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IRCT Media Release
Copenhagen, Friday 16 January 2004
Court hearing is a threat to anti torture organisation in Turkey
Conference
“The future of Democracy in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan”
A European Perspective
The Kurdistan Regional Government – EU Mission would like to invite you to a Conference to be held on 
October 16th 2003
European Parliament,
ASP A3G3
Rue Wiertz,
B – 1047 Brussels                            CONFERNCE PROGRAM
International Association for Human Rights of  the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 17 February –  02 March 2003                 Number: 181-182
Some headlines of the week
read more
»Kurdish Parliament in Northern Iraq Warn Against Turkish Incursion
»Barzani Warning to Turkey:
»Torture Statistics 
»IHD Report on Human Rights Violations in 2002 
»urkish National Security Council Against Film “Ararat”
»Legal Action Opened to Ban the Pro-Kurdish HADEP Party 
»The following press statements and appeals on a possible Iraq war can be read at our web site www.kurden.de:
International Association for Human Rights of  the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 01 February – 16 February 2003       Number: 180
Some headlines of the week
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International Association for Human Rights of  the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 20 january - 30 january 2003       Number: 178-179
Some headlines of the week
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»Torture Still Prevalent in Turkey According to Lawyers 
»Rise in Number of Book Bans in Turkey in 2002 
»Turkey Attempts to have Kurds Deleted from the World’s Most Extensive Web Directory 
»Turkey Strengthens Troops on Border to Iraq 
»Conscription in East Kurdistan 
»Swedish Foreign Ministry’s Annual
Report on Human Rights Situation in South Kurdistan 
»Whole Village in North Iraq Flee from Islamists 
International Association for Human Rights of  the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 01 January -19 January 2003           Number: 176-177
Some headlines of the week
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»Case Against Journalists and Politician 
»Legal Action Against Writer 
»Court Case on Kurdish Lessons 
»Court Case
Against German Foundations 
»Court Case Against TIHV Employees 
»67th Issue of DENG Confiscated
»39 Executions in 20 Days in Iran 
»Ministry for Human Rights in Kurdistan Demand Improvements in Prison Conditions in Kurdistan
»Lebanese Authorities Deports Kurd to Syria 
»Former Soviet Republic of “Azerbaijan“ Against Any Acknowledgement of the kurds
International Association for Human Rights of  the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
 Date: 16 December-31 December 2002       Number: 175
Some headlines of the week
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*Books from Kurdish Writer and Aca-demic Confiscated 
*Kurdish Parties Harshly Criticise KADEK-PKK Practices
*Kurdish Radio and TV Broadcasts 
*Sections of Saddam’s Partisans Join Al-Quaeda 
*Kurdish Traders Shot Dead by Iranian Military 
*Syrian Journalist Arrested “Spreading False Information”
International Association for Human Rights of  the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
 Date: 17 October – 24 October 2002   Number: 171
Some headlines of the week
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*Heavy Fines and Prison Sentences for Pro-Kurdish Publications 
*Human Rights Report 
*Turkey Wants Wealth in Northern Iraq 
*German Foundations inTurkey Threat-ened with Legal Action for Spying 
*Three DPK-I Members Executed by Iranian Regime 
*Stoning in Eastern Kurdistan 
*Saddam’s Regime Bans Kurdish Language Lessons 
*
International Association for Human Rights of  the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
 Date: 05 October – 16 October 2002    Number: 170
Some headlines of the week
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*Kurdish Speaking Police Urgently Sought in Turkey 
*Kurdish Language Courses Banned for Non-Turkish Speaking Citizens 
*Will Kurdish Broadcasting be Allowed in Fu-ture?
*Turkey No Yet Ready for Entry Talks 
According to EU Report 
*Kurdish Parliament in South Kurdistan Meets for the First Time Since 1994
*Everything Being Done in the Arabaisation of the Kurdish Regions
*Mullah- Regime in Teheran Executed 6 Kurds 
*Protests Before Syrias Embassy in Bonn 
Attended by Several Hundreds of Kurds 
International Association for Human Rights of  the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
  Date: 17 Sep. – 25 Sep. 2002                      Number: 168
Some headlines of the week
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-Kurdish Tuition Permitted in Turkey: Bureaucratic Hurdles to Prevent Language
-Increased Concentration of Iranian Army in Eastern Kurdistan
-Increased Concentration of Iranian Army in Eastern Kurdistan
-Torture in Istanbul and in Mersin
-EU-Commissioner Verheugen Demands an End to Torture in Turkey
International Association for Human Rights of  the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
  Date: 01 Sept. – 15 Sept. 2002               Number: 167
Some headlines of the week
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-Ankara Pays Writer Compensation
-Nationalists Appeal to Constitutional Courts Against EU Reforms
-UN Reports Critically on Turkish
Repatriation of Displaced People UN Reports 
-Police Accused of Torture Benefit from Amnesty Rules
-State of Emergency Lifted, Virtually No Change in Practice 
Embargo continues 
-Case Against Kurdish Name
-Syrian President Visits Kurdistan to Meet Arabs But Not Kurds
-Meeting of KDP and PUK Leaders in Iraqi Kurdistan 
-Poison Gas Experiment in East Kurdistan (Iran)?
International Association for Human Rights of  the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 14 August –  22 August 2002  Number: 165
Some headlines of the week
read more
-EU-Compliance Package” is a Sham!
-Campaign for Education in Kurdish
-Prohibitive Mentality of Turkish State 
Continues to Silence the Kurdish Press
-Parliament in Arbil Confirm Ending of “Honorable Murder” Legislation
-Conflict Between Turkey and KDP President Barzani
-Iran Frees 2 Journalists
International Association for Human Rights of  the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 06 August –  13 August 2002            Number: 164
Some headlines of the week
read more
-Campaign for Tuition in Kurdish
-Setback in Ankara
-Communist Released in Syria After Decades in prison 
-Iran: Well Known Lawyer Jailed 
-Another Newspaper Ban in Iran
International Association for Human Rights of  the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 28 July –  04 August 2002              Number: 163
Some headlines of the week
read more
-Torture in Diyarbakir
-Penalized for Kurdish Music 
-Medical Treatment Only Available as an Ex-ception 
-Turkey to Agree to “Limited” Military Action in Iraq 
-Iranian Judge Again Bans a Reformist News-paper 
-Queries the Existence of weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq and Warns Against a War in Iraq
International Association for Human Rights of  the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 16 July –  27 July 2002            Number: 162
Some headlines of the week
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Ban on Kurdish language Continues
Teachers Transferred Because of Kurdish
3 Years Prison for Chief Editor
Compulsory Transfer and Beatings for Teachers
Resurrection of Authoritarian-Totalitarian Ideology 
Problems With Kurdish Names 
Journalist Found Guilty
Death at Border 
Turkish Publisher Before Court for Book on Kurds 
Death in F-Type Prison 
TIHV: Torture, Abuse and Murders Continue
OSCE Report Refers to Kurdish Question 
Wolfowitz Reinforces Rejection to Kurdish State 
KRG Call on UN to Purchase Products from Kurdistan
Vice Police Increase Raids on Parties in Ira-nian Capital 
read more
International Association for Human Rights of  the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 29 June –  15 July 2002                Number: 161
Some headlines of the week
read more
*Complaint Against Founding Membership of Abdulmelik Firat
*Inquiry into “Refugee Report” 
*Journalist Found Guilty 
*No Action to be Taken in Torture Case
*Torture Towards Adolescent 
*Special Report on Death Penalty 
*Death Because of Photograph 
*Case Against Eren Keskin – 
In Trouble because of Talks With Minister
*Verheugen: No Date for Turkey’s EU Mem-bership 
*European Council Severely Criticizes Turkey 
*Iran Forbids Student-Demonstration
*Serious Clashes in Teheran
*10 Years Prison Sentence and Dancing Ban for Famous Iranian Dancer 
*Al-Khazraji was involved in the genocide against the Kurds
*Federal solution
*I hear a tortured child
*Death under torture
read more
International Association for Human Rights of  the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 17 June –  28 June 2002           Number: 160
Some headlines of the week
read more
*Not Guilty Verdict against Oztoprak 
*Cases Discontinued Against Turkey Following Agreements 
*Torture in Adana 
*Shepherd Killed by Bomb 
*Doctors Found Not Guilty 
*Doctors Charged Because of Torture Diagnosis 
*Kurdish Politician Tortured 
*Bomb Explosion 
*Torture in Van 
*Files on Execution 
*Death in Custody 
*TIHV Employees Found Guilty 
*Bomb Explosion in Baskale 
*Journalist Found Guilty 
*Adana's State Security Court Passes Not Guilty Verdict 
*Human Rights Court Finds Turkey Guilty of Negligence 
*Turkey Found Guilty of Setting Fire to a Kurdish Village
*Turkey takes Responsibility for the Deaths of Two Kurds 
*27 Children Brought Before Diyarbakir's State Security Court 
*Strasbourg Decides in Favor of Leyla Zana 
*Anti Torture Committee: Electric Shock and Cold Water *Treatment also Evident in Europe 
*Majority of Turks Want EU Membership 
*Baath Regime's Persecution Against Kurds and Other Etnic Groups 
*Iraq Seeks Ways of Avoiding UN Embargo 
*Syria Suppress Freedom of Opinion: Police Action Taken Against Peaceful Criticism 
*Arrest of Muslem Shaick Hassan by Security Police 
*Arrest of Journalists in Syria 
*One Million Illegal Refugees in Turkey 
*145 Illegal Immigrants Arrive in Italy 
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Letter from the PSK General Secretary Kemal Burkay 
To the Turkish Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit 
" Let us build a free society on the basis of equality. Peace and freedom should exist in our country.."

