“Flanders’   Slanders”:  How Would Voltaire React To them?

A leading lawmaker in Flanders deliberately insulted Turks and Turkey during a live TV program with unsolicited racist remarks.   President of the Flemish parliament in Belgium, Jan Peter Peumans  (59,)  caused a global scandal with his arrogant and bigoted comments during a quiz show, ”De Pappenheimers,”  by VRT (Flemish Public Radio and Television Broadcasting Federated) on Wednesday, December 1, 2010.   (watch video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQFqcaqiJi0 )

The question the organizers of the quiz show haplessly considered amusing and proper for a competition watched by general public, including children, was related to a comment by the famous French philosopher, Voltaire:  “Who did Voltaire think was the most disgusting nation?”  The potential answers offered were  a) Flemish,   b) Jews, and   c) Turks.   Peumans replied: “ Turks.”

After a spontaneous laughter,  he was reminded that the correct answer was “b) Jews”.   Peumans said he knew the right answer but was scared to say it because of potential Jewish reaction.  He said he had criticized the Jewish liberal policies once and had problems with strong Jewish protests.  Laughter in the studio grew.  When asked tongue-in-cheek  “…And speaking ill about Turks is not a problem?”  Peumans replied non chalantly with a negative.  More laughter in the studio. All of this unfortunate episode took only a few minutes.  But its reverberations sure promise to take a lot more than that.

Film director Jan Eelen, another contestant, told Peumans later that the Turkish Embassy had been informed of the incident by Güler Turan — a Flemish parliament member of Turkish heritage.  Turkish Ambassador Murat Ersavcı  did , indeed, call Peumans to convey Turkey’s disappointment by the racist question and comment.  The remarks also drew strong reactions from Turks  in and out of Belgium.

After the initial shock and disappointment over this unfortunate racism scandal on air were over, a more reasoned approach triggered the following thoughts:

First, it is, indeed, a sad day in Belgium if a major entertainment industry executive there thinks racist questions are fun for the entire family.  A sensitization course in Belgium on issues of diversity and tolerance seems appropriate and urgent.   Otherwise, I am afraid, we might be faced with “live roasting” of a Turk, literally, for more family fun on Belgian TV.

Second, it must be especially ironic for such a bigoted question to surface in a country which suffered terribly under the persecution by the German Nazis (perhaps Peumans is too young to remember or too ignorant to know.)  Such a racist question should never have been asked or responded to  in the first place.  How would the audience, who cheered on so enthusiastically for the racist question and the equally racist response, respond if the next question in the live quiz show was about the feelings the German Nazis harbored:  A) cowards     B)cheap skates    C) both?   Would they consider that also to be “family fun?”

Third, if a Belgian politician publicly declares that he deliberately provides false answers for political expediency, and still cheered on by many in Belgium, what does that tell one about the attitudes and behaviors in Belgium, administrative capital of the European Union?  Are prejudice, public humiliation, intimidation, discrimination, and racism accepted norms of thought and/or conduct in Europe?

Fourth, Voltaire was a campaigner against tyranny and bigotry, which is probably why he could not keep out of trouble.  Voltaire, the Renaissance man of the Enlightenment, was no pussycat , either.  He always struck back with bitter, mocking, poignant sarcasm whenever he was attacked.  Voltaire often scrutinized the political and philosophical controversies of the 18th century and fought tirelessly for the oppressed.

Mr. Peumans—and others who support or defend him–urgently need to learn the tragic plight of Jean Calas, a Protestant merchant in Toulouse, France,  which illustrates the principles of and passion in Voltaire.

Calas had a son who wanted to study law but he was denied access because he was not a Catholic. The son got very depressed and killed himself.  Suicide was  a grave sin then. His family decided to conceal the suicide as they did not want to see the son’s body dragged in the streets and fed to dogs as was the common practice to punish postmortem  those committing suicide.  A rumor started that Jean Calas murdered his son because the son had wanted to convert to Catholicism. The old man was convicted of murder on the basis of the flimsiest hearsay evidence by lynch mobs.  Rejecting confession even after terrible torture, Calas was tied to a wooden cross, had his arms and legs were broken.  Then Calas was strangled  by the executioner and burned at the stake. The state confiscated Calas’ property, leaving his widow homeless, penniless, and childless,  as the latter were forced into Catholic institutions.

