The rulers of Turkey are resolved to force the Kurdish citizens away from the democratic political channels. Only few days passed after the high court banned a legal Kurdish party (Democratic Society Party – DTP) with 19 representatives in the parliament. Initially the Kurdish parliamentarians decided to abandon all hope in the face of these […]
The rulers of Turkey are resolved to force the Kurdish citizens away from the democratic political channels. Only few days passed after the high court banned a legal Kurdish party (Democratic Society Party – DTP) with 19 representatives in the parliament. Initially the Kurdish parliamentarians decided to abandon all hope in the face of these Turkish nationalist attacks from the “moderate Islamic” government and to “go back to the bosom of the Kurdish people” who had voted them in courageously against all legal and illegal obstacles. However, the final decision to stay in the parliament and to struggle for peace and justice prevailed in a cool headed decision that does not seem to exist in the Turkish government or the rulers. The Kurdish party, after being banned, restructured itself, got a new name, and all DTP representatives transferred to the new party.
Knowing the traditional nationalistic attacks of the Turkish rulers, nobody expected the troubles of the Kurdish legal political representatives to be over.
Before the new Peace and Democracy Party could even enjoy few days of relief, last night the police in a very coordinated effort raided and arrested around 80 people who also transferred to the new PDP (Peace and Democratic Party – BDP). The prominent Kurdish political leaders such as Hatip Dicle and 9 Kurdish mayors are in those who were arrested without any reason given by the Turkish government.
The operations were coordinated and executed in 11 cities of Turkey, mostly in the motherland of the Kurds.
Arresting Kurdish politicians was not enough for the Turkish police as they also raided their archenemy Human Rights Association in Diyarbakir, a central Kurdish city. The other democratic organization targeted by the Turkish government was the “Democratic Free Women’s Movement.”
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