PSK General Secretary Kemal Burkay has written a letter to the Turkish Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit. Burkay states the reasons for the problems which have pushed Turkey into depression. He expresses his views and recommendations for solving these problems, the main one being the Kurdish question . 
Copies of the letter from 10.06.2002 were sent to Turkey's President of State, the Parliamentary President and the leaders of the parliamentary political parties. 
read more

International Association for Human Rights of  the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 10 June – 14 June 2002              Number: 159
Some headlines of the week
*Case Suspended Against Politician
*Newspaper Found Guilty
*Ban on Head Scarves
*Judgment Against Turkey
*Turkey Wants to Speed Up EU Reforms – Opposition Remains
*Devastation and Poverty
*Wave of Arrests Against HAK-PAR Members in Diyarbakir /Turkey
*Background on HAK-PAR
*Further Wave of Arabisation in the Province of KIRKUK
*Kurdish Opposition for US Support in Toppling Iraq
*European Parliament Calls for Setting Up of Court to *Prosecute Those Re-sponsible in Iraq
*Saddam Opponents in Talks with US
read more
International Association for Human Rights of  the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 01 June – 09 June 2002       Number: 158
read more
Some headlines of the week
*Not Guilty Verdicts in Torture Case
*Kurdish Names 
*Human Rights Court Accuse Turkey of Violating Basic Rights 
*Millions of Turkish Women Disadvan-taged in Divorce 
Cases
*NSC Curb EU-Opponents 
*State Prosecutor’s Charge Against the Lawyer Keskin 
*Divorced Women in Iran May Keep Sons for Seven Years 
*Iran and Turkey Tough on Iraqi Refu-gees
*Refugee Drama in Turkey
International Association for Human Rights of  the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 25May – 01 Juny 2002           Number: 157
read more
Some headlines of the week 
*Turkey Again Found Guilty of Human Rights Violations
Against Kurds 
*Accusation of Deliberate Killing 
*Torture in Torbali 
*Lawyer Before Court 
*Case Concerning Kurdish Names 
*Turkish President of State to have Media Law Scrutinized 
*Protest By the Journalists' Association (CGD) 
*New Amnesty for Offenders in Turkey Except for Political Prisoners 
*Yasar Kemal Receives Honorary Doc-torate in Ankara 
*State of Emergency Judge Before Court 
*Lawyers: Turkish Police Charge Torture Victims 
*Criticism of Foreign Office Progress Report on Turkey 
*Refugees Drown 
*Coast Guards Shoot Turkish Refugees 
*Refugee Boat with Engine Trouble Adrift Before Turkish Coast 
*Another Turkish Prisoner Dies in Hunger Strike 
*Turkish Police to Study Human Rights Convictions 
*Syrian Journalist Disappears During Conference 

