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By Amy L. Beam, Ed.D: On Oct. 9, Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Minister Lutfi Elvan Elvan stated that Twitter withheld “provocative tweets against Turkey’s national security” during the recent protests. “We faced tweets that threatened our national security, unfortunately provoking some of our citizens and even inviting others, like terrorist groups, to…
By Adina Akkaya: In the sweltering summer of 2014, I and tens of thousands of others from all backgrounds took to the streets of London to march in solidarity with the Palestinians. As innocents lost their lives, a feeling of utter helplessness led me to stand up and be part of a collective voice which…
Press Release: Sunday Oct 12, Westwood Federal Building, 4pm-6pm A demonstration will be held in Los Angeles on Oct 12 from 4:00 to 6:00 PM in front of the Federal Building in Westwood against the Islamic State’s ongoing vicious assault on the Kurdish city of Kobani and to urge the US to support for the…
To the International Community: The humanitarian crisis caused by the Islamic State (IS) continues to terrorize and displace hundreds of thousands of people in the Middle East. The autonomous canton of Kobani is now bearing the brunt of the IS’s attacks as the international community has mostly been passive. The city has been under siege…
By Redur Xelil: On behalf of the fighters of People’s Protection Units (YPG) and Women Protection Units (YPJ) and all the defenders of the city of Kobani, we salute you. We ask you to be vigilant during your protests and all activities that you are holding for Kobani. Please only unfurl YPJ and YPG flags…
By Arian Mufid: I don’t need to tell you about the brutality of the IS group over the last several months. I don’t want to give you the background to this tribe, drawn from the most backward families and tribes of the Middle East and the world. But shame on you who proclaim democracy while…
By Rick Trujillo: Companeras y Companeros (Sisters and Brothers), Please accept our greetings, (Hola), from southern California. Our organization, LCLAA, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, San Diego & Imperial Counties, consider the Kurdish family of peoples – your land (tierra) Kurdistan, your fighters and, most especially, your magnificent culture – a blessing to humanity. Your example, over…
By Amy L. Beam, Ed.D: Sirnak, Turkey, Oct 7, 2014 – Although Kurds have begged Turkey and the world to defend the town of Kobanê against a possible genocide by the Islamic State, the Turkish government continues to refuse, making some observers accuse Turkey of aiding and supplying the Islamic State. Kobanê is in Rojava…
By Dr Amir Sharifi: As a concerned American, I am writing to you to urge you to stand with the people and defenders of Kobani in the Kurdish region of Syria in the face of the ISIS brutal battle for the capture and control of the city. As you know the U. S. action against…
By Arian Mufid: In January 2013 when a co-founder of the PKK was shot dead in Paris, along with two other members of her organisation, the world turned a blind eye to the role of the Turkish security services in commissioning this crime. Sakine Cansız, Fidan Dogan and Leyla Söylemez have become symbols of martyrdom…
By Glenn M Stewart B.A. M.A. Oxon: The approval given by the Turkish parliament to allow Turkish troops to conduct military operations against the Islamic State should be seen as a complex and disingenuous policy. Several political considerations will pull Turkey in different directions. Their support of the US led coalition will not be straightforward…
By Tilman Zülch: Urgent appeal to US Secretary of State, John Kerry Dear Secretary Kerry, In the last few days, IS-Islamists have been attacking the small Kurdish enclave Kobani in northern Syria with heavy artillery and modern tanks, while fighter planes of the US and its allies werecircling the region. According to reports, the Islamists have…
KT News: Selahattin Demirtas, co-chair of the pro-Kurd HDP and candidate in last month’s presidential election in Turkey, today crossed the border to visit the besieged town of Kobanê, where Syrian Kurds have been resisting an ISIS (IS) onslaught for the past 15 days. Demirtas later appeared on Turkish national television and called for Turkey to…
KT News: Salih Muslim, leader of the PYD (Democratic Union Party) has called on the USA, NATO, the UN and EU to act immediately to prevent a genocide against Kurdish people in Kobanê. “It seems that all international forces are decided on the fall of Kobanê”, Muslim said. The air strikes of the US-led coalition have…
