Mittwoch, 9. Februar 2011

EU Lajendijk: Turkey can't enter in Europe without solving Kurdish question

09 February 2011
European Parliament Foreign Relations Commission and Turkey-EU Joint
Parliamentary Commission former member Joost Lagendijk evaluated
Turkey's EU process and the last phase reached in Kurdish question to ANF.
Lagendijk expressed that he has a high opinion of 'Democratic Autonomy Project’
of Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), noting that the AKP (Justice and Development
Party) government hasn’t gone further than taking a few steps at first. 
“An initiative can not be the subject while Kurds are still not permitted to write the
signboards and to receive education in their mother language. The bilingualism problem
should be resolved at first. The way should be opened to enable people speak in
their mother tongue and the bounds should be clarified. Some steps have been taken so far
but there hasn’t been any positive development yet”...

Read more: ANF NEWS AGENCY

Dienstag, 1. Februar 2011

Forced evictions of Kurds: A Crime against Humanity and War Crime

01 February 2011


Noory Fakhry writes about forced eviction of Kurds by Turkey

In northern Kurdistan, part of Turkey similar to all other parts of Kurdistan (Iran and Syria),
the fundamental rights of Kurds has been violated by Turkish government. 
Massive forced evictions of Kurds have been one of the most fundamental human rights
violations by Turkey.

The Turkish government has actively committed forced evictions of Kurds with some
justifications. Turkish troops demonized thousands of villages and a large number of towns.
More than 350,000 people have been evacuated from 3,500 villages.
The main destructions of Kurdish villages in this base were in southeast of Turkey
during the 1984-2000. But still the government of Turkey is continuing to destructions of
villages and forced evictions of Kurds by its military forces via bombardment of Kurdish area
that has resulted in widespread displacement, loss of life, and environmental destructions.
[...].
Please continue reading on at  ANF NEWS AGENCY 

written by NOORY FAKHRY (Student at Lund University in International Human Rights Law)