International Association for Human Rights of  the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 13 May – 24 May 2002         Number: 156
read more
Some headlines of the week
*DEMA NU Again Confiscated 
*KÜRT-KAV Makes Complaint to ECHR
*11 Teachers Detained 
*Kurdish Tuition as Grounds for Torture
*Torture in Mardin and in Diyarbakir
*Military Operation in Dersim
*Turkey Passes Controversial Radio and TV Legislation 
*No Website without Authorization 
*Urgent Call from the Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) to reveal the Whereabouts of Nawras Hussein el-Ramadan
*Can the USA Attack Iraq With Kurdish Support?
read more
International Association for Human Rights of  the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 01 May – 12 May 2002           Number: 155
read more
International Association for Human Rights of  the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 21 April – 30 April 2002     Number: 153-154
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Headlines of the week 
*HAK-PAR Protests Against Ban Pro-ceedings 
*Double Standards by EU Commission (Source: IMK e.V.) 
*Schizophrenic State Logic 
(Source: PSK-Bulletin, February-March 02 and IMK e.V.) 
*Torture in Antep (Source: Evrensel from 21.04.2002 ) 
*Hizbullah Court 
*Memed Uzun Found Not Guilty 
*Mine Explosions
*New Charges Against Eren Keskin, Lawyer and Head of Istanbul Branch of Turkish Human Rights Association (IHD). *Turkish President Rejects Controversial Amnesty Law 
*Human Rights in Turkey Repression Against Doctors 
*TIHV Annual Report 2001 
*23 Months Prison for Iranian Journalist 
*Kurd May Stay Because Of Sick Father 
*Church Asylum Fine for Priest 
*Italian Police Apprehend 32 Illegal Im-migrants in Heavy Goods Vehicle
read more
International Association for Human Rights of  the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date:15th March – 20th April 2002    Number: 151-152
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International Association for Human Rights of  the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
 Date: 08. – 14. March 2002     Number: 150
read more
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International Association for Human Rights of the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
 Date: 01. – 07. March 2002  Number: 149
read more
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International Association for Human
Rights of the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
 Date: 23. – 28. Februar 2002 
Number: 148
read more
International Association for Human 
Rights of the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
 Date: 15. – 22. Februar 2002 
Number: 147
read more
International Association for Human
Rights of the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 08th – 14th February 2002 
Number: 146
read more
International Association for Human
Rights of the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 01. – 07. Februar 2002 
Number: 145
read more
International Association for Human 
Rights of the Kurds
14.02.2002
EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Press release issued by the Registrar
JUDGMENT IN THE CASE OF ORAK v. TURKEY
read more
International Association for Human 
Rights of the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 19. - 24. Januar 2002
read more
International Association for Human
Rights of the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 21 december  2001- 18 januar 2002 
Number: 141-142
read more
International Association for Human 
Rights of the Kurds
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 01 December - 20 December 2001 
Number: 139-140
read more
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 23 November - 30 November 2001 
Number: 137-138
read more
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 16 November - 22 November 2001 
Number: 135-136
read more
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 06 November - 15 November 2001
Number: 133-134
read more
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 23 October - 05 November 2001 
Number: 131-132
read more

IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 15 October - 22 October 2001 
Number: 129-130
read more
 

The Prime Minister of Kurdistan Regional 
Government 
meets Swedish Officials

read more
 

IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 01 October - 14 October 2001 
Number: 127-128
 read more
 
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 18 September – 30 September 2001 
Number: 125-126
 read more
 
Important and interesting articles, Urgent 
Actions, appeals etc. which we were only a
ble to briefly, or not at all, report in WIS, are 
available in full on our Web Site at
www.kurden.de. Those selected are:

Tough Constitutional Amendment Marathon
Kicks Off on Sept. 17
Turkish Probe, 09.09.2001

TUSIAD calls for reforms to increase freedom
of expression
Turkish Daily News, 11.09.2001

Turkish parties close ranks against generals
Dawn Internet, 12.09.2001

New Kurdish movie released
Turkish Daily News, 11.09.2001

Israeli-Turkish Ties Flourishing
Associated Press, 08.08.2001

TURKEY: Human Rights Foundation of 
Turkey - Their patients
UA 228/01; Fear for safety, 10 September
2001 AI Index: EUR 44/064/2001

PUK and KDP agree to eliminate Islamic 
fundamentals Jund Al-Islam
KurdishMedia.com, 12.09.2001

Shadow of Usama Bin Laden in South Kurdistan
KurdishMedia.com, 12.09.2001

Bin Laden's Plan to Destabilize Kurdistan
Kurdistan Newsline Sonderausgabe, 20.09.01 

U.S. policy on sanctions is just fine with Saddam 
Toronto Star, 09.09.2001

The sons who promote Saddam's cruel legacy
The Independent, 08.09.2001

The Iraqi Connection
The Wall Street Journal, 13.09.2001

The Iraq Connection: Blood Baath 
The New Republic, 13.09.2001 

Ex-CIA chief sees Iraqi fingerprints 
upi, 14.09.2001

Iraqi Novel Basis for TV Series
AP, 11.06.2001 
 

IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 11 Sept. – 17 Sept. 2001      Number: 123-124
  • Turkish Human Rights Offices in Diyarbakir
  •  Closed Down Torture Victims and Doctors 
  • at Risk of Persecution by Authorities read more
  • Three Dead From Suicide Attack Against 
  • Police in Istanbul read more
  • Interior Minister Yücelen Threatens Death
  • Fasters read more
  • Circular from Turkish Justice Ministry read more
  • TÜSIAD Demands Reform on Freedom of
  • Opinion read more
  • Full Production in Iraqi Military Factories read more
  • Kurdish Village On Contact Line Repel Iraqi
  • Military Attack read more 
  • Saddam Hussein Calls on Kurds to Return read more
  • 28 Political Prisoners Executed in Iraq read more
  • Iraq Rejects No-Fly Zones read more
  • Saddam’s Forgotten Victims read more
  • Germany Opens “Trading Office” in Baghdad read more
  • Booming Trade in Illegal Immigrants read more
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 01  – 10 Sept.2001         Number: 121-122
  • Raid on TIHV Offices in Diyarbakir read more
  • Turkish Court Convict 16 Prison Warders 
  • to Imprisonment read more
  • HADEP Protests on World Day of Peace

