Kurdish 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, …
Posted in Culture, Discrimination, Displacements, Genocide, Turkey | Leave a commentTomorrow, March 16th, marks the 22nd anniversary of the Halabja poison gas attack which was carried out as part of the Al-Anfal genocide campaign to terrorize the Kurdish population and peshmerga rebels in northern Iraq. The attack, which was executed …
Posted in Activism, Genocide, Iraq, Suppression, Terror | 1 CommentOne of the most common traits of every individual genocide is it is consistently negated by its perpetrators. This is mainly rampant in societies that do not possess democratic system of power. A very lucid instance is the republic of …
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