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    DERSIM ON TURKEY'S 'GENOCIDE' LIST

    Today's Zaman
    http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.d o?load=detay&link=157244&bolum=102
    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.

    --Boundary_(ID_60KOjXZa2L7h4aDn/8pGTg)- -

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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