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European court condemns Turkey 14 years
after death of Kurdish leader
20.12.2006 |
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STRASBOURG,
December 19,-- The European Court of Human Rights on
Tuesday condemned Turkey for failing to protect the
life of Musa Anter, a writer and founder of the
People's Labour Party who was killed in 1992.
The European court said Turkey was aware that the
Kurdish leader was threatened and failed to protect
his life, and to lead an effective inquiry into his
death, and awarded his children 25,000 euros (33,000
dollars) in moral damages and 3,500 euros for costs
and expenses.
Anter's children accuse Turkish authorities of an
"extrajudicial execution".
The former director of the Kurdish institute in
Istanbul, known for his pro-Kurdish sympathies, was
killed with five bullets by an unidentified gunman
in September 1992 in Diyarbakir where he had been
invited to a local festival.
His children say the murder was commissioned by a
former member of an anti-terrorist squad who later
claimed responsibility for the crime and repented in
a book published in September 2004.
The court said there was no concrete evidence to
prove there had been an extrajudicial execution by
state agents but insisted that Turkey should have
taken measures to protect Anter, who was
particularly vulnerable because of his political
work.
The Strasbourg judges also condemned Turkey to pay
25,000 euros in moral and material damages and 3,000
euros in costs to a Turkish couple now living in
Germany who underwent police torture during an
interrogation in 1994 by anti-terrorism officers in
Istanbul.
AFP
The use of the term "Kurdistan" is vigorously
rejected due to its alleged political implications
by the Republic of Turkey, which does not recognize
the existence of a "Turkish Kurdistan"
Southeast Turkey. The Kurds have no rights in
Turkey.
Others estimate as many as 40 million Kurds live in
Big Kurdistan (Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Iran, Armenia),
which covers an area as big as France, about half of
all Kurds which estimate to 20 million live in
Turkey.
The Kurdish flag flown officially in Iraqi Kurdistan but
unofficially flown by Kurds in Armenia. The flag is
banned in Iran, Syria, and Turkey where flying it is
a criminal offence"
Southeastern Turkey:
North Kurdistan (
Kurdistan-Turkey) wikipedia
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