Voltaire heard about this and set out to clear Calas. He wrote many letters to powerful people throughout Europe, hired a lawyer, and raised money for the family, eventually securing a unanimous vote in the parliament of Paris declaring Calas innocent.  Reversal of his conviction meant that his estate was restored to his family and the children were returned to their mother.   Now, that was Voltaire!

There are three reason why this story is important:

1)  What ultra-right leaning Belgian politician and his supporters in Belgium (and other neo-Nazis in Europe) are doing to Turks today is not much different than what the Catholic Church in France did to Protestant merchant Jean Calas of Toulouse in 1762.

2)  If Voltaire was alive today, he would probably fight the racist Belgian politician and his supporters for the same reasons why Voltaire fought for Jean Calas of Toulouse in 1760s.

3) Last but not least, Voltaire did comment on Turks and here is what he said:

“ The great Turk is governing in peace twenty nations from different religions. Turks have taught the Christians how to be moderate in peace and gentle in victory.”

It is never too late to learn a few new facts and some proper manners, Mr. Peumans.

And that goes for the rest of neo-Nazis in Belgium, Holland, France, Austria,  and Germany where this scourge of humanity reared its ugly head again scoring a few victories in recent elections on  a blatantly racist anti-Turkish platform, complete with a promise to keep Turkey out of EU.

Will neo-Nazis be allowed win while the rest of decent people look on silently?

Again?

A leading lawmaker in Flanders deliberately insults Turks and Turkey during a live TV program with unsolicited racist remarks.

President of the Flemish parliament in Belgium, Jan Peter Peumans  (59,)  causes a scandal with his arrogant and bigoted comments during a quiz show, ”De Pappenheimers,”  by VRT (Flemish Public Radio and Television Broadcasting Federated) on Wednesday, December 1, 2010.   (watch video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQFqcaqiJi0 )

The question the organizers of the quiz show haplessly considered amusing and proper for a competition watched by general public, including children, was a related to  a comment by the famous French philosopher:  “Who did Voltaire think was the most disgusting nation?”  The potential answers offered were Flemish, Jews and Turks.  Peumans replied: “ Turks.”

After a loud laughter, he was reminded that the correct answer was “the Jews”.  Peumans said he knew the right answer but was scared to say it because of possibly very strong Jewish reaction.  Laughter in the audience grew.  When asked “Wouldn’t the Turks do react equally strongly?”  Peumans replied with a negative.

Film director Jan Eelen, another contestant, told Peumans later that the Turkish Embassy had been informed of the incident by Güler Turan — a Flemish parliament member of Turkish heritage.  Turkish Ambassador Murat Ersavcı  called Peumans to convey Turkey’s disappointment by the racist question and comment.  The remarks also drew strong reactions from Turks  in and out of Belgium.

All of this unfortunate episode took only a few minutes.  But its reverberations promise to take more than that… much more!

First, it is, indeed, a sad day in Belgium if a major entertainment industry executive there thinks racist questions are fun for the entire family.  A sensitization course in Belgium on issues of diversity and tolerance seems appropriate and even urgent.

Second, it must be especially ironic for such a bigoted question to surface in a country which suffered terribly under the racist persecution the Nazis (perhaps Peumans is too young to remember or too ignorant to know.)  Such a question should never have been asked in the first place.  How would the audience who cheered on the racist questions and response if the next question in the live quiz show was about the feelings of the German Nazis about Belgians and if the potential answers offered were  A) cowards     B)cheap skates    C) both?   Would they consider that to be “family fun?”

Third, if a Belgian politician publicly declares that he deliberately provides false answers for political correctness or expediency, and cheered on by millions in and around Belgium, and arguably around Europe, what does that tell one about the state of affairs and mind in Europe?  Are prejudice, humiliation, intimidation, discrimination, and racism accepted norms of thought and/or conduct in Belgium and/or Europe?

Fourth, Voltaire was a crusader against tyranny and bigotry, which is probably why he could not keep out of trouble.  Almost every person of importance was Voltaire’s enemy at some period of his life.  Voltaire, the Renaissance man of the Enlightenment, was no pussycat , either, as he struck back with bitter, mocking, poignant sarcasm whenever he was attacked.

