Turks oppression of Kurds

[Toramana]

Let us say something about this....According to one source the major hydro-power generation facilities of Turkey are located in Anatolia, which is primarily a Kurd-inhabited region. The headwaters of the two main rivers of Turkey, Iraq, etc. are also located in Anatolia.

[Toramana]

Turkey's treatment of its citizens of Kurdish origin has been a frequent subject of international criticism.[1]
Kurds have largely resisted assimilation policies of the government. The main strategy for assimilation has been suppression of the Kurdish language. Nevertheless, Kurdish is widely spoken.[2][15]
The period immediately following the 1980 Turkish coup d'état was particularly oppressive (not just to Kurds), when use of Kurdish language in public was banned. The ban was lifted in 1991 during the presidency of Turgut Özal, who was of partial Kurdish descent.[16]
Turkish remains the only official language, and the use of any other language is not allowed in political life or public services. In 2003, the Turkish Parliament eased restrictions on Kurdish language rights in Turkey, but Kurds are largely banned from giving their children Kurdish names.[17]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurds_in_Turkey

[BLS_1919v2.0]

I know a Kurdish friend of mine, he said he is extremely happy and that the situation is improving.

But Toramana, just so you know they are like Pashtuns, they want a Kurdistan. They have been divided into 3 countries.

4 countries wrora..Syria, Turkey, Iran and Iraq.

[Nadir Shah]

4 countries wrora..Syria, Turkey, Iran and Iraq.

It is quite hypocritical for Erdogan and that despicable monkey Ahmadinejad to be speaking for the rights of the 'Palestinians', while they are oppressing the Kurd and Baloch minorities in their own countries.
I have serious fears that Ahmadinejad and the Iranian regime will sabotage the peace in the Middle East through Hizbolah and Hamas.

[BLS_1919v2.0]

It is quite hypocritical for Erdogan and that despicable monkey Ahmadinejad to be speaking for the rights of the 'Palestinians', while they are oppressing the Kurd and Baloch minorities in their own countries.
I have serious fears that Ahmadinejad and the Iranian regime will sabotage the peace in the Middle East through Hizbolah and Hamas.

Well that is the ugly face of politics my friend. It is hypocrisy that Pakistan can speak about Kashmir's human right violations but then continue their policy of near genocide of Baloch. It is hypocrisy that the gulf countries will keep a tight lid on their own clergy (not saying censoring is good), but from the 80s onwards shipped them to our lands. Baloch and Kurds though are an unfortunate people, they are actually committed to their cause but are stuck between the devil and the deep blue sea. We, on the other hand, have well the likes of Amir Muqam and many others.

[Zahed]

I'd a Turkish friend who didn't like the Kurdish at all 'n when I asked him why he said 'cause they migrated to Turkey in huge numbers 'n now want to take a part of our country to build a country of their own. I don't know how they got divided into 4 nations but tension is huge between Turkish and Kurdish people

[Levanaye Zalmaye]

From the Kurds came the great Salahudin bin Ayub.

This is another thing Winston Churchill did. He purposely placed them in a situation where their population would be split between those 4 aforementioned countries. The divide and conquer strategy of the British.

btw, wikipedia is not a good source of information. There are other great sources of information one can find besides wikipedia.

unknownprince, most of the claims on the page above have been substantiated with very reliable sources. You can find them here. If anything, Wikipedia is an excellent source of information precisely because of the way users have to provide reputable sources for their arguments to be taken as fact.

Ideally, there should be a Kurdish state. After 1648, Europeans started uniting politically on the basis of their ethnicity. However, that is yet to happen in our uneducated and uncivilized East. The Kurds have a start now. Northern Iraq (with Mosul as its capital) is more or less an autonomous Kurdish entity now. The problem, however, is that Iran and Turkey are two cruel adversaries where the dominant ethnic groups are chauvinistic and insecure.

The Kurdish resistance fighters unite on a Socialist-Nationalist agenda and they have men and women fighting side-by-side against Turkish terrorist aggression. During the 90s, the United States provided Turkey with billions of dollars of weaponry that killed tens of thousands of Kurds who want only what is guaranteed to them as a nation of 25 million in the United Nations Charter (Right of Self-Determination).



It's interesting though that Kurds are just like us, geographically speaking. Even if they get the country they desire, they will be a landlocked state, surrounded by hostile powers.

[kurd123]

'Kurdistan will be a landlocked nation'

Not true, we will have borders with armenia, besides alot of water is in kurdistan (Which is why turkey is not willing to let go) so IF a kurdistan were to happen, they would have no choice but having ties with us. For example kurdistan - Iraq has a lot of gas, something turkey needs.. which is why kurdish-turkish trade is at 12 billion dollars.

[kurd123]

Kurd, are you happy in Turkey?

I'm not from turkey.. but no.. kurds are not happy there, unless you admit that your Turkish your treated like trash.