    • Kurds and EU Should Speak Turkish read more
  • Turkey Still Does Not Fulfil Many of 
  • Brussel’s Entry Requirements read more
  • Floods of Penalties from RTÜK read more
  • Acquittal for Publishers of “Freedom of 
  • Thought 2000” read more
  • Two Further Victims of Death Fasts read more
  • Constitutional Reforms to be Debated 
  • by Parliament read more
  • CHP for Kurdish Institutes read more
  • Court: Birtan Altinbas Killed by 
  • Torture read more
  • Iraq Reward Arabs and Palestinians for
  • Settling in Kurdistan read more
  • Amnesty International: Iraq Lead With
  • Most Disappearances read more
  • New Wave of Arrests in the River Azz
  • Region read more
  • UN Committee Call on Syrian Government
  • to End Discrimination Against Kurds read more
  • Hundreds of “Illegals” Apprehended in
  • Greece read more
  • Athens and Ankara Want to Stop Illegal
  • Entry read more
  • Prison for Turkish Traffickers read more
  • Another 400 Refugees Arrive on Italian
  • Coast read more
Kurdish Declaration
A Call to National and International Communities 
read more
 
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 06 August – 20 August 2001  Number: 119-120
read more
 
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 20 June – 20 July 2001  Number: 113-114 
  • Turkey Condemned for DEP Trial read more
  • Human Rights Foundation TIHV Submit Half
  • Yearly Report read more
  • 15 Year Anniversary of Human Rights
  • Association IHD read more
  • IHD Diyarbakir Publish Monthly 
  • Report read more
  • DBP Head, Yilmaz Camlibel: “You Want
  • to Silence Me!” read more
  • The Dying Continues – Justice Minister 
  • Türk Takes a Positive View read more
  • Amnesty International Urgent action
  • for Erdal Bulut read more
  • Amnesty Urgent Action for Tekin
  • Ülsen read more
  • Death In Police Custody: Police Receive
  • Prison Sentences read more
  • Police Officer Convicted of Murder read more
  • Case Against Kurdish Institute read more
  • Poison Gas Attack Against PKK 
  • Guerrillas read more
  • Syrian KDP Request Support read more
  • Syrian Human Rights Activist Nayuf 
  • Granted Permission to Travel read more
  • Concentration of Iraqi Troops on 
  • Border to Kurdish Regions read more
  • Land Mines in Kurdistan read more
  • Death Threats By Email: Odi Saddam
  • Hussein Threatens KurdishMedia.com
  • Reporter Ahmad read more
  • Church Asylum Safeguards 1500 
  • Refugees read more
  • Resolution from Specialist Forum: 
  • “Odyssee into the Unknown – 
  • Traumatised Kurdish Refugees in 
  • Germany” read more
  • Sweden Honours Kurdish Writer read more
Letter from Kurdish kongres to EU 
Representative in Ankara
14-15/7-2001
Dear; Europen Union Representative
of Ankara
...The key to building a democratic system on 
EU standards lies in the peaceful and democratic
solution to the Kurdish question. It should not be
forgotten that a solution to the Kurdish question
does not just lay the foundations for Turkey to 
build a democratic system.... Signed: 
Former member of turkish paralament
A.Melik Fýrat 
read more
 
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 06 June - 20 June 2001 Number: 111-112 
  • Cabinet Reshuffle: Resignations from 
  • Interior Minister Tantan and Istanbul’s 
  • Chief of Police Abanoz read more
  • Sezer Requests Party Law 
  • Amendments read more
  • Excellent “Image Lobby” for the 
  • EU read more
  • Party Commission Reach Agreement 
  • on Constitutional Amendments In respect
  • of Death Penalty and Kurdish 
  • Lan-guage read more
  • Turkish Government Decide Against
  • Internet Censorship read more
  • Mine Clearance Project Provides Hope
  • For a Better Future read more
  • IHD Report on Expelled People read more
  • 120 Arrested For Alleged Propaganda
  • in Support of the PKK read more
  • Hunger Strikes: No End in Sight Despite
  • Numerous Appeals and 
  • Interventions read more
  • European Court of Human Rights Rules
  • Against Turkey in 131 Cases Out 
  • Of 141 read more
  • Turkey For Dialogue with Baghdad 
  • Differences With Washington on 
  • Policy to Iraq read more
  • New Turkish Regulations Restrict
  • Trade in Southern Kurdistan read more
  • International Appeal to Save Political
  • Prisoner in Iran read more
  • Amnesty International Urgent Action
  • for Baki Yas read more
  • Right to Stay for Stateless Kurds
  • from Lebanon! read more
  • Gene Testing on Refugees was
  • Unlawful read more
  • Kurdish Exodus from South Kurdistan
  • Continues read more
IMK Weekly Information Service
24 May- 05 June 2001         Number: 109-110
  • Sezer Visits South-Eastern 
  • Turkey read more
  • Law Turns RTÜK Into Media Police 
  • Force read more
  • State Pressure Against Women’s 
  • Project read more
  • Worldwide Awareness of Nazli 
  • Top’s Rape in Police Custody read more
  • Amnesty International Human Rights
  • Prize Presented to Lawyer Eren 
  • Keskin read more
  • Amnesty International Call On Turkey
  • to Implement  Anti-Torture 
  • Recommendations read more
  • First ECHR Judgement Against Turkey
  • For Persecution of Lawyer in 
  • “Disappearance” Case read more
  • Turkey Condemned for Deaths of 
  • Eleven Kurds read more
  • ECHR Condemns Turkey for Inhuman
  • Treatment of a Prisoner read more
  • Over 100 HADEP Members 
  • Arrested read more
  • Constitutional Court Order Communist
  • Party to Change Name read more
  • Sema Piskinsüt Criticises the Interior
  • Minister read more
  • Five New Cases Of Persecution Following
  • Deportation From Germany read more
  • Local Elections In Iraqi Kurdistan read more
  • Rights of Women in Southern Kurdistan
  • to be Guaranteed by Law read more
  • Conference on Kirkuk Takes Place in 
  • Arbil read more
  • Oriental Institute Under Suspicion:
  • Employees Operating in Interests 
  • of Iraqi Government read more
  • Syria: Another Kurd Tortured to Death.
  • GfbV Call for Deportation Stop read more
  • Kurdish Refugees Drowned Before Italian
  • Coast read more
  • Bodies on the Greek Border read more
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 15 - 23  may 2001 Number: 108
  • Employers Association TÜSIAD Submit
  • Democratisation Programme read more
  • Hunger Strikes Increase Despite 
  • Reforms read more
  • A Kurdish State in Northern Iraq Would
  • Be Reason Enough For War read more
  • Legal Proceedings Against TIHV Head 
  • Yavuz Önen read more
  • Journalists Before Court read more
  • Pressure Increases on DBP read more
  • Wave of Arrests Continues Against HADEP
  • Members read more
  • Committee Declare Need for Human 
  • Rights Education in Turkey read more
  • AI Urgent Action: Selahattin Bayran 
  • and Cemile Durmaz Threatened with 
  • Torture read more
  • 88 Illegal Immigrants Arrested in 
  • Greece read more
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 5 - 15 may 2001 Number: 107
  • Hunger Strikes: International Pressure
  • Increases on Turkey read more
  • Law No. 4666 from 01.05.2001 Amendment
  • to Paragraphs 2 & 3 of Article 16 of the 
  • Anti-Terror Law 
  • (Law No. 3713 from 12.04.1991) read more
  • Autopsy Report on Gendarme Killed During
  • Prison Operation read more
  • Nearly 500 Refugees Discovered on a Ship
  • near Istanbul read more
  • IHD-Report: No Decrease in Violations of 
  • Human Rights read more
  • DBP Office in Agri Raided by Security
  • Forces read more
  • Journalists Banned from Entering State
  • Security Courts read more
  • Chechenian Hostage Takers Not Considered
  • Terrorists by State Security Courts read more
  • EKD Demand Improvements for Christians in
  • Turkey read more
  • European Court of Human Rights Condemns
  • Turkey for Human Rights Abuses in 
  • Cyprus read more
  • Turkey Placed Fourth in Child Labour read more
  • Return of “Stateless Person” Deported from 
  • Germany read more
  • Call for Demonstrations Against “Solidarity
  • Flight” from Frankfurt to Baghdad read more
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 24 april - 4 may 2001 Number: 106
  • Kurdish Woman Refused Medical 
  • Treatment in Ankara For Being Unable to
  • Speak Turkish read more
  • Byzantine Memorandum from Prime 
  • Minister Ecevit read more
  • Turkish Parliament Vote for Easing of 
  • Isolation Detention No End in Sight 
  • to Hunger Strikes read more
  • EU to Concentrate Financial Assistance
  • to Turkey on Entry Partnership read more
  • PKK "Peace Troops" Receive Long Term
  • Jail Sentences read more
  • President Khatami Decides For His 
  • Candidacy to Presidency read more
  • Deported Syrian Kurd Allegedly Murdered
  • by Syrian Secret Police read more
  • Kurds from Iraq to Pressurize for Asylum 
  • in the Netherlands through Hunger 
  • Strikes read more
  • European Council Calls for More 
  • Commitment to Freedom of Press read more 
IMK Weekly Information Service

