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DIYARBEKIR HOSTS FUNERALS OF KILLED KURDISH WOMEN
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/01/18/diyarbekirfunerals/
18.01.13
Tens of thousands of people participated in a grand funeral ceremony
held yesterday in the southeastern province of Diyarbakırfor three
Kurish women killed in Paris last week, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
Despite worries of possible provocations and sabotage that would turn
the ceremony into a violent protest, such fears did not materialize
during the peaceful gathering, during which the women's coffins were
covered with the flags of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
Speaking at the ceremony, Kurdish politicians, including Ahmet Turk -
an independent deputy and head of the Kurdish umbrella organization
Democratic Society Congress (DTK) - as well as Peace and Democracy
Party (BDP) co-chair Selahattin DemirtaÅ~_, denounced military
operations against Kandil mountain in northern Iraq, where PKKmilitants
are based, once again stressing that Kurdish people demand peace,
not war.
"Making peace is not possible while making war at the same time,"
DemirtaÅ~_ said.
Sakine Cansız, one of the founding members of the PKK; Fidan
Dogan, the Brussels-based Kurdistan National Congress' (KNK) Paris
representative; and KNK Youth Union member Leyla Söylemez were
murdered in the office of the Kurdistan Information Center in central
Paris on Jan. 9. Their slaying came at a time when the government
made public dialogue measures between intelligence officials and
Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the PKK, in an effort to stop
the decades-old conflict.
There is widespread agreement that the Paris killings aimed to
halt the recent peace talks launched by the government. Many also
raised concerns that the funeral ceremony would halt the process if
"provocations and sabotage" occurred; however, the funeral did not
cast a shadow over the process.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/01/18/diyarbekirfunerals/
18.01.13
Tens of thousands of people participated in a grand funeral ceremony
held yesterday in the southeastern province of Diyarbakırfor three
Kurish women killed in Paris last week, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
Despite worries of possible provocations and sabotage that would turn
the ceremony into a violent protest, such fears did not materialize
during the peaceful gathering, during which the women's coffins were
covered with the flags of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
Speaking at the ceremony, Kurdish politicians, including Ahmet Turk -
an independent deputy and head of the Kurdish umbrella organization
Democratic Society Congress (DTK) - as well as Peace and Democracy
Party (BDP) co-chair Selahattin DemirtaÅ~_, denounced military
operations against Kandil mountain in northern Iraq, where PKKmilitants
are based, once again stressing that Kurdish people demand peace,
not war.
"Making peace is not possible while making war at the same time,"
DemirtaÅ~_ said.
Sakine Cansız, one of the founding members of the PKK; Fidan
Dogan, the Brussels-based Kurdistan National Congress' (KNK) Paris
representative; and KNK Youth Union member Leyla Söylemez were
murdered in the office of the Kurdistan Information Center in central
Paris on Jan. 9. Their slaying came at a time when the government
made public dialogue measures between intelligence officials and
Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the PKK, in an effort to stop
the decades-old conflict.
There is widespread agreement that the Paris killings aimed to
halt the recent peace talks launched by the government. Many also
raised concerns that the funeral ceremony would halt the process if
"provocations and sabotage" occurred; however, the funeral did not
cast a shadow over the process.