Kerim Yildiz 23.01.2008 The bombardments and air raids carried out since mid-October, and most recently on January 11 by the Turkish air force, are only the most recent in a series of coordinated attacks on civilian populations in northern Iraq by both Turkey and Iran since last August.
Anna GRABOLLE: Hrant Dink – Commemorated Around the World
Over ten thousand people gathered in Istanbul to remember Hrant Dink, who was murdered a year ago. The international press also marked the day, and there were commemorations around the world.
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When I woke up and checked the news on 16th, Dec I realized that Turkey bombed Iraqi Kurdistan. I became very sad and disappointed because of what we did for supporting the US from the first moment of their mission in Iraq until now.
Bianet-The USA has decided for Turkey and against the Kurds. Whether the Kurds on the two sides like it or not, US-Turkey relations are being pulled in that direction.
RastbejBlog -“Assume that five men who have acquired a rudimentary ability to speak and to understand each other happen to come together at a time when all of them suffer from hunger. The hunger of each will be satisfied by the fifth part of a stag, so they “agree” to cooperate in a project to trap one. But also the hunger of any of them will be satisfied by a hare, so, as a hare comes within reach, one of them grabs it. The defector obtains the means of satisfying his hunger but in doing so permits the stag to escape. His immediate interest prevails over consideration for his fellows.”(Rousseau, 234)
Kurdish-info.net -I speak on behalf of the World Water Contract and so naturally, on this occasion too, I shall speak of water, of the water of the Tigris and Euphrates basin.
Interview with a Kurdish Leader Osman Baydemir in Turkey
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"The state’s perception of the Kurds has to change. When that happens, Ankara should then ask the Kurds: What do you want? The solution would lie in that. The Turkish state would be surprised to find that the demands of the Kurds are not that much." Osman Baydemir.
A Talk with Haluk Gerger: The Northern Iraq Operation and Entering a New Era in
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Taylan Dogan, interviewed Haluk Gerger on how Turkey’s insistence on solving the Kurdish problem through military means is going to shape the process ahead. We are here presenting the interview held on November 22nd, with a historical count of the evolution Kurdish Problem in Turkey in last ten years.