzade started a hunger strike on June 24
to protest the false accusations of murdering a man
that was made against him by Iranian authorities.
Baduzade is demanding to be tried in a fair court.
"I am not going to accept this oppression. As a
struggle of freedom, I will hunger strike and I will
continue until justice is given", Baduzade wrote in
a earlier statement to the Kurdish news agency MHA.
Baduzade's wife Turan spoke to MHA.
"We are not allowed to see my husband since he
started his hunger strike. We are worried for my
husband's health. We know that his condition is very
bad. PJAK members supporting my husband are also
being punished severely and their families are not
allowed to see them either", she said.
Prison guards have told Baduzade that it's not their
fault that he can't speak with his family on the
phone. "It's the prison administration that has
forbidden us to let you talk to your family", they
said to Baduzade.
The PJAK supporter Cehangir Baduzade is being held
in the Urmiye prison of eastern Kurdistan
(northwestern Iran) on false accusations of
murdering a man in Urmiye upon his return from exile
in southern Kurdistan. Baduzade was arrested by
Iranian Pasdaran soldiers and tortured for 45 days.
When he didn't accept the charges put against him,
he was instead charged for carrying a gun and
sentenced to 3 years in prison.
Even though there are no proofs that Baduzade had
committed the murder, an Islamic court in Urmiye
requested the death sentence for Baduzade. The court
in Urmiye is now waiting for 'green light' from
Tehran to carry out the death sentence.
Baduzade, who is also known as Hûsheng Ehmed Shikak,
had for many years been active in the Democratic
Party of Iran. He later left the organization and
moved with his family to southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan
and was given refugee status by the United Nations.
After many years, Baduzade returned together with
his wife and children to eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan
from his exile. Upon his return to Urmiye, Baduzade
was arrested by Iranian Pasdaran soldiers, accused
of murder, a crime he didn't commit.
Baduzade's hunger strike is now on its 16th day.
(PJAK is a Kurdish militant organisation active in
eastern Kurdistan. PJAK are members of the
KONGRA-GEL.)
Turkish police road block attacked by HPG, 3
wounded
(Source: MHA, DIHA)
Turkey-Kurdistan,
, July 10 (DozaMe.org) - A Turkish police road block
in the Hozat district of Dersim was attacked by HPG
guerrillas around 12 am (00:00 EEST) on July 10.
HPG guerrillas threw handgrenades at the Turkish
police officers on duty at the road block outside
the district governor of Hozat, critically wounding
three of them.
The wounded police officers Niyazi Karanfil, Mehmet
Cibooglu and Mehmet Kiliç were taken by helicopter
to the University of Firat Medical Center in Elazig.
www.dozeme.org
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