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Kurds: No to development'  campaign, Yes to democracy

Majid-News , Saad Abdulmajid, Istanbul

19.03.08

Kurdish politicians in Turkish parliament rejected a campaign of economic reforms and social value of 12 billion pounds (11 billion dollars)that announced by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan after withdrawal of Turkish troops from northern Iraq late accused the Government of AKP trying to work only to serve the propaganda campaign of the upcoming municipal elections

Salahuddin Demirtas chairman of democratic society Party (DTP) was helding a press conference inside Turkish Parliament, accused the Government of the Justice and Development Party not to seek truth and only to serve the public campaign for the next municipal elections - in March 2009 - Responding to the statements of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on 10/3/2008 that the campaign of political solutions to the Kurdish problem include the allocation of $ 12 billion Turkish liras (about 11 billion dollars) for the development of areas of Eastern Turkey, besides there are a preparation from the government television station broadcast(TRT) to open a Kurdish-Arabic channele for 24 hours a day and some other of cultural ,social activities will be do. commented group leader Ahmed Turk as left bloc Party Parliamentary democratic society - former chairman of the party – said to PM Erdogan "We do not want the development of campaigns but we wants campaigns of democracy."

Trials and governmental ' conditions

This comes at a time Tayyip Erdogan said on 13/3/2008 during his common news conference with Ralph González PM of San Vein &Grenada rejection of any meeting or dialogue with the leaders of community opposition Democratic Party (Kurdish) Although refuse to recognize PKK as a terrorest' organization. Turkish media reported that the Turk security forces army killed 11 armed Kurdish on 12/3/2008 in an armed confrontation with the PKK - Kurdish separatist - region of Hakkari occurred in eastern Turkey. According to Turkiye's newspaper reported Wednesday March 21, provisions were sentenced to 6 months Selim Sadak and Hatip Dicle - members of the banned Kurdish Democratic Party - a charge praise Abdullah Ocalan - leader of the PKK separatist sentenced in Turkey 1999 - In an interview with Roj TV - Kurdish satellite broadcasts from Denmark - also Turkish courts sentenced 10 months to Necdet and Mustafa Faris oglu members of a democratic society DTP Party propaganda charge of the PKK to me to participate in a demonstration following the burial of the dead number 4 organization 26/3/2006 Also tried number 10 on charges of membership of PKK and the attempt to use violence against civilians in a demonstration held Austria recently under the slogan "No to terrorism" shouted against Turkey and its' Government against the military operations that took place in northern Iraq and over the past few months in several regions of eastern Turkey with rebel Kurds. Maen While Cuneyd Zabso (Kurd) resignation from the post of adviser of Erdogan affairs  for PM and resignation from the membership Executive Committee of the ruling party after military operations carried out by the army in northern Iraq recently .it was time too to begin trial  Leyla Zana - member of the banned Kurdish Democratic Party and imprisoned for 11 years in 1991 - a charge of advocacy and support for PKK. And the same time Turkish courts still consider a lawsuit against 53 of  Municipality chairmans-  all of the members of the party democratic society - in east of Turkey, on charges of cooperating with PKK organization do propaganda in their areas. These days Turkish Parliament is see parliamentary immunity on the number 4 women members of DTP as  charges of separatist propaganda when they had the participated release a group of Turkish soldiers caught in the organization in October last year.

Europe supports PKK ' Organization

 

At the level of the problem related to the Kurdish and long conflict between the Turkish army and the Kurdish separatist' groups (PKK) the Chief of Operations Staff of the Turkish Army Orgeneral Ergin Saygun accused European countries - particularly the European Union-  to provide assistance to the organization and its members by giving them "Chengin" visas ", which allows bearer Trying freely in the European Union as well as the European Union refrain from extradition of terrorist acts Members of the Organization as well as the skies of the leaders and members of the organization would allow them to collect money from Europe to finance activities of the organization and compositions also he said at a symposium - held in Turkey on 11/3/2008 entitled " International cooperation and the fight against terrorism " - that PKK had revenues worth between 400-500 euros per year, half is coming from drug trafficking and the rest of the smuggling of cigarettes, fuel and individuals for the purpose of work, falsification of official documents, money laundering and collected donations from Kurds inside and outside.

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