IVOS 2: ΚΕΙΜΕΝΑ,ΕΙΚΟΝΕΣ

(...)  Τhousands  of Alevi Kurds[2] and Zazas were killed and thousands more forced into exile, depopulating the province. A key component of the Turkification process was the policy of massive population resettlement, a result of the 1934 Law on Resettlement ('İskân Kanunu' Law No.2510, 13 June 1934) [3] , a policy targeting the region of Dersim as one of its first test cases with disastrous consequences for the local population.[4] Three types of resettlement zones were defined in the resettlement law as follows: districts to be evacuated for health, economic, cultural, political and security reasons and where settlement was forbidden; districts where the population was to be transferred and resettled for the purposes of assimilation to Turkish culture; and, districts where an increase of the population having 'Turkish culture' was recommended. (...)   (1) Tens of thousands of people were slaughtered by Turkish army to suppress the Dersim Rebelli

The march was a first, according to Kışanak . Election impossible in current situation, says Turkey's pro-Kurdish   Recent detentions in the predominantly Kurdish Southeast, which prompted a 20,000-strong protest march, and other related developments threaten the safety of the upcoming general election, the former co-chair of the country’s main pro-Kurdish party has said. “If the Kurds are walking to the borders [in protest] as a result of the pressure, thinking that they will leave if they are not wanted, this shows the situation has reached a boiling point ” Gültan Kışanak Gültan Kışanak  ,a current deputy candidate for Parliament , told the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review. If the prime minister and the government continue to ignore the concerns of the country’s Kurds and fail to take precautions in the region, the safety of the June 12 vote could be at risk, added Kışanak, who formerly served as the co-leader of the Peace and Democracy Party, o

  '' If you ban part of society from the democratic arena, then you send an invitation for violence... '' Thousands of Kurds took to the streets in southeastern Turkey on Thursday. Blood, flames engulf southeastern Turkey as clashes continue Tensions continued in eastern and southeastern Turkey as many waited anxiously for a new decision from the Supreme Election Board, or YSK, which had vetoed 12 independent candidates on Monday, sparking nationwide protests. Thousands of Kurds took to the streets in southeastern Turkey on Thursday for the funeral of a slain protestor and waged pitched battles with police in a third day of turmoil. A policeman and a school employee were injured in a fight in central Batman when an unidentified person opened fire as police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators hurling stones and petrol bombs, Anatolia news agency reported, adding that the policeman was hit by three bullets. Pro

 Τhe Supreme Election Board, or YSK, issued a decision late Monday disqualifying 12 candidates from the June 12 elections ... Police use tear gas  to disperse a group of demonstrators in central Istanbul Tuesday.  DAILY NEWS photo, Emrah GÜREL (1)   Political turmoil follows election ban in Turkey Rage against the election ban on 12 independent candidates poured out into the streets of Istanbul, Diyabakır, Van and Hakkari on Tuesday, drawing a harsh response from police. Thousands of people gathered at Istanbul’s Taksim Square to stage a sit-in strike and then marched to the Aksaray district, where clashes with police broke out. Some protesters who tried to throw stones at police in Taksim were stopped by others, but the situation became more heated in Aksaray. Stones were thrown at police and nearby buildings, and Molotov cocktails were tossed at some stores. Many injuries were reported and hundreds of people were af

Αndrea Wolf ΤΗΝ ΕΙΧΑΝ ΠΥΡΟΒΟΛΗΣΕΙ ΣΤΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΙ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΑ ΓΕΝΝΗΤΙΚΑ ΟΡΓΑΝΑ¨ Γερμανίδα αντάρτισσα στον ομαδικό τάφο Η Αντρέα Βολφ ήταν κοινωνιολόγος και υπερασπιστής ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων. Στα τέλη της δεκαετίας του 90 εντάχθηκε στο ΠΚΚ για να καταγράψει την ζωή των ανταρτών. Η Βολφ που ήταν άοπλη κατά την διάρκεια σύγκρουσης, συνελήφθη υγιής και εκτελέστηκε. Oμαδικοί τάφοι  δολοφονηθέντων κούρδων Το τουρκικό κράτος σχετικά με αυτό το περιστατικό που είχε προκαλέσει κρίση με την Γερμανία, ισχυρίστηκε πως δεν διέθετε καμία σχετική πληροφορία. Μη λέγοντας μάλιστα τον χώρο του τάφου, έκρυψε την δολοφονία της. Τα ίχνη όμως της Βολφ βρέθηκαν σε ομαδικό τάφο 41 ανταρτών που βρέθηκε στο Τσατάκ της πόλης Βαν . Στα έγγραφα που βγήκαν από τα αρχεία του ΠΚΚ παρουσιάζονται λεπτομέρειες για το πώς εκτελέστηκε η Βολφ, από τις μαρτυρίες των ανταρτών που σώθηκαν από τη σύγκρουση και από τις μαρτυρίες χωρικών. Στα τέλη της δεκαετίας του 90 η Γερμανίδα υπερασπίστρια ανθρωπίνων δικαιω

  Turkish State Terrorism :   The order is: The Kurdish people should not speak.      The Kurds do not exist.  Suppress the Kurds.  With every mean necessary. *** According to the Human Rights Watch Turkey committed "gross violation of its international commitments to respect the laws of war" (1995, p. 7). This included forced displacements, indiscriminate shootings, summary executions, and disguising the identity of perpetrators, as well as violations of international law, including summary execution, torture, forcible displacement of civilians, pillage, destruction of villages, failure to care for civilians displaced by government forces, injury of civilians, destruction of civilian property, inhumane and degrading treatment, kidnaping of civilians to act as porters and as human shields against attack, disappearances, life-threatening conditions of detention and inadequate medical attention leading to death. ... During the operations, according t