By: Lailan Maronsi /  April 8, 2006

A 6 years old boy was killed by a Turkish police in Amed, how long can the Kurdish mothers stand out with this? How many tears does it take to make the world wake up?

This tragic event, which is not the first one, have to open up the eyes of US and Europe, can’t you see who the real terrorist is? How may children life do the Turks have to take, how many more Kurds have to become martyrs and how many more Kurdish village must be burned to make you see the real face of Turkey?

 I wonder if you are aware of the situation of the Kurds live in Turkey.  The Kurdish language is not allowed in Turkey. In January 4:th 2005 the Turkish prosecutor-general brought in an indictment against 13 Kurdish political leaders because they spoke Kurdish. According to the prosecutor this 13 leaders had broke the law number 2820 in; § 8 1 which says that not any political party is allowed to state the existence of minority groups based on national, religious, cultural, linguistic or other differences in the Turkish republic territory. And the political parties aren’t allowed to speak any other language than Turkish. 

The Kurdish people have been oppressed in Turkey since 1920, they don’t confess the existence of Kurds, and they don’t confess the Kurdish language, the Kurdish culture or any other things that are associated to the Kurds.

How many can say that they would honestly put out with this?  The Turkification of the Kurd have been the main priory in Turkey in so many years. They have taken away children from their parents, they have killed thousands of Kurdish women, they have taken away so many men from their families, and all his to make sure that Kurds will not state their existence any more. But they have never let the Turks bring them down, they fight for their rights and will never give in.

I appeal to USA, Europe and all the ones who read this to react. If you protect human rights then it is time to make Turkey answer for the consequences before they kill more innocent people because of their struggle to be free.