Statement 22/23.10.2011- The Kurdish National Congress (KNK) organised a two-day meeting named “National Solidarity” between 22-23 October 2011. The meeting has also coincided with a period in which the colonial powers’ attacks on Kurdistan have reached the highest levels. The Turkish government has increased attacks and operations from all fronts to the highest level and…
Press Release
Press Release
A Dangerous Concept: The “Tamil Solution“ for the Kurdish Question
Statement 18.08.2011 – Since yesterday (17 August 2011) Turkish warplanes have been shelling the border area in southern Kurdistan (North-Iraq). According to initial reports settlement areas were hit. On the pretext of destroying PKK forces Turkey has bombed the area countless times. For a long time the Turkish AKP government has been preparing itself for…
Dossier, Press Release
11th General Meeting of the Kurdistan National Congress
Statement 28/29.05.2011 – The Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) presents the conclusions following the successful completion of its annual Congress on 28th-29th May 2011. Common agreement was reached to distribute the conclusions in Kurdistan, the Middle East and rest of the world and these are listed as: 1.The geographical name of the region where Kurds live…
Northern (Turkey), Press Release
Stop the unfair practices towards Kurdish politicians
Statement 23.04.2011- The unfair practices towards Kurdish politicians facing oppression in recent days have gained intensity. 10% electoral threshold in Turkey forced BDP to enter the elections with independent MPs, but the -known seven-candidates of BDP were vetoed by (Turkey’s Supreme Election Commission) YSK arbitrarily and the country almost dragged into a chaos. On the…
Northern (Turkey), Press Release
Freedom for civil disobedience
Statement 13.04.2011 – The demonstrations for the “freedom for civil disobedience” executing by the Kurdish community in Turkey and Syria are still in continuance. The attacks against these attempts by the governments are also still continuing. Nearly all of the cities in north Kurdistan (Turkey Kurdistan), and the cities in Turkey which there are a…
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Kurdish People are Standing Firm in the Defence of Their Freedom and Existence
Statement 28.03.2011 – This year’s Newroz celebrations have been the largest mass demonstrations in Kurdistan. Millions of people attended the Newroz festival of resistance, freedom and peace. The Kurdish people sent a message to Turkey first of all, to regional powers and to the whole world, that they would not let the policies designed to…
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Massacres and mass graves are crimes against humanity
Statement 07.02.2011 – The Kurdish nation has repeatedly drawn humanity’s attention to the genocide carried out by the Turkish state against the Kurdish people. However neither international forces, nor European countries, nor the USA nor wider international public opinion have heeded the call of the Kurdish nation. Today it has become obvious that Turkey has…
Analysis, Northern (Turkey), Press Release
Open Letter: Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan commits crime agaiagainst humanity
The Language and Education Commission of the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) send an letter to United Nations(UN) and EU Presidency on the Kurdish language education in Turkey. We said hat “Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan commits crime against humanity”. We hereby present to you extracts of select documentation of crimes by state and government…