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PKK bomb explosion in Turkey kills one
Kurdish militia (Jash) supporting govt, wounds three
6.4.2008
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April
6, 2008
DIYARBAKIR, Kurdish Southeastern region of
Turkey, — A bomb allegedly planted by Turkey's
Kurdish separatist rebels killed a Turkish army
reservist and wounded three militia members (Jash)
in mainly Kurdish southern Turkey, the Anatolia news
agency reported Sunday.
The explosion took place in Sirnak province near the
border with Iraqi Kurdistan, as army units and
Kurdish militia (Jash - Known as Traitor between
Kurds) supporting the Turkish government campaign
against the Turkey's Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
combed the mountainous area for rebels, Anatolia
said.
Three soldiers and 16 rebels were killed during
clashes in the same province this week.
Over 39,000 Turkish soldiers and Kurdish PKK
guerrillas have been killed since 1984 when 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 rebels. |
Turkish solider (R) walking with a Kurdish militia (Jash)
(L) supporting the Turkish government and working as
informers against the Kurds and PKK |
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, the party also demanded
an end to ethnic discrimination in Turkish laws and
constitution against Kurds, ranting them full
political freedoms.
The United States and European Union have listed the
PKK as a terrorist group, but Thursday the EU's
second highest
court annulled
the 2002 listing by Brussels. The EU, however, said
the ruling -- which drew protests from Ankara --
would have no practical effect.
Copyright, respective author or news agency, AFP | Agencies
** 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 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)
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