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  • Bank Bombing in Diyarbakir

    Bank Bombing in Diyarbakir
    By Emrullah Bayrak, Cihan News Agency, Diyarbakir
    Published: Thursday, March 16, 2006
    zaman.com


    A large explosion took place at the Diyarbakir branch of HSBC Bank Wednesday evening, though no deaths or injuries were reported in the incident the blast incurred major property damage to the bank office.

    No motive has been determined yet in the explosion that occurred around 19.45 at the HSBC branch in Dortyol, Diyarbakir, a southeastern Turkish city. No deaths or injuries were reported but local citizens were on edge as special bomb destruction teams examined the bank branch. An ambulance was called to the scene in case of possible injuries, and Brigade forces were present upon reports of a vehicle leaking gas in the region. Diyarbakir Police Chief Zeki Catalkaya examined the crime scene to determine the cause of the explosion. The motive and cause of the explosion will be announced after authorities complete their investigations.

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    Diyarbakir mayor urges tranquil Nevruz festival

    Diyarbakir mayor urges tranquil Nevruz festival

    The New Anatolian / Ankara



    Diyarbakir Mayor Osman Baydemir yesterday called on both local residents and the state to take necessary precautions to ensure a peaceful Nevruz celebration.

    He also warned that there may be provocations meant to cloud the joy of the celebrations and urged people not to be taken in by agitation.

    The annual Kurdish spring festival of March 21, next Tuesday, is remembered for demonstrations that often turn violent and altercations between security forces and Kurdish people.

    Fearing similar unrest from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), particularly in the wake of Semdinli bombings several months ago, the Interior Ministry issued a notice urging demonstrators to use only Turkish flags in the demonstrations.

    The National Security Council (MGK), a council that brings together key figures of the government with the top military brass, discussed the risk of provocation in the forthcoming Nevruz festival at their latest meeting last week. Security forces fear that terrorists could plot mass attacks.

    Baydemir, a mayor from the Democratic Society Party (DTP), said that they are working hard in order to ensure that a big crowd takes part in the occasion, adding that the festival is open to everyone.

    Festival Committee head Necdet Atalay said that they applied to the Diyarbakir Governor's Office for official permission and that they're awaiting a reply.

    But the DTP's invitation to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, and the president of the Iraqi Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, have been criticized by some of the Turkish press as a provocation.


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      Prosecutor's 'so-called people' expression about Kurds draws fire

      Prosecutor's 'so-called people' expression about Kurds draws fire

      The New Anatolian / Ankara



      Yesterday a prosecutor called Kurdish people "so-called people" in an indictment he had prepared against a demonstrator on charges of praising a terrorist organization and defying the police.

      Prosecutor Muammer Ozcan is facing criticism from Diyarbakir Baro Head Sezgin Tanrikulu and from Devrim Baris Baran, lawyer of the accused demonstrator Osman Uzan, who also reproached the expression.

      Baran, stressing the possibility that the word might have been miswritten, said that if the expression was written purposefully, it could only be the outcome of the state's long-winded and systematic policy of denial.

      Uzan was arrested in a demonstration in Diyarbakir two months ago on charges of propagating in favor of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), and of hurling stones at police officers.

      Tanrikulu warned that such humiliating expressions deepen the chasm of separation between the Kurdish and the Turkish people. He argued that Turkey should alter this mentality, and used the example of the prosecutor's indictment as an example.

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        Those damn "so-called Kurds"!!! With their so-called Kurdish Language and so-called Kurdish culture
        General Antranik (1865-1927): “I am not a nationalist. I recognize only one nation, the nation of the oppressed.”

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Joseph
          Those damn "so-called Kurds"!!! With their so-called Kurdish Language and so-called Kurdish culture
          Yes my friend.So-called Genocides,So-called Nations,So-called murders......
          A Turkish policy:So-called.......
          Right?

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          • #6
            HAHAHAHA!!! That sums it up "So-called RUDO"
            General Antranik (1865-1927): “I am not a nationalist. I recognize only one nation, the nation of the oppressed.”

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Joseph
              HAHAHAHA!!! That sums it up "So-called RUDO"
              Yes you are right.I am a member of a so called-nation.I am a nationless.

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                Kurdish Broadcast Begins on March 23

                Kurdish Broadcast Begins on March 23
                By Cihan, Istanbul
                Published: Saturday, March 18, 2006
                zaman.com


                Two local televisions and one radio station, which have been authorized by the Turkish Radio and Television Board (RTUK) to broadcast in Kurdish, are set to commence their Kurdish-language program broadcasts on March 23.

                Diyarbakir-based Gun TV and Soz TV, and Sanlıurfa-based Medya FM Radio station signed an approval agreement with the Radio Television Watchdog on Friday to commence their programs.


                The local TV channels will air a total of four hours of programs weekly while radio stations will broadcast a total of five hours weekly. However, daily TV programs in Kurdish may not exceed 45 minutes while daily radio programs will be restricted to one hour

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