March 17, 2013 “We are the ones we have been waiting for.” Barack Hussein Obama Dear President Obama, Like the sudden fall of Berlin Wall you showed up unannounced in my life. Like most Americans, I was not prepared for your spectacular entrance— exploding upon the national scene as the star-studded keynote speaker at the… Continue reading
Tag Archives: Turkey
A Cry For Freedom
They viciously snatched his body from the hospital and cruelly dumped it in the dirt road of the village where he was born—as if he were a filthy bag of rotten potatoes. Continue reading
‘Innocence’ or ‘Schadenfreude’
In its reports, don’t expect to find a reference to Ismail Besikci who first “discovered” Kurds in Turkey and was awarded 17 years behind bars for his “treasonous” efforts nor a mention of Giuseppe Mazzini who had the likes of Kurds in mind when he said, “without [a] country … you are the bastards of humanity,” nor an acknowledgement of Tacitus who had the likes of Turks in mind when he said, “Master race and liberty do not go together.”
Instead bigoted Turks define the Kurds and turncoat Kurds act as exhibits of why Kurds should never enjoy a place of their own under the sun.
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Kurds Sue Turkish Government over Massacre of Their Compatriots
For the crimes of encouraging and instigating the mass murder: Fethullah Gülen, Cult Leader, 1857 Mt. Eaton Road, Saylorsburg, PA 18353, USA; For the crimes of creating the conditions and environment for the crimes of mass murder and mass injury by abusing their power and recklessly ignoring their public responsibilities: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkish Prime Minister… Continue reading
When a Kurdish Boy Meets a German Girl
“They get together again and often, but Selim is uneasy.” Continue reading
Arab Spring — The Kurdish Version Is In the Offing
The people of Gaza speak Arabic with impunity; the people of Diyarbakir, unless they want to be hermits, are forced to speak Turkish. But that is not how the Turkish prime minister sees the situation. Diyarbakir he dismisses out of hand. Gaza he wants to grab with ten fingers. Continue reading
Should There be an Independent Kurdistan?
U. S. Naval Academy Annapolis, Maryland (An older version of this statement was also delivered at Johns Hopkins University on March 21, 2005) Kani Xulam April 4, 2005 Imagine I were an American and lived some sixty plus years ago and said I am for the Japanese invasion of America, or a Russian who concurred… Continue reading
Of Kurds, Rats and Locusts
The Statement of Kani Xulam St. Cloud State University St. Cloud, Minnesota April 21, 2004 Before the current spike in violence in Iraq, I ran into an American friend at Dupont Circle, a bustling neighborhood in Washington, DC. After exchanging the customary pleasantries, he asked me how I felt about the newly passed Transitional Administrative… Continue reading
The Statement of Kani Xulam at San Mateo Unitarian Church
Sponsored by: San Mateo County Peace Action San Mateo, California May 1, 2000 I want to start by thanking Jerry Fuchs, Ron Zucker and Hamdi Ugur for inviting me here tonight. I also want to thank the board of directors of the San Mateo County Peace Action for agreeing to hear an address on the… Continue reading
A Glimpse at Evil in America
The Statement of Kani Xulam At Lucie Stern Community Center Palo Alto, California April 20, 2002 Late last year, I got an e-mail from a person who said he had seen the documentary, “Good Kurds, Bad Kurds: No Friends, But the Mountains” on PBS and wanted to know if I was safe from the threat… Continue reading