The Statement of the Kurdish PEN Centre Regarding

the Turkish Attacks

Kurdish PEN Centre  

The Turkish army generals who are actually running the Turkish estate behind the scenes have influenced the Turkish Parliament to decide on 17^th October 07, on the name of Turkish people and their governments, to violate the sovereignty of Iraq by crossing its border.

After the unsuccessful wide ranged attacks of the Turkish army launched with most recent arms technology during the recent years, they have started an even wider attack on Friday 21^st February 08 violating again the sovereignty of Iraq by attacking Kurdistan.

The Turkish regime attacked this time with 100,000 troops, tanks, artillery and war planes with most recent technology violating again the borders of another neighboring country and thus once again ignoring all the international agreements while the whole international community and the democratic forces are watching but almost turning a blind eye over what Turkey is doing apart from few voices asking them to withdraw.

It has been few days that the Turkish army is targeting the areas with civilians' populations and damaging roads and bridges in Kurdistan and thus damaging its infrastructure. By doing so it has become apparent that the intention of the Turkish authority is not only PKK but the destruction of our people's achievements in South Kurdistan as declared by few Turkish army and authority sources through media channels recently.

The Turkish military attacks and their regime's hostile attitude do not only bring war and destruction on our people but attacking all the values of humanity.

We at the Kurdish PEN Centre call upon all the democratic free forces in the world to stand up for the values of humanity and try to put an end to ugly attacks of the Turkish regime and its army against our peace loving people.

There should be equality among all cultures of the nations of the world, thus, killing, destroying, and attacking those wanting to preserve, promote and practice their culture are attacks against the values of humanity in general.

The Kurdish nation like any other nation in the world has the right to live freely on its land Kurdistan to practice its culture and live peacefully with its surroundings.

The Kurdish PEN Centre is therefore calling upon the progressive freedom loving forces in the world, the United Nations and all the PEN centers and the head office through Writers in Peace Committee of the International PEN Writers to condemn the attacks of the Turkish regime and their army generals.

Kurdish PEN Centre

25-2-08

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