Kurdish workers attacked by Nationalists in Turkey
Tokat
Kurdish workers were attacked in Tokat city, Turkish nationalists chanted “We don’t want Kurds here” as they continued their verbal abuse of Kurdish workers.
The construction site where Kurds were working was vandalised, a message left saying “This place belongs to the Turks”. The Kurdish workers were threatened by a group of 100 nationalists, who had threatened to lynch them if they did not leave the area.
The number of those wounded is unknown at this stage, and the police have not arrested the nationalists for their racist attacks but have offered protection for the Kurdish workers. This attack comes after a Nationalist political party protested against the massacre of Kurdish people — demanding that they should apologise to the Turkish state. You can read more on that protest here, and about the Dersim massacre here.
Comments
Is this a post? I see your blurbs all over the website and they are all short like tweets. I guess your purpose is to get your name published on the net to get some recognition and publicity. We want writers who can write in-depth articles, opinion pieces not like this 3 paragraphs of nonsense.
Dear Joe,
Thank you for sharing your concern. The aim of this website is to highlight Kurdish rights abuses, and not just offer essays and in-depth articles. This incident was not reported by mainstream Turkish media, and the Kurdish sources lacked pictures, and names of the Kurdish workers. When more information is received, this post will be updated.
If you would like to contribute, and submit in-depth articles please do so. We would be grateful for assistance since this site is run on a volunteer-basis.
And I apologise if the recent content has not been up to the standard that you envision, and will try my utmost to include as much information as possible, but keep in mind the aim is to highlight events as they unfold. There are Kurdish people facing systematic discrimination in many places, not just under Turkish government. Iran’s notorious regime is known for executing Kurdish political prisoners on a monthly-basis.
Best wishes,
Ruwayda.