Voltaire often scrutinized the political and philosophical controversies of the 18th century and campaigned tirelessly on behalf of the oppressed.

You, Mr. Peumans, badly need to learn the tragic plight of Jean Calas, a Protestant in Toulouse, which illustrates the passion in Voltaire.  Calas had a son who wanted to study law but he was denied access because he was not a Catholic. The son got very depressed and killed himself, a fatal sin then. His family decided to conceal the suicide as they did not want to see his body dragged in the streets and fed to dogs as was the common practice for those who took their own lives.  A rumor started that Jean Calas had murdered his son because he wanted to convert to Catholicism. The old man was convicted of murder on the basis of the flimsiest hearsay evidence by lynch mobs. Rejecting confession even after terrible torture, Calas was tied to a wooden cross, had his arms and legs broken.  Then he was strangled  by the executioner and burned at the stake. The state confiscated his property, leaving his widow homeless, penniless, and childless,  as the latter were forced into Catholic institutions.

Voltaire heard about this and set out to clear Calas. He wrote many letters to powerful people throughout Europe, hired a lawyer, and raised money for the family. eventually securing a unanimous vote in the parliament of Paris declaring Calas innocent.  Calas himself was dead but the reversal of his conviction meant that his estate was returned to his family and the children returned to their mother.   That was Voltaire!

I told you this story for two reasons:

1)  You and your supporters are doing to Turks today what the Catholic Church did to Protestant merchant Jean Calas of Toulouse in 1762.

2)  If Voltaire was alive today, he would fight you and your kind for the same reasons he fought for Jean Calas of Toulouse

Last but not least, here is what Voltaire really said about the Turks:

“ The great Turk is governing in peace twenty nations from different religions. Turks have taught the Christians how to be moderate in peace and gentle in victory.”

It is never too late to learn new facts and proper manners.

Sincerely,

(Name, full street address, and phone)

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DIKKAT – DIKKAT

jan.peumans@vlaamsparlement.be

jan.peumans@riemst.be

mail adreslerine simdilik ingilizce veya almanca veya yukardaki mesaji kopyaliyarak protesto mesajlarinizi parlemenetere gonderebilirsiniz.

2010/12/1 Birol Kilic <forum@turkischegemeinde.at>

Federe yapılı Belçika’da Flamanca yayın
yapan devlet radyo ve televizyonu VRT’nin birinci kanalında “De Pappenheimers” adlı bilgi yarışmasına katılan, bağımsızlık yanlısı Yeni Flaman İttifakı (N-VA)
partisinin Başkan Yardımcısı ve Flaman Parlamentosu Başkanı Jan Peter Peumans (59), doğru cevabı bildiği halde “Yahudilere bir şey söyleyecek cesareti olmadığı
için” Türklere hakareti tercih etti.

Yarışmada ünlü Fransız düşünür Voltaire’in, “Dünya yüzündeki en iğrenç halk” olarak hangi milleti tanımladığı sorusunda bildiğini itiraf ettiği doğru
şık “Yahudiler” yerine “Türkler” şıkkını tercih eden Peumans’la sunucu Tom Lenaerts ve diğer yarışmacı olan Yönetmen Jan Eelen arasında şu diyalog yaşandı:

Lenaerts: “Türkler cevabını verdiniz ama doğrusu Yahudiler idi. Bunu gerçekten biliyor muydunuz?”

Peumans: “Gerçekten biliyordum ama Yahudiler hakkında yeni birşey söyleyecek cesaretim yok. Çok hassas insanlar. Bir zamanlar onların sözde
liberalizmi hakkında bir şeyler söyledim ama çok çektim. Bu nedenle..” Eelen: “Fakat Türkler hakkında söylemek meğer sorun değilmiş”

-BÜYÜKELÇİLİKTEN TEPKİ-

Skandal yarışmaya tepki gösteren Türkiye’nin Brüksel Bürükelçisi Murat Ersavcı, rahatsızlığını ilettiği Peumans’tan Türk toplumuna yönelik açıklama sözü
aldı.

