ERNK: Turkish Fascists Murder Kurd

[kurd-l at burn.ucsd.edu]

From: Arm The Spirit <ats at etext.org>
Subject: ERNK: Turkish Fascists Murder Kurd In Germany

Cologne - September 4, 1995
The following is a statement from the ERNK European Representation in 
Hamburg concerning the murder of Sedat Kalan by Turkish fascists in 
Neumunster.

ERNK Sympathizer Murdered By Turkish Fascists In 
Neumunster

The series of attacks by Turkish fascists, which can be linked to the 
government in Ankara, have escalated. On the night of September 3, 1995, 
four Kurds in the vicinity of an establishment frequented by Kurds were 
attacked by armed Turkish fascists. An ERNK sympathizer named Sedat 
Kalan from Bingol was so badly injured in the attack that he died. Ahmet 
Senol and Mahmut Sozen, two other Kurds, were seriously wounded. Police 
reports which claim that the incident followed an attack by Kurds on a 
group of Turks are simply not true. When you observe the outcome of this 
confrontation, all of the murdered and wounded persons were Kurds. This 
makes it clear that the German authorities are consciously distorting the 
reality behind these provocations by Turkish fascists. These types of 
attacks by fascist gangs of "Grey Wolves" (Bozkurt) are centrally planned and 
orchestrated.

It's no coincidence that this attack took place at a time when the chair 
of the PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, recently make public a call for a political 
dialogue with the German government. Recent events in Kurdistan also 
played a role in this, because PKK victories are continuing to put the 
Turkish army in a bind. In the past few days there were firebomb attacks in
Ulm, Bielefeld, and Mulheim on Turkish and Kurdish businesses which must be 
attributed to these fascist gangs. The attack in Neumunster was the 
latest in this series. The aim of these incidents is to escalate the 
present situation.

Both the Turkish Embassy in Bonn as well as Turkish consulates work 
together with the Turkish Secret Service (MIT) to establish fascist 
Turkish front organizations in the form of mosques, associations, and sporting 
clubs, places where youths are trained and armed. While Kurdish flags are 
banned and Kurdish associations and organizations are closed down, the MHP 
(National Movement Party) has been able to use Germany as "free 
territory". 

The German authorities, who have made the PKK and Kurds who support it 
targets for their attack, close their eyes in the face of Turkish fascist 
organizing. This only gives them encouragement. On many occasions, the 
Turkish General Staff has stated that he will also wage war on 
"separatist Kurds" in Europe.

The German government, the political parties, and democratic circles 
must keep their eyes on these fascist forces, which base themselves on 
Hitler's racist fascism. And they should stop having prejudices against 
the Kurds. Let us work together and decisively against the organizing being 
carried out by Turkish fascists.

In this spirit, we call on Kurds living in Europe to not let themselves 
be provoked by this attack and to defend their democratic rights within 
the boundaries of the law.

National Liberation Front of Kurdistan (ERNK)
European Representation
September 4, 1995