Sabiha Gökçen holding a bomb before the bombardment operation over Dersim with her Breguet 19. Fato Dersimi was among those who fled Dersim, which is a predominately Kurdish district in Northern Kurdistan. When Turkish troops were killing Kurdish civilians between …
Posted in BDP, Genocide, Turkey, Violence | Leave a commentThe operation was called “Anfal Campaign;” Anfal means “Spoils of war” in Arabic. This was a genocidal campaign that was followed by a series of systematic attacks against the Kurdish population and their means of livelihood – villages, agriculture, infrastructures, …
Posted in Arabic, Discrimination, European Union, Genocide, Iran, Iraq, Reports, Syria, Turkey, United Nations, WMD | 5 CommentsKurdish language has been banned in Turkey since the creation of its modern borders in 1923. The Kurds were not allowed to speak their mother tongue, not even in their own homes, in the streets, in any social gatherings, let …
Posted in Culture, Discrimination, Free speech, Genocide, Kurdistan, Suppression, Turkey, United Nations | Leave a commentOpinion piece cross-posted from MideastYouth.com, written by Behar. The hypocrisy of the world never ceases to amaze me! In the world of politics, it’s all but expected that a nation should pursue its own interests at the cost of others, …
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