DERSIM ON TURKEY’S ‘GENOCIDE’ LIST
Today’s Zaman
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Oct 29 2008
Turkey
Another genocide claim has been added to a list of crimes allegedly
committed against humanity by the Turkish Republic. Following
accusations of genocides against Armenians, Assyrians and Pontus
Greeks, Turkey is accused of committing genocide against its
Kurdish-Alevi population in the first half of 20th century.
The European Parliament is scheduled to later this month host an event
called the "Dersim ’38 Conference," labeling the Turkish Republic as
having committed genocide against Kurdish-Alevi population 70 years
ago. Feleknas Uca, Kurdish member of the European Parliament from
Germany, is lending support to the conference, which will be held
Nov. 13 by the Left Party of the European Parliament in Brussels.
The event is dedicated to commemorating 70th anniversary of the
events called the Dersim Riot or Revolt. A riot/revolt by the
local Kurdish-Alevi population in the eastern Anatolian province
of Tunceli — then named Dersim — was forcefully suppressed. While
those alleging genocide claim that around 70,000 people were killed,
no official figures have been provided by authorities.
Key figures from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP),
which is facing a closure case in the Constitutional Court, are
among those who will participate in the conference. According to
an announcement from the Association of Reconstruction of Dersim,
which is organizing the conference, DTP deputies Å~^erafettin Halis
and Aysel Tugluk as well as Tunceli Mayor Songul Erol Abdil, also of
the DTP, will deliver speeches.
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
