KDP-TURKEY

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Subject: KDP-TURKEY
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PARTIYA DEMOKRATA KURDISTAN/BAKUR
KURDISTAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY/NORTH

PRESS  RELEASE

The dictatorial Turkish State is increasing its aggression policy against
dissident voices and pro-democratic movements. The recent cases of
disappearances under custody which increased now in the metropolitan area as
well as Kurdistan is a clear enough indicator of this aggressive behaviour by
the blood-thirsty Turkish regime.
Turkish regime has also started on an impolite, immoral and irrational
ill-treatment behaviour against the international mission delegation of
exports, MEPs, NGOs, and monitoring bodies who have been trying to observe
the human rights violations in Turkey and Kurdistan.
The researcher at Turkish desk of Amnesty International Mr. Jonathan
Sugden, was banned of entry to Turkey since last Autumn. The reason
according to them is:   Jonathan Sugden has links with terrorists
Turkish regime has made another record of ridiculous accusation last week and
deported
Mr. Helmut Oberdiek, the former researcher at the Turkish desk of Amnesty
International Mr. Oberdiek was accused of  involving in terrorist
activities in Turkey  while he was carrying out a survey on human rights
violations in southern city Adana. His personal documents and professional
equipments including interview records were all confiscated by the police
and still withheld.
PDK-BAKUR strongly condemns this inhuman and unfair treatment against Mr.
Oberdiek and calls upon the Turkish regime to give an end to this aggressive
policy.
Our party also condemns the shameful insult by state minister Ayvas Gvkdomir
against a delegation of women MEPs led by Mrs Pauline Green MEP, leader of the
Socialist group, and Mrs. C. Roth MEP, leader of the Green group, while they
were paying visits to governmental bodies and NGOs to negotiate the situation of
human rights in Turkey, minister Ayvas Gvkdemir made a statement in a public
appearance in the township of Kilis, in the presence of media including national
Anatolian Agency.
Gvkdemir said that the MEPs ..are three prostitutes and they ...should leave
Turkey. Turkey 4s former foreign minister Prof. M|mtaz Soysal also wrote in his
column in daily Hurriyet on 12 June 12 1995 that the above insulting statement
was witnessed also by journalist Oya Berberoglu. Mrs Green was also targeted by
a campaign spread by Turkish extreme nationalists because of her activities on
the solution of the question of Cyprus.
Another example of intolerant discrimination attitude by Turkish regime on
Kurdish people and its culture has been shown by the Department of Religious
Affairs.
A kurdish translation of the holly Qoran was submitted to the Department for
publication by the translator Abdullah Varli but his enquiry was rejected
immediately.
The proof copies of this Kurdish Qoran was confiscated at the printing house
three months  ago.. This is a clear evidence that Turkish regime is intolerant
and will not give even the freedom of religious activities in their own language
to the Kurdish people.
Our party strongly condemns this lingual and religious chauvinism by Turkish
regime.
pdk-bakur appeals the entire global community, including governments, NGOs and
the pressure groups, to campaign and lobby against Turkish state, urging it to
give an end to the oppression and massacre policy against Kurdish people,
demanding the regime to tolerate the democratisation process. We appeal the
global community to be in co-operation and solidarity with Kurdish and with our
party in our initiatives and struggle.

London, 13 June 1995

PDK-BAKUR    UK-SECTION  P.O. BOX 155   LONDON  WCTX