Date: 5 - 23 april 2001 Number: 104-105

  • Strasbourg Court Condemns Turkey
  • for Death By Torture of Mahmut 
  • Tanli read more
  • Police Officers Charged on Death in 
  • Police Custody read more
  • Mass Anti-Kurdish Protests in 
  • Susurluk read more
  • AI Urgent Action: Kurdish Youths Before
  • Court read more
  • European Council Calls on Turkey to 
  • Bring an End to the Hunger 
  • Strikes read more
  • Turkish Human Rights Activists Bring
  • Legal Proceedings Against 
  • Minister read more
  • Human Rights Watch Demand 
  • Investigation into Accusations of 
  • Torture read more
  • Reporter ohne Grenze: Journalists in
  • Turkey Under Pressure read more
  • Continuation of Manisa Case read more
  • Mass Protests Against Government 
  • Because of Economic Crisis in 
  • Turkey read more
  • "Kurd" To Be Omitted from the 
  • Language read more
  • Assyrian Cleric Cleared read more
  • Human Rights Watch Present Hellmann
  • /Hammett Prize to Yurdatapan read more
  • PKK Members Imprisoned for Killing of 
  • Couple read more
  • KDP and PUK to Settle Quarrels read more
  • Convergence Between KDP and 
  • PUK read more
  • High Ranking Officials from Britain Visit
  • Southern Kurdistan read more
  • Seven Victims from Mine Explosion in 
  • Northern Iraq read more
  • Governor of East Kurdistan Freed On
  • Bail read more
  • Kurdish Writer Rozhbayani (89) 
  • Murdered read more
  • West Kurdish Union Writes to President
  • Assad read more
  • Kurds Deported from Israel Granted 
  • Asylum in Sweden read more
  • Turkish Ship With 600 Refugees Towed 
  • into Italy read more
  • Most "East Sea" Kurdish Refugees from
  • Syria read more
PRESS STATEMENT
Attacks on Kurds in Susurluk i Tyrkiet
read more
 
