10 children died in the last 8 months

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'We are concerned with Democratic Organization and Administration of the Society'

I am trying to follow up the Hizbullah issue. How can this happen, how can they do this to Diyarbakır! How could the ones from Diyarbakır permit this to happen? They set these killers, murderers, those who monstrously murder free – they dug up people's bodies and some were found in bags – and there are celebrations held to that end! All this is taking place in Diyarbakır. Diyarbakır saw thousands of its children fall. They savagely butchered many of our youth there. I fail to understand, how this can at all happen in Diyarbakır. You have 80% of the votes in Diyarbakır then how can this happen? The people of Diyarbakır are patriotic and aware but it must be that they are not getting organized, then there is a problem in leading them!

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Ceasefire extended after a letter from Ocalan

He called the Turkish government to seize the opportunity for peace and not underestimate the power of the PKK and Kurdish people. Karayilan said they have information about the level of negotiations with Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan and they will have a meeting to discuss about the negotiation points in two months with fellow PKK commanders.

10 children died in the last 8 months

Maxime Demiralp - Rojivan is the 10th child who were killed either by the police or due to unexploded explosive ordnances since April.Four and six year-old two siblings in Aslantepe village, between Cizre and Idil districts of Sirnak found a military object 20 meters away from the military base in the village. While they were playing with the object in order to understand what it was, the object exploded. As a result 6-year-old Rojivan died and 4-year-old Besir got injured.

Rojivan is the 10th child who were killed either by the police or due to unexploded explosive ordnances since April.

It is reported that while Rojivan died at Cizre State Hospital where she was taken after the explosion her brother Besir was taken to Diyarbakir in a helicopter.

While the kind of the explosion remains unknown it is reported that a military base was set up in 1994 where the children were playing. There is a watch tower 20 meters away from the venue where soldier are watching around.

15 children have been killed since 2009

15 children were killed either by security forces or unexploded explosive ordnance since last year. The first victim of these kind of executions by the Turkish police was 14-year-old Abdülsamet Erip who was killed in Hakkari on 23 April [Turkish children’s day festival] after KCK declared a ceasefire.

The last victim before Rojivan was 13-year-old Oğuzhan Akyükrek who died in an explosion on 25 May 2010 around Mustafa Muğlalı Barracks in Ozalp district of Van.

According to the human rights organisations and ANF records while at least 403 children have been killed between 1998-2009. The number of the children who have been killed since the beginning of this year is 10.

The incidents

11 November: Siblings Besir (4) and Rojivan (6) between Cizre- Idil districts found unexploded explosive ordnance in a former military station. While Rojivan died besir got injured.

10 October: 7-year-old Furkan Akçil who was among the protestors in Silopi district of Sirnak was hit by a car while trying to escape the tear gas fired by the police.

6 October: 12-year-old Ahmet İmre was killed by unexploded explosive ordnance which he was found around a military base in Guclukonak district of Sirnak. Another peer of Ahmet was reported to be injured.

29 September: 14-year-old İsa İbrahimzade who was from Urmiye city of the East Kurdistan was killed by the Turkish soldiers on the border in Yuksekova district of Hakkari. Isa was reported to have killed within the Turkish borders on asphalt road.

17 September: 15-year-old Enver Turan was shot dead by a specialised sergeant during a protest held at the first day of Eid.

22 July: 16-year-old Canan Saldık was killed with a bullet hit her head while having picnic in a village around Hacibekir Barracks in Van province.

22 June: 14-year-old Birem Basan who was hit by a police panzer was killed in Sirnak.

25 May: 13-year-old Oğuzhan Akyükrek was killed in an explosion on 25 May 2010 while playing around Mustafa Muğlalı Barracks in Ozalp district of Van. 4 other children were injured. A child claimed that the exploded object was thrown by a soldier in the barracks.

2 April: 14-year-old Mehmet Nuri, student of high school, was shot dead by the Turkish soldiers in Caldiran district of Van province.

23 April: A 14-year-old shepherd İzzettin Boz, was killed by unexploded explosive ordnance which he found while herding his sheep. The ordnance reported to be belonging the Turkish army.

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Evaluates Political Moment

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Peace efforts of the Kurdish Side 1993-1999

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10 children died in the last 8 months

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Kurds Under The Clamp of Cultural Genocide

There were many important conspiracies against us as well; there are four different periods of conspiracy. The First Conspiracy Period is the one experienced with the murder of Özal: Özal was courageous in his approach to the Kurdish issue. He said “I must most definitely resolve this issue”. His son Ahmet Özal gives clear information on this topic. He says “my father wanted to resolve this issue once and for all”. At the time they besieged Özal and eliminated all those that were pro-solution to the Kurdish issue. Many army officers such as Eşref Bitlis, Bahtiyar Aydın and their likes were killed and eliminated just because they were perceived to be pro-solution. Talabani probably knows some important details on this topic. Talabani used to say that “we think alike with Eşref Bitlis when it comes to a resolution”.

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Evaluates Political Moment

Leader Abdullah Ocalan said that the Kurdish national independence movement is facing the fourth conspiracy. The first one was between 1992-1994, the second one was between 1997-1999 and third one was between 2002-2004. And the fourth one started after local elections of 2007 and in November 2009 it was developed by the Turkish PM himself. All these conspiracies aim at destruction of the Kurdish national movement. They also prevent a political solution of the Kurdish problem.

10 children died in the last 8 months

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700 children are in jail often for throwing stones during demonstrations

Many children are taken away from their homes early in the morning to the Anti-Terror Branch where they are beaten, threatened, and may or may not be subject to ID check.