On Monday, Turkish NTV television reported that a mass grave containing nine
bodies believed to be those of Kurdish guerrillas was discovered in Mardin
province, Northern Kurdistan
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Nov 27, 2005
News Snapshot
The Turkish daily Hurriyet reported today that Ankara wants Denmark to
close the Kurdish Roj TV because at least 18 of the programs carried on Roj
TV are produced and presented by the same people who worked for the
previously banned PKK linked MED-TV in England. One of the most important
features of the documents presented to Denmark is the finding that Roj TV
plays the greater Kurdistan national anthem, Ey Reqib. Click Here
to listen
to our national anthem Ey Reqib.
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An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the richter scale hit Northern Kurdistan on
Saturday, reported the Kandili Observatory in Istanbul. Residents of the
town of Puturge in the Malatya province rushed out into the streets in panic
and fear.
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hree members of KDP in Eastern Kurdistan have received long prison sentences
for membership of a counter-revolutionary organisation and acting against
the Islamic regime, press reports said Sunday. The reports said Iran's
Supreme Court upheld sentences of between 15 and 20 years handed down by a
court in Mahabad to Reza Amini, Halmet Azarpour and Abdollah Mohammadi,
reported AFP today.
Following Turkish PM's remarks on the
Shamdinan incident in which he said that "we will probe the incidents
wherever their roots lie," the Turkish military junta have threatened Erdogan
last Friday not repeat such statements. Casting aside any suggestion that
the Turkish military thugs had any involvement in these incidents, the
military said the incident was perhaps carried out by the PKK members. Also,
the Turkish military is accusing leaders in Southern Kurdistan of actively
distracting the Turkish military's attention away from Southern Kurdistan by
implying that the problem is solely within Turkey.
According to some creditable evidence, Talabani has engaged into some covert
meetings with the Turkish top officials to address the issue of PKK in
Southern Kurdistan. He assured the Turkish government of his full partys
support, the preservation of Iraqs territorial integrity and full
cooperation with Turkish military to root out PKK
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Massoud Barzani expressed his hope that the Kurds would effectively
participate in the coming elections. He said, "I hope that the Kurdistani
people realize their interests. It is certain that our people can estimate
their interests better than anyone else. The Kurdistani people would face a
disaster if they did not seriously and effectively participate in the
elections."
Some
10 people were injured Sunday in clashes between Turkish riot police hurling
tear gas and demonstrators when tens of thousands of people gathered in
Amed, Northern Kurdistan to protest against the Turkish regime.
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As Syrian and other Arab government ministers looked on,
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice used a conference on Middle East
democracy and development Saturday to criticize political repression in
Syria and call for the release of political prisoners there.
Abdul Khalik
Zankana, a lawmaker and a prominent figure on the Kurdistan Alliance list,
said the president and the ministers of the Iraq Kurdistan region will not
campaign for any electoral list. The Kurdistan Alliance list will
participate in the elections in all provinces except for Anbar, Najaf,
Karbala, Samawa, Nasiriya and Ammara. He refused to reveal the names of
candidates for security reasons, reported Al-Sabah al-Jadeed
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani met Thursday with Pope Benedict XVI amid
tight security that closed down the main boulevard leading to the Vatican.
Talabani is on a weeklong visit to Italy and has met with the country's top
officials, including Premier Silvio Berlusconi, reported AP
Turkey must recognize the existence of the Kurdish people and reach an
understanding with the political movements and figures representing the
Kurdish people in Turkey.
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Murat Vural, 30, has been jailed for 22 years from repeatedly insulting
Ataturk. Ataturk's reputation is protected by Turkish law leading the repeat
offender to a sentence of four and a half years for each offense. It is a
record sentence to be handed as those convicted of insulting the memory of
the "father of the Turks" are usually fined or serve far shorter jail terms.
Arab Monitor.info
said
"The designated German Chancellor Angela Merkel is scheduled to meet with
Massoud Barzani to offer Germany's support for the creation of an
independent Iraqi Kurdistan with Arbil as its capital. The plans are said to
enjoy the support of the US, which is planning to deploy its armed forces,
once evacuated from most of the Arab regions of Iraq, to the largest US army
base which is currently under construction in Arbil.
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Talabani to Sharq-al-Awast paper: I would like the brothers, Arab officials,
to come to Iraqi Kurdistan to see for themselves a Kurdish people who love
the Arab brothers and are allied with the Arab nation. The Kurdish people
believe that it is in their interest to achieve their goals while they are
under the wing of this glorious nation. The reports in some Arab newspapers
on the presence of 120,000 Israelis (in Southern Kurdistan) are baseless.
That is why I hoped that the Arab League secretary general would visit
Kurdistan, and he fulfilled my wish.