Büyükelçilikten yapılan yazılı açıklamada, “Bir bilgi yarışması programına yakışmayan bu tür bir sorunun sorulmuş olması ve verilen yanıttan
duyduğumuz memnuniyetsizlik Büyükelçi Ersavcı tarafından Peumans;a telefonla iletilmiştir. Peumans, ön bilgisi dışında gelişen bu durumun amacını aşan
sonuçlara yol açmasından üzüntü duyduğunu; sitayişle bahsettiği ve hiçbir şekilde rencide etmek istemediğini vurguladığı Türk toplumuna bir açıklamada
bulunacağını; anılan televizyon kanalı nezdinde de gerekli girişimi yapacağını ifade etmiştir” denildi.

-SKANDALLARLA GÜNDEMDE-

Belçika’da cumhuriyetçi olduğu gerekçesiyle Kral’ın resepsiyonlarını boykot etmesiyle tanınan ve saldırgan uslubu nedeniyle Fransızca konuşan Valon
toplumunun tepkisini çeken Peumans, eşiyle gezintiye çıktığı Valon sınırındaki Vise kasabasında, “Yeni Flaman İttifakı üyesi bir politikacının Valon bölgesinde
ne işi olduğunu sorgulayan” bir gençten dayak yerken polis ekiplerince kurtarılmıştı.

Dear President of Christian Action Network Martin Mawyer,

As a Turkish American I was simply insulted and outraged when your organization has displayed a Turkish Flag on the SACRIFICED SURVIVORS: The Untold Story of the Ground Zero Mosque.” documentary movie.

The Republic of Turkey is a unique country that embrace all religions and cultures in the most chaotic region of the middle east. Turkey has been a key strategic ally of the West and the United states since the Korean War and Cold War for decades and serves as a model for other Muslim countries.

Displaying the Turkish republic’s flag on your web site plus on announcements and on the cover of your documentary movie is a insult of a great nation and a quintessential example of fraud perpetrated by uneducated groups to associate the Turkish Republic and her people with terrorists.

As a organization, you have a special responsibility to ensure the accuracy of the information you circulate, especially on an issue as important as to the Republic of Turkey.

We remember those who lost their lives at the WTC , Pentagon and on Flight 93. On that day of September eleven. Thousands of innocent women and men were taken from their families, and their loss leaves a profound sadness in our hearts. On that day we all meet the worst of humanity with the best of humanity. Each of us did our part, and each of us made it a point of personal pride and determination to recreate what had been destroyed and indeed the human spirit is, invincible, because what we stand for can never be destroyed.

We the American Turkish community and Turks in Turkey know too well the pains that terrorist have brought into our peaceful lives. So we stand committed to raising awareness of the hate that terrorist have and we stand committed to eradicating and ending terrorism once and for all.

The American Turkish community expects fair treatment on issue’s that matters to our community.

Our hope is that as we discussed the matter with Mr. Jason Campbell that your group would remove the Turkish flag and that Christian Action Network be objective and share the correct information with the public.

I truly hope that Christian Action Network takes into consideration to remove the Turkish Flag ASAP from the web site and all documentary related materials.

Sincerely Yours,

Dr. Muzaffer Karasulu

Retired Nuclear Physicist and Nuclear Engineer, served 35 years for the US Nuclear Industry.

Thank you

Related News :

Placement of Turkish flag in your piece on 9/11, its dvd cover, posters, and other media items, if not based on ignorance or disinformation, can only reflect your prejudice against Turkey and Turks.

Please remove the Turkish flag from your artwork. Turkey or Turks have nothing to do with El Qaeda or other terrorist organizations who deliberatelly misuse Islam as a cover for their crimes against humanity.

Truth should be plain enough to make an impact on decent people, without having to rely on tools of prejudice and hate towards Turks, that unfortunately seems to still be cultuivated in some Christian circles.

I trust you will do the right thing.

Thank you

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THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST THE BIASED AND RACIST SWISS LAW, GIVEN THAT ITS PAROCHIAL NATURE IS IMMORAL, AGAINST THE LETTER AND THE SPIRIT OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF 1948, EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF 1950, INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS OF 1966  AND THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS OF ALSO 1966 AND THE CLEAR REJECTION OF ARMENIAN CLAIMS BY THE UNITED NATIONS ON THE 15th OF OCTOBER, 2000.

