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Cold weather kills nine Kurdish PKK rebels
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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. Photo: HGP
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March 12, 2012
QANDIL MOUNTAINS, Turkey-Iraqi Kurdistan
frontier, — Severe winter conditions have been
the cause for the loss of life of many Kurdish
guerrillas from the Kurdistan Workers' Party PKK.
Remembering those who lost their life this winter
PKK [HPG] Main Headquarters said that “We will
follow in the footsteps of our comrades who have
resisted and acted with a sense of mission under all
circumstances.” ANF news agency reported.
HPG (People’s Defense Forces) Main Headquarters has
reported that nine guerrillas have recently lost
their life because of severe weather conditions in
the guerrilla controlled Qandil border area between
Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan region.
The statement by HPG said that; “Eight comrades have
died martyr on duty on 4 March as a result of an
avalanche falling in Dola Koke area of Qandil region
in Media Defense Areas. Despite all efforts given by
our units, our comrades couldn’t be saved.
On the other hand, one other comrade who fell sick
on 5 March because of severe weather conditions
couldn’t be saved despite all medical attention."
The names of PKK guerrillas are listed below:
• 1989 Diyarbakır born, Amed Serdoz code named
Zeynep Ulaş
• Hakkari born, Beritan Şafak code named Hülya Gök
• 1991 Van born, Doza Welat code named Rozerin
Bilici
• 1988 East Kürdistan Sine born, Meysa Sipidar code
named Someyi Sofizade
• Van born, Nuda Dilara code named Sümeye Polat
• 1989 Batman born, Rengin Şinda code named Şehdiya
Zeyrik
• 1991 Hakkari born, Ruken Çayan code named Nuran
Bellier
• 1992 Doğubayazıt born, Zemyan Gilidağ code named
Fatma Çete
• 1974 Şirvan/Siirt born, Ferhat Koçer code named
Sabri Açıkça
Since it was established in 1984, the PKK has been
fighting the Turkish state, which still denies the
constitutional existence of Kurds, to establish a
Kurdish state in the south east of the country, sparking a conflict that has claimed some 45,000
lives.
But now its aim is the creation an autonomous
Kurdish region
and more cultural rights for ethnic Kurds who
constitute the greatest minority in Turkey,
numbering more than 20 million. A large Turkey's
Kurdish community openly sympathise with the Kurdish PKK rebels.
PKK's demands included releasing PKK detainees,
lifting the ban on education in Kurdish, paving the
way for an autonomous democrat Kurdish system within
Turkey, reducing pressure on the detained PKK leader
Abdullah Öcalan, stopping military action against
the Kurdish party and recomposing the Turkish
constitution.
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 ass '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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