-Background Information-April 2023- PDF en English – PDF en Castellano Introduction Human Rights Violations The Kurdish Alternative ErdoÄźan’s “Turkey First” Strategy ErdoÄźan’s Disaster: The Earthquakes The KCK Declares a Military Halt The May 14 Elections Ă–calan’s Freedom is Crucial for the future of the Kurds *** Introduction One hundred years ago the Treaty of Lausanne divided Kurdistan…
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A Summary of Background Information on the Earthquake in Kurdistan, Turkey and Syria
On causes and consequences – the state’s deliberate policy of discrimination against Kurds after the disaster – Background Information on the Inaction of the Turkish State – Solutions Proposed by the Kurdish Freedom Movement in this Time of the Crisis – February 2023Â in PDF: Information on the Earthquake in Kurdistan, Turkey and Syria INDEXÂ Â …
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Turkey’s Use of Chemical Weapons – A War Crime and Crime Against Humanity
The Turkish Armed Forces have been using chemical weapons against the guerrilla fighters of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Recently, 17 guerilla fighters were brutally killed in chemical weapons attacks. Download in PDF Turkey, a signatory and party to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), is therefore in violation of its commitments to this treaty. For…
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Regarding Sweden’s and Finland’s application for NATO membership and the Memorandum of understanding between the respective countries
The Memorandum of Understanding between Turkey, Sweden and Finland is a betrayal of all Swedish kurds here at home but also against all kurds beyond Sweden’s borders. The agreement as signed on Tuesday, the kurds’ concerns in the matter then realized the agreement in general consisted solely of points relating to the Kurdish question of…
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Stop Turkish genocidal military operations against Kurds and Kurdistan
On the 17 April 2022, the Turkish state started a new comprehensive attack on the Kurdish people and their self-defense guerrilla forces (HPG) in South Kurdistan (North Iraq). The heavy air raids, artillery bombardments and ground attacks have so far focused on the South Kurdish regions of Zap, MetĂ®na and Avaşîn. Stop Turkish genocidal military…
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Time to Put Turkish Officials on Trial for Their Crimes in Kurdistan
1. Introduction KNK Report in PDF : Chemical Weapons – Sept 2021 With this report we want to draw attention to the unlawful methods Turkey is using in its war in Kurdistan. In South Kurdistan and the other parts of Kurdistan, Turkey systematically vio- lates international conventions, such as the Convention on the Prohibition of…
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Weaponizing Embargo as Punishment:The Makhmur Refugee Camp
Information Paper on the Current State of the Refugee Camp Makhmur Contents 1. Under Permanent Threat – the Makhmur Refugee Camp 2. ISIS still active around Makhmur 3. The Turkish State’s War against Makhmur 4. The Iraqi Government’s Silence is Complicity 5. Additional Punishment by Embargo 6. Immediate Interventions are Necessary to Protect Makhmur 7.…
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Resolutions of the Conference on a National Stance Against the Turkish State’s Attacks and Occupation Strategy
CONFERENCE RESOLUTIONS- At the call and invitation of the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK), we, as representatives of tens of Kurdistan’s political parties, movements, and organisations of all types and hundreds of independent participants (including writers, artists, intellectuals, academics, journalists, observers, politicians, and religious figures) from Kurdistan, acting as a voice of national conscience, convened a…