so how should we refer to these terrorists if not as "terrorists"? this reminds me of a quote from Can Yucel, I`m sure you know what I`m talking about. what has happened in the past is not my concern, but if you`re so obsesssed with the past, let me tell you this, in the past the Kurds genocided my ancestors and got revarded for this genocide with special autonomous rights by the ottoman empire. that`s the reason why you`re referring to the "Kurdish problem" as a problem of the republic but not the Ottoman empire. This not a problem of the past 100 years but 500 years, and it dates back to the time when the shiate Turks got wiped out from Anatolia by the Sunni Kurds. ever wondered how Turkey became a sunni dominated country wheras the Turks of Azerbaijan are still Shiate? You will never be able to read about this stuff in taraf unfortunately.
coming back to the present, pkk is represented in the parliement, and the Kurds can speak their language or whatever language they want to speak.
I was not trying to say that we have to call terrorists with different names.
All I was trying to say was there is a ´Kurdish problem´ within our borders.
Reducing the entire problem into ´no. it is just terrorism´ is a MISTAKE.
yes..Speaking kurdish is officially not a criminal act right now by the law...
But it has been like ´just changing the law for the sake of changing it´ really..
But I would agree, it is a step for the right direction. But it does not change the fact that ´16 kurdish news papers were closed 39 times´ since 2006.
It is almost like adding a new line into constitution and saying that ´turture is not allowed´ but in practice as habits dont die easily, torture still continues..
As far as representation in the parliament, any idea how many kurdish mps sent to jail in last 20 years? how many years did they serve? how many party were closed? the closure court case against the last one?
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