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Turkey: Journalists Join the Demand for
Peace on The Kurdish Conflict
29.12.2006
By Ayca ORER |
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Prominent journalists give
support to the petition calling for peace on the
Kurdish conflict, signed by 322 intellectuals last
week. The group repeated their call to all parties
to end violence and start a dialogue which will lead
to a political solution.
Istanbul, December 28 ,-- Petitioners who
demanded immediate measures for peace concerning the
Kurdish conflict gathered a press conference today
to give information on developments.
Journalists Hasan Cemal, Ferai Tinc and Altan Oymen
joined the group that included 322 activists,
writers and artists who called on all parties
involved in the conflict to act immediately.
End to violence a priority
Oymen of the Radikal daily put the emphasis on the
high electoral barrier, which blocks the Kurdish
representation in the national assembly.
He also drew on the poverty and inequalities as root
causes of the problem while Milliyet daily
commentator Hasan Cemal noted media's failure to
fully and honestly reflect the ongoing conflict.
He urged an end to violence as a means of politics.
Ferai Tınc of Hurriyet, on the other hand,
underlined the importance of social and political
dialogue between two sides.
Group seeks parliamentary attention
Kurdish politician Dr. Tarik Ziya Ekinci called
attention to the expanding wave of violence in the
society and added that a peace isn't possible under
such circumstances.
"Silence is not peace", said Ekinci.
The group seeks a meeting with the Chair of the
National Assembly, Bulent Arinc for establishing a
dialogue on the basis set out on the petition.(
bianet org
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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