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Turkey may face sanctions for using
chemical weapons against Kurdish rebels
27.8.2010 |
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August
27, 2010
BERLIN, — Chair
of the Disarming Commission of the German Federal
Parliament Uta Zapf said if the allegations
regarding the use of chemical weapons by the Turkish
Army against the Kurdish PKK guerrillas are proved
Turkey will face sanctions in accordance with the
international treaties.
After the reports and documents indicating that
Turkish army has used chemical weapons against the
Kurdistan Workers' Party PKK guerrillas German MP
Uta Zapf called on an independent investigation
regarding the allegations. She also stated that they
are waiting the German Minister of Foreign Affairs
Guido Westerwelle to respond their call for taking
the allegations before Organisation for the
Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
Speaking to ANF Utah Zapf also said in the light of
the documents and the pictures the allegations
should be taken seriously and they will ask for the
autopsy reports of the Kurdish guerrillas from
Turkey.
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Chair of the Disarming Commission of the German
Federal Parliament Uta Zapf. |
Turkey is not a party to
Oslo Treaty
Regarding the use of napalm bombs by the Turkish
Army she said like Israel Turkey is a not party of
Oslo Treaty and therefore it is not possible to
bring sanctions on a non-party state. However,www.ekurd.netTurkey
may face sanctions in relation to chemical weapons.
The use of chemical weapons by Turkey is not new
In 1994 Turkish army used chemical weapons against
Kurdish guerrillas. The bomb tube was taken to
Munich city of Germany where the laboratorial test
proved that Turkey uses chemical weapons.
Since 1984 the PKK [Partiya Karkeren Kurdistan] took up arms for self-rule in the
mainly Kurdish southeast of Turkey
[Turkey-Kurdistan] which has claimed around 45,000
lives of Turkish soldiers and Kurdish PKK
guerrillas.
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.
A large Turkey's Kurdish community estimate to 25
million openly sympathise with the Kurdish PKK
rebels.
Turkey refuses to recognize its Kurdish population
as a distinct minority. It has allowed some cultural
rights such as limited broadcasts in the Kurdish
language and private Kurdish language courses with
the prodding of the European Union, but Kurdish
politicians say the measures fall short of their
expectations.
The PKK is considered a 'terrorist' organization by
Ankara, U.S., the PKK continues to be on the
blacklist list in EU despite court ruling which
overturned a decision
to place the Kurdish rebel group PKK and its
political wing on the European Union's terror list.
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