Turkey’s Kurdish Policy in the Nineties

by | Dec 12, 1995 | Commentary

By Eric Avebury Parliamentary Human Rights Group Chairman This paper was presented at the Middle East Studies Association in Washington, DC December 1995 When the Ottoman Empire finally disintegrated, following the allied victory in the war of 1914-18, and the birth...

The PKK: Freedom Fighters or Terrorists?

by | Dec 7, 1995 | Commentary

By Ismet G. Imset Thursday, December 7, 1995 The Crisis A burning war: When in 1984 Turkey found itself faced with a series of armed attacks on military installations in the dominantly Kurdish-populated rural Southeast region, it immediately resolved on a traditional...

Campaign Of Lies

by | Sep 10, 1995 | Commentary

By Yasar Kemal   “Increase your cruelty and thereby hasten your decline.” – Anatolian proverb   Perhaps for the first time in history, a century has acquired a name before it has even begun: the 21st century will be called the...

Dr. Haluk Gerger Interview with CBC

by | Jul 30, 1995 | Commentary

By Joan Melancon July 30, 1995 [Editor’s note: This interview was broadcast on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), on July 30, 1995. Joan Melancon, a radio journalist, spoke with Mr. Gerger in his jail.  Mr. Gerger since then has been released.  He continues to...

The Dark Cloud Over Turkey

by | Jun 22, 1995 | Commentary

By Yasar Kemal From: Index on censorship No: 1-1995 One of the greatest tragedies in Turkey’s history is happening now. Apart from a couple of hesitant voices, no one is standing up and demanding to know what the Turkish goverment is doing, what this destruction...