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Kurdistan National Congress KNK Statement
on Turkish Bombing
6.5.2008
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Kurdistan National Congress issues a statement on
recent Turkish bombings of Qendil mountains in Iraqi
Kurdistan.
May 6, 2008
To the public opinion:
The Turkish state does not cease carrying out
military operations passing through the borders of
Iraqi Kurdistan. The Turkish army Saturday night
held an
air raid against the positions
of PJAK’s (Party for a Free Life in
Kurdistan) militants on the mounts of Qandil. During
this attack where chemical gas was used, 6
journalist members of the PJAK press service lost
their lives. Thus, Turkey does not recognize any
right regarding to the international war rules.
According to the information that we have obtained,
a meeting was held on 30th April 2008 between Turks
and Iranians right on the Iranian border where they
planned identifying the PJAK targets to be attacked.
We would like to draw the attention of the
international public opinion to the fact that the
decision of an air raid was made due to this meeting
held between Turkish,www.ekurd.net
Iranian and Iraqi
forces, yet in relation with Iraqi Kurdish
authorities as well. It clearly means that these
states agreed on annihilating the Kurdish people’s
struggle for freedom.
It should be known that the Turkish government has
only a one-year authorization given by its
Parliament and which expires in October 2008 for
carrying out military operations against the Kurds
through its borders. Since, the United States,
alliance of Turkey within NATO, assists Turkish
authorities by providing some real-time information
about Kurdish military movements on Iraqi territory.
The Kurdistan National Congress condemns Turkish
army’s barbaric attack. We call on the international
public opinion, especially the European institutions
and the NGOs to not remain silent against Turkish
barbarism which aims to tear down Kurdish people’s
fight for freedom.
Kurdistan National Congress (KNK), 4th May 2008
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*
PJAK (PEJAK) is an anti-Iranian Kurdish rebel movement
fighting the Islamic regime of Iran,
PJAK (Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan), Since
2004 PJAK took up arms for self-rule in the
country's mainly Kurdistan province northwestern of
Iran (Iranian Kurdistan, Eastern Kurdistan). Half the members of PJAK
are women.
** 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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