Yasar Kaya President, Kurdistan Parliament in Exile March 21, 1998 [Editor’s note: The Badlisy Center for Kurdish Studies held its Second International Conference on March 20-21, 1998, in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. The theme of the conference was “The Regional Dimensions of Kurdish Identity: Prospects for the 21st Century”. The President of Kurdistan Parliament in… Continue reading
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All Human Rights for All
The Statement of Kani Xulam at Kay Spiritual Life Center American University December 10, 1997 I want to thank Patrick Pierce of Kay Spiritual Life Center for inviting me to this gathering. I am happy to be here and to offer you a few of my thoughts on the subject of our discussion, the Universal… Continue reading
Dreaming of Beauty While Hungry and Cold
Investing in Peace Through Hunger and Cold By Kani Xulam Friday, November 28, 1997 Dear Friends and fellow Kurds, Forty days ago today, six of us undertook a fast here in Washington to free a Kurdish woman, Leyla Zana, and to spark a discussion on the plight of the Kurds. We had prepared ourselves for… Continue reading
Remembering Halapja
By Kani Xulam March 18, 1997 Dear Friends and fellow Kurds, I want to thank Kathryn Cameron Porter for bringing us together here this evening. Kathryn is a friend of the Kurds. Hers is a voice for justice. She has a heart of gold. For those of us who are oppressed, she embodies beauty, truth… Continue reading
Clancy Lends His Pen to the Cause of Barbarity!
By Kani Xulam March 4, 1997 Tom Clancy’s Op-Center: Acts of War, the newest Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik novel is sure to sell well, if for no other reason than their introduction of the new bad guys of the Middle East, the Kurds. To be sure, Clancy and Pieczenik do an okay job of… Continue reading
An Israeli-Kurdish Conflict
By Robert Olson Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies University of Kentucky The main thrust of the Israel-Turkey Defense Pact seems to be directed against the Kurdish nationalist movement in the Middle East and particularly against the PKK in Turkey. The question must be asked why Israel and its support would want to take… Continue reading
An Accident Reveals the Complicity of Turkish State with the Mafia
By Kani Xulam Tuesday, November 12, 1996 It was a luxurious Mercedes Benz. There were four passengers in it. One was a Kurd. The other three were Turks. One of the three was a woman. One of the other two a fugitive. The last person was the president of a Police Academy in Istanbul. On Sunday,… Continue reading
Muhammed Was Born 6 Days Too Late
Kani Xulam Saturday, October 19, 1996 The Turkish newspaper headlines read, “twelve,” a reference to the number of inmates who were dying due to hunger strikes over prison conditions in the days leading to the agreement of July 28, 1996. The night before, on July 27, 1996, the Turkish Justice Minister Sevket Kazan would agree… Continue reading
Who Committed The Guclukonak Massacre?
By Bernice Rubens The dire sufferings of the Kurdish people are largely unknown in this country. In Turkey, a country not overly concerned with human rights, their plight is appalling. The war between the Turks and the Kurds is now entering its twelfth year, with over 20, 000 countable casualties. This figure does not take… Continue reading
Turkey’s War Crimes
By Kani Xulam January 28, 1996 Just a few weeks ago, “The European”, a weekly newspaper published in London, England, had a picture with a warning on its front page. It showed a Turkish soldier holding the decapitated heads of two Kurds. The caption read: “Pictures that will shock the world.” A closer look at… Continue reading