Turkey descent into chaos

18 August 2011


Three air strikes hit villages in Kurdish Federal Region while throwing Turkey into chaos

The Turkish Air Force bombed heavily on Wednesday and Thursday regions under
the control of the Kurdistan Workers' Party in northern Iraq, causing extensive damage
to the villages. Hours before the attack, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
had openly threatened the Kurdish political and armed organizations, announcing his
war plan that includes cross-border operations and mass arrests of Kurdish militants,
according to Kurdish and Turkish media .

Since the parliamentary elections of June 12, won by the AKP, the Islamic-conservative
party of Prime Minister Erdogan, the winds of war have been blowing through the country.
Refusing to release more than 4,000 active members of the main Kurdish party BDP,
including six mayors and elected officials, the government also rejects the claims of the
Kurdish people for a democratic self-government.

Risk of civil war

If steps towards peace are not taken quickly, the risk of civil war is real.
The Kurds are already victims of racist lynchings in several cities. But, no racist attack
has been sanctioned, on the contrary the government is encouraging the attacks by calling
them "citizens' reactions."

Ignoring the daily repression and gross violations of human rights, Erdogan systematically
points the finger at the Kurdish party BDP and the Congress for a Democratic Society
(DTK), a platform for Kurdish associations and movements, which recently proclaimed
the democratic autonomy. According to the BDP, the government plans a massive operation
against the DTK, while the media close to the government speak of a Tamil scenario.
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MAXIME AZADI - ANF / NEWS DESK

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