Kamber Ateş says no point going to vote in the referendum
ANF 31.08.2010- Kamber Ateş will always be associated with the sentence ‘Kamber Ateş,
how are you?’, the only sentence his mother pronounced when she was
visiting him in Mamak Military Prision in 1980, as she could not speak
any language other than Kurdish and Kurdish was banned. He says today
that AKP (Justice and Development Party) is not sincere with the
constitutional amendment package. Ateş adds: “Why would I go to polls at
the referendum? I won’t feel at ease unless the complete coup
constitution is removed.”
Jake Hess: My reporting on the Kurds landed me in a Turkish prison
When Jake Hess began investigating human rights abuses, he didn't expect
to be locked up and interrogated himself. I bumped into a local
journalist friend on a recent afternoon in Diyarbakir, the unofficial
capital of Turkish Kurdistan. "This is Turkey," he said wearily when I
asked if the police were still harassing him because of his work. "If
the police didn't bother us [journalists], we'd think something was
wrong."
“The ceasefires stand as a clear indication of the peaceful intentions of the Kurdish movement”- The KNK welcomes the publication “A new chance for peace”, a detailed
documentation* cataloguing the repeated ceasefires initiated
unilaterally by the Kurdish side over 1993-2010, the years that the
conflict between Turkey and the Kurds has been waged.
Economist Sonmez says Kurdish issue cannot be solved only with economy
ANF 30.08.2010- Speaking to ANF economist and writer Mustafa Sonmez said it is a mistake
to consider Kurdish problem as result of mere economical problems.
Sonmez also stated that Kurdish problem cannot only be handled with
economic precautions such as development and investment. “Kurdish
demands for democratic rights and their struggle for these rights
deserve to be respected.” added Sonmez.
Another Human Heritage site in Turkey is being destroyed
Kurdish Info 30.08.2010- One week ago the turkish government started with the filling of the important archaeological site ALLIANOI close to Izmir which is the prestep for the drowning of this unique location through the Yortanli Dam reservoir. We public Allianoi Initiative Group press release:
Kurdish newspaper Rojev shut down by Turkey in four days
A Kurdish language newspaper was shut down by a Turkish court. Istanbul
11th High Criminal Court issued a shut down verdict today against
Kurdish daily Rojev in grounds of making propaganda of Kurdistan Workers
Party (PKK) and KONGRA GEL.
A couple of weeks ago a delegation from Europe went to Diyarbakir and
was denied access to the prison. The delegation was principally
constituted of Members from German left party, DIE LINKE, from European
Parliament, Jürgen Klute, from the National Parliament (Bundestag), Ms.
Ingrid Remmers and from Members of the regional Parliament of
Nordrhein-Westphalen (biggest region in the North-West), Ms. Bärbel
Beuermann (head of the parliamentary group), Mr. Rüdiger Sagel.
Additionally, Mr. Martin Dolzer journalist and expert on the region and
Michael Knapp, human right activist, also were part of the delegation.
ANF 28.08.2010- More than 300 chronically ill inmates died in prison in Turkey since 2002, human rights organisations say.About 50 chronically ill prisoners pleas are ignored by the Islamist AKP government, Freedom Platform for Chronically Ill Prisoners said in a press statement.
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ANF 31.08.2010-
When Jake Hess began investigating human rights abuses, he didn't expect
to be locked up and interrogated himself. I bumped into a local
journalist friend on a recent afternoon in Diyarbakir, the unofficial
capital of Turkish Kurdistan. "This is Turkey," he said wearily when I
asked if the police were still harassing him because of his work. "If
the police didn't bother us [journalists], we'd think something was
wrong."
“The ceasefires stand as a clear indication of the peaceful intentions of the Kurdish movement”- The KNK welcomes the publication “A new chance for peace”, a detailed
documentation* cataloguing the repeated ceasefires initiated
unilaterally by the Kurdish side over 1993-2010, the years that the
conflict between Turkey and the Kurds has been waged.
ANF 30.08.2010- 
Kurdish Info 30.08.2010- 
A Kurdish language newspaper was shut down by a Turkish court. Istanbul
11th High Criminal Court issued a shut down verdict today against
Kurdish daily Rojev in grounds of making propaganda of Kurdistan Workers
Party (PKK) and KONGRA GEL.
A couple of weeks ago a delegation from Europe went to Diyarbakir and
was denied access to the prison. The delegation was principally
constituted of Members from German left party, DIE LINKE, from European
Parliament, Jürgen Klute, from the National Parliament (Bundestag), Ms.
Ingrid Remmers and from Members of the regional Parliament of
Nordrhein-Westphalen (biggest region in the North-West), Ms. Bärbel
Beuermann (head of the parliamentary group), Mr. Rüdiger Sagel.
Additionally, Mr. Martin Dolzer journalist and expert on the region and
Michael Knapp, human right activist, also were part of the delegation.
