Alison Flood:Frankfurt Book Fair: Orhan Pamuk denounces Turkish oppression
The Guardian 15 .10.2008-Nobel prize-winner Orhan Pamuk, tried in 2005 under Turkish law for criticising the state, used his opening address at the Frankfurt Book Fair to decry the "oppression" of Turkey's writers.Speaking alongside Turkish president Abdullah Gül, Pamuk deplored how "a century of banning and burning books, of throwing writers into prison or killing them or branding them as traitors and sending them into exile, and continuously denigrating them in the press" has made Turkish literature poorer.
Washington Post-How is Turkey doing these days? It depends on who you ask. The United States has been positioning Turkey as a model for being the most democratic country in the Middle East; on the other hand, the European Union has been questioning freedom of the press and human rights in Turkey, as part of Turkey's the country's EU accession negotiations.
Taraf 08.10.2008-Through who knows after how many raids on the same police office, the number of casualties has risen to 43 or 44. We will forget this raid as we have already forgotten the previous ones.
Gareth Jenkins: Turkey Searches For a Plan B After PKK Attack
The large death toll in the recent attack by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on a Turkish military outpost close to the border with Iraq has dealt a major psychological blow to the Turkish government and severely damaged the prestige of the Turkish military, which has long been arguing that the PKK is a spent force.
Iran Resume Bombing Border Villages, Turkey War Planes Patrol Kurdistan Region
18.08.2008-This evening once again the Iranian artillery resumed bombing Kurdistan region border areas, while several Turkish war planes patrolled the region’s air space in Qandil area.
Rauf Naqishbendi :The Undermined and Mismanaged Sector of Kurdistan's Economy
Kurdish Aspect 11.08.2008-Agriculture is a crucial sector of any economy, significantly important to the lifeline of any nation. Similarly, one of the oldest and noblest professions known to man is farming, the means by which food is created to sustain people and their livestock. Historically, farming has provided a livelihood for the majority of individuals, and many industries continue to depend on farming.
Gareth Jenkins: Turkish Death Squads Protected by 'The State'.
09.06.2008-On June 6 the military court in the southeastern city of Van once again postponed a scheduled hearing in a case brought against three members of the security forces who are accused of carrying out an extra-judicial execution in the Kurdish town of Semdinli in November 2005. The trial is widely regarded as a test case for Turkey’s willingness to hold members of its security forces accountable for human rights abuses in its 24-year-old war against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
Kay Azadabeen : Territorial Disputes and Human Rights in S-Kurdistan
Kurdishaspect.com - Resolving the territorial disputes in S-Kurdistan is gaining weight gradually. Three obstacles remain the same and include the Iraqi constitution, the United Nations and its biased members on one side of equation and the Kurdish people on the other side.
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Taraf 08.10.2008-
The large death toll in the recent attack by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on a Turkish military outpost close to the border with Iraq has dealt a major psychological blow to the Turkish government and severely damaged the prestige of the Turkish military, which has long been arguing that the PKK is a spent force.
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