WE SUBMIT OUR PROTEST AGAINST SAID SWISS LAW AS EUROPEAN AND FREE WORLD CITIZENS, IN GOOD FAITH, ON OUR FREE WILL AND WITHOUT ANY UNDUE INFLUENCE FROM ANY PARTY. WE SEEK IMMEDIATE REPEAL FOR THIS INHUMANE AND RACIST LAW IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS AND SUBMIT A POCKET GUIDE FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND ENLIGHTENMENT.

This Petition is closed

A resolution was adopted today on the activities of the Islamic Conference Youth Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation (ICYF-DC) at the final plenary meeting of the 37th session of the Islamic Council of Foreign Ministers (ICFM) of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) held on 18-20 May 2010, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The resolution calls on the OIC Member States and the OIC institutions to actively participate in the activities of the “Justice for Khojaly” international civil awareness campaign and recognition of the Khojaly mass massacre as a “crime against humanity” in both international and national levels. 

The document praises the work of the Forum, particularly the implementation of the program “Humanitarian catastrophes in the OIC countries throughout the XX century”, carried out together with ISESCO. The resolution also calls on Member-states to support the international campaign of “Justice for Khojaly” initiated by Mrs. Leyla Aliyeva, the General Coordinator on Intercultural Dialogue of ICYF-DC to disseminate the truth on Khojaly mass massacre among the international community. 

“This is the first resolution, in which Ministers of foreign affairs from 57 countries, which came together in the second largest international organization after the United Nations, unambiguously voted for resolution using the term ‘crime against humanity’ as a definition and declared their position for the historical truth on Khojaly tragedy. The term has both political and international law components. It is being considered one of serious violations of the international humanitarian law, including genocide” said the Secretary General of ICYF-DC Ambassador Elshad Iskandarov who participated at the ICFM session in Dushanbe as a head of delegation. 

Haluk
Turkish Forum, Ingiltere

YONETIM KURULU ADINA

—–Original Message——————————————————————————————
From: Sarah Ludford MEP (Lon) <Office@sarahludfordmep.org.uk>
To: grassroots@turkishforum.com.tr; turkish-forum-advisory-board@googlegroups.com

Sent: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 10:02
Subject: US Congress panel ‘Armenian genocide’ vote wrong

NEWS RELEASE

BARONESS SARAH LUDFORD

MEP Liberal Democrat MEP for London

www.sarahludfordmep.org.uk

Date: Monday 8 March 2010

Contact:

Sarah Ludford or Sonia Dunlop +44 (0)20 7288 2526 or Mobile +44 (0)7970 795 278

Email: office@sarahludfordmep.org.uk

US Congress panel ‘Armenian genocide’ vote wrong

London Liberal Democrat MEP Sarah Ludford, the party’s European justice & human rights spokeswoman and vice-chair of the European Parliament delegation to the United States, has strongly criticised the vote by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives to label the treatment of Armenians in 1915 as ‘genocide’.

She said:   “Both the US and the EU have backed the welcome moves to set up a joint commission of historians from Turkey and Armenia to try and establish the truth about the tragic and large-scale wartime deaths almost a century ago. It makes no sense for outsiders in Europe or America to wade in with hobnail boots and prejudge the outcome of that sensitive exercise.”

“That there were deportations which entailed atrocities and deaths of many Christian Armenians is not in doubt. But the precise actions, the 1915 war context, and the extent of reciprocal killings of Muslim Turks all need to be better understood.”

“The term genocide has a very narrow meaning under the 1948 Convention: the deliberate intent to destroy an ethnic, national, racial or religious group. It is deeply irresponsible to use that term without establishing the full facts about the Armenian case and to leave the suspicion that politics or even religious prejudice is a motive.

That is why as an MEP I have always refused to define the events of 1915 and preferred to await the conclusion of honest and objective research. That is not a cop-out, it is acting with integrity.”

“The Congressional vote was won by the narrowest of margins, 23 to 22. I hope that in those circumstances wisdom will prevail, with Congressmen heeding the call of President Obama and Secretary Clinton not to progress this to a vote of the full House.”

END

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The Right Honourable Sarah, Lady Ludford MEP
Member of the European Parliament for London
Incumbent
Assumed office 1999
Born	14 March 1951 (1951-03-14) (age 58)
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal Democrat
Spouse(s)	Steve Hitchins
Alma mater	London School of Economics

Sarah Ann Ludford, Baroness Ludford (born 14 March 1951) is a Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament and a nonvoting member of the House of Lords (where her voting membership is suspended during her MEP tenure).

