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Nice Kurdish eyes closed for ever, why?
23.12.2007
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Look
deep into these Kurdish eyes and ask yourself, why?
December
23, 2007
Look into the eyes of this young Kurdish PKK woman,
Rozerin Fırat Roj, who has become one of the latest
casualties of the US aided, Turkish bombing of the
Gabar Mountains with Cobra helicopter gunships, F16
fighter jets and artillery shells. And reflect upon
the fact that billions of dollars worth of
ammunition and technological weaponry has been
deployed to kill her.
Billions of dollars that could of been directed
towards housing in Diyarbakir, training for
employment for Kurdish youth or given to the poverty
stricken Kurdish Councils.
Turkish intellectuals, columnists and 'analysts' are
always keen to talk solely, about 'economic'
solutions of 'The Kurdish Question', so what do they
say about the billions of dollars wasted on bombing
our friend above.
At this time of Christmas and Eid when loved ones
get together and remember those who are no longer
with us, the latest young Kurdish youths
who have lost their lives
in the struggle for Kurdish Freedom in Turkey. |
Look deep into these Kurdish eyes and ask yourself,
why? Photo:hpg-online.net |
Kurdish youths, who left
their homes in Turkey sick of the racism towards
themselves and their families.
The same Kurdish youths who are the sons and
daughters of the Kurdish refugees from the villages
that were burnt down by the Turkish army. Their
mothers salvaged what they could from their burnt
houses and walked to the nearest city where they
lived in poverty.
The youths who have many fathers, brothers, sisters
or mothers in Turkish prisons and other relatives
who have been killed in extra judicial killings or
have faced severe physical and psychological
torture.
Look into the eyes of our young friend above and
think of the minds of the Turkish Generals who would
rather drop laser guided bombs and hunt these young
people with Cobra helicopters than accept peace
offered time and time again.
And think of the Turkish politicians who wave the
Turkish flag more furiously than the other, who
applaud the killings and lust for more. And the
Turkish nationalists who literally, are foaming at
the mouth with unbridled pleasure at the death of
our young friend and launch racist tirades at any
Kurd who does not join in with their hatred and
prejudice.
And then think of the Americans who told us they
invaded Iraq to get rid of Saddam Hussain and who
now aid Turkey to kill Kurds who want nothing more
than peace and freedom.
Look into her eyes and know that the Kurdish Freedom
Struggle is a just cause against the most barbaric
policy of repression known to any people for so
many, long and painful years.
Look into her eyes and ask the
question...............why?
Why does the Turkish state continue to deny and
refuse any solution to The Kurdish Question?
And then think how much longer can millions of
Kurdish people continue to suffer with this?
And then, listen to the deafening and echoing
silence of the voices of protest from the
international community!
And then, ask yourself a question. Which side are
you on?
Since 1984 the PKK
took up arms for self-rule in the country's mainly
Kurdish southeast of Turkey. A large Turkey's Kurdish community
openly sympathise with the Kurdish PKK for a
Kurdish homeland in southeast of Turkey.
The PKK demanded Turkey's recognition of the Kurds'
identity in its constitution and of their language
as a native language along with Turkish in the
country's Kurdish areas,www.ekurd.net
the party also demanded
an end to ethnic discrimination in Turkish laws and
constitution against Kurds, granting them full
political freedoms.
The United States and the European Union, like
Turkey, class the PKK freedom fighters as a
"terrorist organisation"
Source : hevallo.blogspot.com
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Kurds are not recognized as an official minority in
Turkey and are denied rights granted to other
minority groups. Under EU pressure, Turkey recently
granted Kurds limited rights for broadcasts and
education in the Kurdish language, but critics say
the measures do not go far enough.
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.
Others estimate over 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.
Turkey is home to over 25 million ethnic Kurds, a
large Turkey's Kurdish community openly sympathise with the Kurdish PKK for a
Kurdish homeland in the country's mainly Kurdish
southeast of Turkey.
Before August 2002, the Turkish government placed
severe restrictions on the use of Kurdish language,
prohibiting the language in education and broadcast
media.
The Kurdish alphabet is still not recognized
in Turkey, and use of the Kurdish letters X, W, Q
which do not exist in the Turkish
alphabet has led to judicial persecution in 2000 and
2003
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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