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 29 March - 4 april 2001 Number: 103
  • Legal Proceedings Against Human 
  • Rights Activists read more
  • Convicted Mayors read more
  • Refugee Ship with 314 People Aboard
  • Stranded on Greek Coast read more
  • Inflation Increase due to Economic 
  • Crisis read more
  • Non-Legal Execution in Istanbul read more
  • Soldiers Used Villagers As Human Mine 
  • Detectors read more
  • Legal Proceedings Against 77 Year Old 
  • for Supporting PKK read more
  • DBP Leaders Arrested read more
  • Ban on Publications on Kurds read more
  • Daily Newspaper Yeni Gündem Closed 
  • New Pro Kurdish Newspaper Dema 
  • Nû read more
  • Amnesty International Urgent Action:
  • Arrested Students at Risk of 
  • Torture read more
  • Kurds In Iran Arrested Following Newroz
  • Celebrations read more
  • Combined Efforts in Assassin 
  • Investigation read more
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 20 - 28 March  2001 Number: 102
  • Turkey Extends State of Emergencies in
  • Four Provinces read more
  • Turkey Brings Rape Victims Before 
  • Court read more
  • Fasters On the Verge of Death read more
  • Newroz Celebrations Mainly 
  • Peaceful read more
  • Closure Demanded of Human Rights
  • Association IHD read more
  • IMF Refuse Aid for Turkey read more
  • First Kurdish Language Film in Turkish
  • cinemas read more
  • Tension Between Turkmen and the KDP
  • in Northern Iraq read more
  • Bush Government Guarantees US 
  • Protection to Kurdish Delegation read more
  • The Netherlands Wants to Return 
  • 9,000 Kurds to Northern Iraq read more
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 10 - 19 March  2001 Number: 101
  • Turkish Council of Ministers Vote for 
  • EU Reform Programme read more
  • Trial to Ban Turkish Human Rights 
  • Organisation IHD read more
  • School Boy Discovered Dead read more
  • Resul Aydemir Run Over By 
  • Police read more
  • Rape in Prison read more
  • European Council Condemn Police 
  • Action in Turkey read more
  • US State of New Mexico Acknowledges
  • Armenian Genocide read more
  • No to Dams in Ilisu and Tehri read more
  • Khatami Criticised for Reticence read more
  • PRO ASYL and WADI Welcome German 
  • Foreign Ministry Report on Iraq read more
Turkey Is Still Playing The Same Old Tune
(Turkey and EU)
Kemal Burkay
Secretary General
Socialist Party of Kurdistan (PSK)   21 March
2001
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IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 23. feb. - 09 March  2001 Number: 100
  • National Security Council Demand 
  • Continuation of State of Emergencies
  • in Four Provinces read more
  • Öge Seriously Injured – Two Missing 
  • Persons Found Dead read more
  • UN-Commissioner Demands Swift 
  • Explanation of Disappearance 
  • Cases read more
  • Rape in Detention read more
  • Judgements from European Court of
  • Human Rights read more
  • New Minister for the Economy in
  • Turkey read more
  • Turkey Sends Liaison Officer to Euro
  • Corps read more
  • Entry Partnership Between EU and 
  • Turkey Comes Into Force read more
  • Temporary Camp for Kurdish Refugees
  • from "East Sea" Closesread more
  • More than 400 Ship Refugees Stranded in
  • Italy read more
  • Arms Exports at High Point Under German
  • Coalition read more
  • More Reformist Journalists Imprisoned in
  • Iran read more
  • Amnesty International Protest at Increase
  • in use of Electric Shocks as Instrument 
  • of Torture read more
The Return of Expelled Villagers to their Homes
in the South-East of Turkey
By Jonna Dalsgaard* and Erik Siesby**
   Copenhagen August 1st, 2000
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IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 6 - 23. feb. 2001 Number: 99
  • The Nightmare Returns to the South 
  • East read more
  • UN Official Investigates 
  • Disappearancesand Random 
  • Executions read more
  • Numbers of Disappearances 
  • Increases read more
  • Huge Protests Against 
  • "Disappearances" read more
  • Judgement in Susurluk Case read more
  • Continuation of Death Fasts in Turkish
  • Prisons read more
  • Turkey Deny Involvement In People 
  • Smuggling read more
  • People Smuggling Continues read more
  • Legal Proceedings Against Human Rights
  • Activist Birdal for Speech in 
  • Germany read more
  • Arab Members of Parliament Demand 
  • End to Sanctions Against Iraq read more
  • Norway For Lifting of Sanctions Against
  • Iraq read more
  • Iraq and Egypt Resume Regular 
  • Flights read more
  • Blair Wants Saddam Held in Check
  • "With all available means" read more
  • Wave of Protests Shock Islamic 
  • Regime read more
  • Unrest in Sanandaj read more
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 28. feb. 2001 Number: 98
The Armenian Genocide and Turkey’s
Attitude
French Parliament Pass Law .- Serious Crisis
Between Ankara and Paris
read all news
 
PRESS STATEMENT
Kurdish “Boat People” Drama
A Profit-Making Business With People as
Merchandise
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IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 30 Jan. 2001/ 5. feb. 2001 Number: 97
  • Disappearance of Two HADEP Politicians
  • in Silopi read more
  • Prison Death Fasts read more
  • Closure Proceedings Against IHD in 
  • Ankara read more
  • Legal Proceedings Against 8 Police 
  • Officers for Torture and Rape read more
  • Inspector "Hose-Pipe Süleyman" Before 
  • Court read more
  • Fatal Heart Attack in Violent Parliamentary
  • Debateread more
  • Turkish Court Revoke Custodial Sentences
  • Against HADEP Leadership read more
  • Turkey Cancels Contracts With 
  • France read more
  • Intellectuals and Artists Meet With 
  • President of State Sezer read more
  • Water Talks Between Syria, Turkey and 
  • Iraq read more
  • Iraqi Deserter Claims Saddam Has Two
  • Atom Bombs    read more
  • Iraq Invites Arabian States to Set Up of 
  • Free Trade Zone read more
  • British and US Fighter Aircraft Bomb Iraqi
  • Missile Sites   read more
  • Iraqi Opposition Go To USA with Great
  • Hopes read more
  • Families of Murdered Iranian Intellectuals
  • Against Executions of 
  • Perpetrators read more
  • Kurdish Cultural Centre Opened in 
  • Iran read more
  • Church Asylum Saves Kurd From 
  • Deportation read more
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 23 Jan. 2001/ 29 Jan 2001 Number: 96
  • Campaign of Destruction Against the 
  • IHD read more
  • Members of HADEP in Custody read more
  • Prison Death Fasts Continue read more
  • Rape in F-Type Prison read more
  • Investigation Against Istanbul Chamber
  • of Lawyers read more
  • Rape Trial Against Police read more
  • Attack on Diyarbakir’s Police Chief read more
  • Turkey Boycotts Everything French read more
  • Two Foreign Human Rights Activists 
  • Arrested in Turkey  read more
  • Police Apprehend 27 Illegal Kurdish 
  • Travellers read more
  • Shoot to Kill by Police Restricted read more
  • Complaint Against Arrest Children from 
  • Viransehir Charged read more
  • Saddam Hussein Has Leukaemia read more
  • Dr. Barham Salih to be Prime Minister in 
  • the Region of Suleymania read more
  • Iranian Student Leader Lodges Complaint
  • Against Judiciary read more
PRESS RELEASE 31 January 2001
IMK-International Association for Human 
Rights of the Kurds