She was made a Life peer as Baroness Ludford, of Clerkenwell in the London Borough of Islington in 1997.

A former councillor in the London Borough of Islington, and married to the former leader of the council, Steve Hitchins, she was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in the European Parliament election, 1999 and re-elected in 2004 and in 2009 representing London.

Because of the change in the rules of the European Parliament, she is not entitled to sit in the Lords due to her re-election to the European Parliament in the 2009 election. In October 2008, Parliament’s rules were changed so that if a member of the Lords were elected as an MEP, their right to sit and vote in the Lords would be suspended. This satisfies the new European Parliament rules and hence, Lady Ludford, the only person to whom this applies, is not allowed to vote in the Lords while an MEP.

She is a member of the Liberal Democrat groups Friends of Israel and Friends of Turkey.

[edit] External links

• Sarah Ludford MEP official site
• Sarah Ludford profile at the European Parliament
• Sarah Ludford profile at the site of the Liberal Democrats

[19 January at 20:54

Haluk bey,

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Saygiler,
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Bu yaziya tepki verilmesi gerekli

A collective civil uprising against fascist oppression is taking place at this very moment, but there is no mention of it anywhere in the mainstream or even alternative media!!! Millions of Kurds are right now on their feet and marching for liberation from the terror state of Turkey.  For five long days millions of Kurds are marching and demonstrating for the most basic human rights, but the whole world has turned a blind eye.  Turkey is the open-air concentration camp for the Kurdish people. The Turkish military occupies our homelands for decades, tortures and kills innocent people just because they don’t want to call themselves Turks, terrorizes and murders us because we want to be free Kurds. And the anti-Kurdish world supports their fascist terror and genocidal crimes.

The leader of the Kurdish Liberation Movement, Mr. Ocalan, was captured by those who call themselves “democrats” and the “civilized world” and was handed over to our oppressors, the Turkish military and state.  For 109 years he is kept in a Turkish dungeon, subjected to psychological and physical torture.  Why? His crime was that he wanted to be a free Kurd, to speak his native language freely, to live his own native culture in freedom.  His crime was that he wanted the Kurds to have the same rights as all the other nations have and enjoy fully.

By turning a blind eye the West has become accomplice of the Turks of never-before witnessed terror, evil, injustice.  Together they are against the freedom of Kurds and Kurdistan; together they want us to remain in slavery forever.

We see how they made the terror state of Turkey a member of the Security Council. This is like spitting into our faces, beating our heads, cutting our hands and throats. It is open support of murder and genocide.

But the Kurds are waking up.  We will no longer accept this global anti-Kurdish hatred.  We do not accept living in slavery any longer. We want to be free in our own ancient homelands.  We want to be free from the terror regime of the conquerors and occupiers. We want to be free from this racial hatred and violence.  We want peace and freedom for our children.  We want the freedom of being Kurds, we want the freedom of Kurdistan, we want to live in dignity and honour!!!

Now the fascists and their anti-Kurdish supporters have two choices:  They either accept the reality and existence of the Kurdish nation and thus they accept their natural and god-given rights as a cistinct people, with their distinct culture and language and recognize and accept the sanctity of their homelands by accepting our offer for peaceful negotiations and settlement  or else they must carry out full-scale genocide against the Kurdish people.

They should know and decide because for us there will be no alternative than liberation.

I’m Kurdish, and thus I don’t have a place to call my homeland. My ancient country, Kurdistan, has been under occupation for centuries by barbaric forces. They are against a free Kurdistan, against free Kurds, against freedom and democracy. The West supports them and the brutal status quo. They set up most of the local regimes as puppets, trained and equipped their armies to maintain the status quo: Exploitation and control of the energy resources. They don’t want a change of this status quo of terror and injustice, they don’t want freedom, democracy, justice for the region. I want to inform the public about the injustices done to my people and my country with real and relevant information, by serving truth – something the elite and corporate controlled media of the West will never do.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/TO-THE-ANTI-KURDISH-WORLD-by-Axin-Arbili-081022-614.html