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Ilnur Cevik: Turkish authorities failed to
bring bread and butter 18.9.2006
By Vladimir van Wilgenburg, September 18
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According to Ilnur
Cevik[1], the Turkish authorities have failed to
bring bread and butter to the Kurdish region. "There
are no serious investments anywhere to produce jobs.
Social reforms have not been made. All of this is
inviting trouble".
He says that the people of the region still rely on
two sources of income: The income 60,000 families
get from the village guard system and the benefits
of being involved in border trade with Iraq through
Habur.
He also talks about the ceasefire after Ocalan's
capture. (But only in other words). "We called on
the authorities to undertake social and economic
reforms that would provide bread and butter as well
as social benefits for the people in these regions".
Military leaders said that security measures should
be complemented by economic and social steps. But
nothing happened and the living conditions of Kurds
in the region are still deteriorating. |
A poor Kurd in Diyarbakir (Amed) |
"This is a wake-up call to the authorities. You
cannot stop PKK violence without ensuring the
backing of the local masses and people who have been
pushed into poverty and hunger will not support
you".
One might wonder what the problem is now? Why do the
military leaders don't want to change the economic
conditions in North-Kurdistan? Is it because they
benefit from the conflict? Why military leaders have
to decide what happens with "economic and social
steps"? Is that democracy?
I heard from a Kurd in Dersim, that the military set
off bombs once a while, so that they can keep the
"state of emergency" intact and their power. It
seems to be me, the military must be seriously
changed, otherwise no real solution will come. One
can blame “terrorists” for every problem in the
region. That’s off course very easy, but the
problems will last then. Turkish authors don’t want
to say it in a direct way, but the military system
in the region is the main source of the problem.
[1]
Ilnur Cevik - PKK terrorism result of civilian
negligence
Source: http://vladimirkurdistan.blogspot.com/
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".
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
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Kurdistan-Turkey) wikipedia
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