Campaign to End Human Rights Organisation
IHD

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IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 16 Jan. 2001/ 22 Jan 2001 Number: 95
  • Reform Opponents Hinder Way into
  • Europe read more
  • National Assembly Passes Law on 
  • Armenian GenocideSerious Crisis
  • Between Ankara and Paris read more
  • EU Parliament Condemn Violent 
  • Methods
  • used by Turkey in Prison 
  • Reforms read more
  • Serious Accusations from Hamburg 
  • Delegation Following Trip to 
  • Turkey read more
  • Twenty-Eight Children Detained in High 
  • Security Prison read more
  • Pressure Increases on Human Rights 
  • Organisation IHD  read more
  • Race Against the Tormentors – Experts
  • Prove Torture read more
  • 1999 Massacre in Ankara Prison 
  • Investigated read more
  • Play is Censored in State of Emergency
  • Region read more
  • Esber Yagmurdereli Released read more
  • Asylum Also Possible with Alternative 
  • Safe Regions at Home read more
  • EU Criticises Sentencing of 8 Reformists
  • in Iran read more
  • Student Protest Against Iranian
  • Leadership read more
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 09 Jan. 2001/ 15 Jan 2001 
Number: 94
  • Death Fasts and Violence Against 
  • Prisoners Continues read more
  • AI Urgent Action – Threat of Abuse and
  • Torture / Excessive Use of Force read more
  • Another Attack Against Police in 
  • Istanbul read more
  • Human Rights Groups Criticize Arrest 
  • of 28 Children in Turkey read more
  • State of Emergency Balance Sheet: 
  • Since 1987 More Than 23,400 PKK 
  • Fighters Killed read more
  • PUK Leader Talabani Visits Ankara read more
  • Turkey Sends Ambassador to Iraq read more
  • Britain’s Political U-Turn: No More Bombing
  • in Southern Iraq read more
  • Court Hearing on Murders of Dissidents by
  • Secret Service read more
  • Khatami Delays – Still No Decision on 
  • Candidacy for Re-Election read more
  • Columnist Sentenced to 8 Months 
  • Imprisonment read more
  • Successful Constitutional Complaint 
  • Against Deportation Custody read more
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 22 Dec. 2000/ 08 Jan 2001 
Number: 92/93
  • 'Operation "Return to Life' Results in 
  • 32 Deaths read more
  • President Sezer Signs Amnesty 
  • Law read more
  • Concern in Turkey on Illegal Police 
  • Protest read more
  • Ten Injured in Bomb Attack in Istanbul
  • on New Years Eve read more
  • 2 Dead and 7 Injured in Suicide Attack in
  • Istanbul-Sisli   read more
  • Ecevit Warns of Vigilance Regarding 
  • PKK read more
  • Talks Between Chief of General Staff 
  • Kivrikoglu and Minister President Ecevit
  • on Anticipated Reforms read more
  • Turkish Army Deny Offensive Against 
  • Kurds in Northern Iraq, PUK Support 
  • Confirmed in Fight Against PKK read more
  • Turkey Sends Ambassador to 
  • Iraq read more
  • Turkey Reacts Cautiously to the Court 
  • Decision on Öcalan read more
  • Turkey Refuses NATO Agreement to EU 
  • Military Plans read more
  • Turkey Receives 13 Billion Dollars from 
  • World Bank and Monetary Fund read more
  • Iraq Describe Reports of Saddam’s Illness
  • as Absurd read more
  • Kurdish Parliament Protest Against 
  • Pakistan, Kurdish TV Condemns Silence
  • from International Media read more
  • Kurdish Parliamentary Representatives
  • Warn Iran read more
  • Tank Deal With Ankara read more
  • Number of Asylum Seekers in Germany
  • Reaches New Low Point read more
IMK Weekly Information Service
Date:  21. dec. 2000 

SPECIAL EDITION
Violent Operation in Prisons Against 
Hunger Strikers
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IMK Weekly Information Service
Date: 11. - 21. nov. 2000 
  • Criticism from Turkish Journalists
  • Association:Conflict of Interests in 
  • the Media Undermine Journalists’ 
  • Independence read more
  • Comments On Kurdish Broadcasting 
  • Splits Coalition Partners read more
  • Kurdish Translation in High 
  • Court read more
  • International Campaign Against Mines
  • in Turkey read more
  • Piskinsüt Criticises the Nomination of
  • MHP Parliamentarian to Chairmanship 
  • of Human Rights Commission read more
  • Complaint Against Kurdish Institute in 
  • Istanbul read more
  • 'Mothers for Peace' and Interpreter 
  • Released read more
  • IHD Investigation Concludes that 
  • Inhabitants from Hakkari were not 
  • Killed by PKK read more
  • Angelika Beer Visits Hasankeyf read more
  • Demonstration by Armenians Against the
  • Entry of Turkey to the EU read more
  • Greece Blocks Entry Partnership with 
  • Turkey read more
  • Greek Police Arrest 2 Traffickers and 62 
  • Illegal Kurdish Immigrants read more
  • Turkish Soldiers Shoot Dead Two Illegal
  • Immigrants on the Iran-Turkish 
  • Border read more
  • Turkey Plans Closer Political and 
  • Economic Cooperation with Iraq read more
  • US Ally Turkey Changes Stance on 
  • Iraq Embargo read more
  • Six People Killed by Bomb Attack in 
  • Northern Iraq read more
  • Secret Service Speak of Saddam’s 
  • Arsenal of Chemical and Biological 
  • Weapons read more
  • Saddam’s Paranoia Towards Opposition 
  • Results in Brutal Violations of Human
  • Rights read more
NEWS: Date: 20. Oct. - 10 nov/2000
  • Recommendation" to Government 
  • from National Security Council read more
  • MHP Do Not Perceive any Major Human 
  • Rights’ Problems in Turkey. Sema 
  • Piskinsüt, Chairwoman of Human 
  • Rights Committee, to Lose Office read more
  • Armenian Genocide – Harsh Reaction by
  • Turkey to Legal Bill read more
  • Istanbul’s State Security Court brings 
  • Case Against Akin Birdal read more
  • Human Rights and Environmental Groups
  • Appeal to the USA to Drop Turkish Dam
  • Project read more
  • 101 Members of the US Congress Request
  • that TurkeyGuarantee Kurds Basic Human
  • Rights read more
  • Amnesty International Denounce Human
  • Rights’ Violations in Europe read more
  • Amnesty International Begin "Urgent 
  • Action" for "Mothers for Peace read more
  • Erin Keskin Reports on Torture to 
  • "Mother’s for Peace"  read more
  • Soldiers Shoot Dead Three 
  • Civilians read more
  • Prison Revolts with Hostages – 
  • Batons Used Against 
  • Demonstrators read more
  • ANAP Parliamentarian Requests 
  • Wider Amnesty read more
  • MHP General Secretary Bahceli’s 
  • Special Interest in Tunceli read more
  • Case Opens AgainstKurdish Mayoress
  • Cihan Sincar    read more
  • GEW Demand Release of Critically Ill 
  • Kurdish Trade Unionist Kadri 
  • Gökdere read more
  • Saddam’s Guerillas Decapitate 
  • Women read more 
NEWS: Date: 5.-20. Oct./2000
  • New Report on Torture from 
  • Parliamentary Commission read more
  • Controversial Discussions in Agri at
  • the meeting of the High Coordination
  • Council for Human Rights read more
  • Judgements against Turkey in Three 
  • Cases of Human Rights’ 
  • Breaches read more
  • Continued Hindrance to the Activities
  • of the Pro-Kurdish Party for Democracy
  • and peace (DBP)read more
  • Initiative for the Release of Esber 
  • Yagmurdereli read more
  • International Federation of Journalist 
  • Criticise the 10 Day Closure of the 
  • Newspaper Yeni Evrenselread more
  • Seizure of pro-Kurdish Newspapers 
  • Continues read more
  • Renewed Crisis Between Berlin and 
  • Ankara on Tanks  read more
  • Draft for New Penal Code 
  • Complete read more
  • Homecomers Again Forced to Leave 
  • Their Villages read more
  • "Mothers for Peace" Brutally Tortured
  • in Detention read more

