Talking to PKK is solution to Kurdish issue, says DTP deputy
TZ 20.03.2009-The simplest solution to the Kurdish question is to sit down and speak with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and its jailed leader Abdullah Öcalan, stated Democratic Society Party (DTP) deputy Sabahat Tuncel, speaking to her party's supporters at a rally on Wednesday night.About 300 people in İstanbul's Hacı Ahmet neighborhood, located in Beyoğlu, gathered on Wednesday night as part of the celebrations for Nevruz, a spring festival loaded with political meaning for nationalistic Kurds. Tuncel, who attended the event and addressed the crowd, said: "Resolving the Kurdish issue is easy. The relevant parties to the problem should talk. Who are these parties? The state on one side and the PKK and Mr. Öcalan on the other." Security was tight during the gathering on Wednesday.
Erhan Ustundag 27.02.2009-Ten children who participated in protests in Diyarbakir during the visit of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on 20 October 2008 are on trial, but their hearings have again been postponed.On Tuesday, there were two court hearings in Diyarbakir. Human rights activists who have come together as the Initiative for Justice for Children came to the city in the southeast of Turkey from Izmir, Istanbul and Ankara to join local activists of the Initiative.
One Acquittal for Kurdish Song, One More Court Case to Go
Erol Onderoglu 25.02.2009-Radio Dünya broadcasts in the province of Adana, in southern Turkey. On 23 February, the radio station’s lawyer Tugay Bek found out that the station has been acquitted in a trial concerning the broadcast of a Kurdish folk song two years ago.The case had been heard at Adana’s 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance since 8 January 2008. Broadcast editor Mehmet Arslan had faced imprisonment. However, the court has now decreed that there was no proof of a crime.
New York Times Sabrina Tavernise 25.02.2009-A prominent Kurdish lawmaker gave a speech in his native Kurdish in Turkey’s Parliament on Tuesday, breaking taboos and also the law in Turkey, a country that has long repressed its Kurdish minority for fear it would try to secede.Turkey’s state television cut off the live broadcast of the official, Ahmet Turk, as he spoke to members of his political party, the Democratic Society Party, known by its Turkish initials, D.T.P.
Christopher Torchia 24.02.2009 - A politician stirred the debate about minority rights in Turkey when he spoke Kurdish in Parliament on Tuesday, violating laws that bar the language in official settings.State-run television immediately cut off the live broadcast of legislator Ahmet Turk as he spoke in his native tongue, ostensibly to celebrate UNESCO world languages week. But his real aim was to challenge the long-standing Turkish policy toward its restive Kurdish population, a suppression of rights that only began to ease in recent years.
AlJazeere 02.11.2008-A second day of protests have erupted across southeastern Turkey over a visit by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, to the mainly Kurdish region.Demonstrators clashed with police on Sunday in the city of Yuksekova as protestors loyal to the Democratic Society Party (DTP), Turkey's main Kurdish party.
Deutsche Welle 20.10.2008-As guest nation at the world's largest book fair, Turkey bathed in the literary limelight, but the Frankfurt Book Fair, which ended Sunday, couldn't wash away all the stains of limits placed on freedom of expression.
Kurdish Workers Party Says They Have Nothing To Do With Güngören Explosions
BIA Erhan Ustundag-Rejecting the rexplosion reports against them, the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) says they never support such acts against civilians. Non-governmental organizations, political parties and professional chambers protest the attack.Turkish Peace Council said, about the bomb explosions in Güngören,
Istanbul, that “it is disturbing that Turkey is being pulled into an
environment of violence, regardless of who organized this attack and
for what purpose.”
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