    • Verheugen: Turkey Not Yet Ready for
    Entry Talks to the EUread more
  • Senior Public Prosecutor from the 
  • Istanbul State Security Courts Brings 
  • Case Against Akin Birdalread more
  • Ship with nearly 500 Refugees Arrives
  • in Southern Italy read more
The Kurds: 
One People -Four States - What Kind of  Future?
26 May 2004 
Folketinget (Danish Parliamen 
A conference organised by DKR, Danish-Kurdish council for Human Rights 
Address: Chairman Lars Kramer Mikkelsen, MP, 
Folketinget, Christiansborg 1240 KBH.K - Denmark 

e-mail: danskkurdiskraad@yahoo.dk

Introduction 
by chairman of the DKR, MP Lars Kramer Mikkelsen
 
Opening speech by Mr. Mogens Lykketoft, former Foreign Minister of Denmark  
on the Kurdish affairs in Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria

What future for the Kurds? 
Report to the Conference 
Ph.d., Khaled Salih,, University of Southern Denmark 

Travel through Kurdistan efter Saddam, 
Nina Rasmussen og Hjalte Tin 

Kurdish political representetive
Taha Barwary - Representative for Kurdistan Regional Government in Nordic Countries
Fattah Khalil Fattah - Intervention on behalf of the Regional Government of Kurdistan in Sulaymaniyah 
by Minister of Culture 

Keya Izol– Kurdish Platform in Europe 
(Representative of political organisations, NGOs and individuals - Turkey)

Abdulmajid Hakki-Repr. of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan

Ahmad Mahmoud Cheto 
Yekiti-Demokrat, Syria 

NGO Represententive
Bayram Bozyel – Writer, journalist and Deputy Chairman of HAK-PAR. Turkey 

Jahanbakhsh Khalidi - Kurdistan Peace Committee, Iran

Fateh Jamous Mohammed – Human Rights champion – Syria 

Abdulbesat Seida) Writer 

Akram Hawas - Representing the Faylee Kurds' General Council 

Report of the Kurdistan Socialist Party on the political developments in Turkey
and the EU-Accession

The conference was supported  
by Nævnet vedrørende EU-Oplysning .
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TURKEY, EU AND THE KURDS
Huseyin Kizilocak
London, Sunday, 29 June 2003
Paper at the International Conference on Kurds, the European Union and Turkey,
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Appeal from Members of Swedish Parliament
.......
Our opinion is that a Turkish invasion of Iraqi Kurdistan violates international law, no country has the right to occupy another country. Moreover, such an action contributes to increasing instability and diminishes possibilities for peace in the region.

Therefore we urge the Turkish Parliament to swiftly act to prevent a Turkish invasion of Iraqi Kurdistan.
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The Socialist Party of Kurdistan (PSK)
PRESS RELEASE 
NO UGLY NEGOTIATION OVER KURDISTAN!
Linguistic human rights in education and Turkey - some international  comparisons 
Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, dr.phil.
Invited plenary paper at the International Conference on Kurds, the European Union and Turkey, Copenhagen, Denmark, 14th October 2002
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Kurdish Unity in Europe
DECLARATION TO THE PUBLIC
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Dear Sir/Madam,
   In our Press Statement from 13.06.2002 we reported on the arrests of members of the pro-Kurdish HAK-PAR party (Party for Basic Rights and Freedom). 
   We asked you to protest to the Turkish government demanding the release of the 20 people detained.
Thanks to these protests all the detained HAK-PAR members in Diyarbakir have been released apart from Mehmet Eren, a journalist and member of HAK-PAR's leadership in Diyarbakir.
We wish to thank all organizations, institutions, internationals groups and individuals for their swift response which certainly contributed to the release of the HAK-PAR members.
We particularly wish to thanks of Amnesty International who began an Urgent Action on June 13th for the release of the HAK-PAR members.
   The journalist Mehmet Eren remains, however, in detention. The public prosecutor from the State Security Court in Diyarbakir has brought charges against him on the basis of publications discovered during a house search. We therefore ask you to continue your efforts for his release.

Management Committee and the IMK e.V. Team 

Press Statement
Wave of Arrests Against HAK-PAR Members in Diyarbakir / Turkey
At around midnight on June 12th 2002 numerous members of the pro-Kurdish „Party for Rights and freedom“ (HAK-PAR) were arrested in Diyarbakir in the south east of Turkey .....read more
HAK – PAR
Party for Rights and Freedom
Press Statement
The “closure proceedings” against our party are arbitrary and unlawful
Appeal for kurdish education in Turkey
..To bring about legislation to regulate education in Kurdish as a mother tongue... 
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