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  • Turkey: Lynch Attempt on Kurdish Members of Parliament in Sinop

    Turkey: Lynch Attempt on Kurdish Members of Parliament in Sinop

    Turkey: Lynch Attempt on Kurdish Members of Parliament in Sinop

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    Posted 20 February 2013 17:29 GMT
    bcbfb07c4bd90403704403b6ab21ccf6?s=30&d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatarWritten byBaran Mavzer
    Countries Turkey
    Topics Breaking News, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights,Protest, Politics, Ethnicity & Race, Citizen Media
    Languages Turkish, English

    Two-thousand angry protesters attacked and attempted to lynch members of a Kurdish delegation visiting Sinop, a city in the Black Sea region of Northern Turkey.

    The visit of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and Democratic Congress of the People (HDK) was part of their tour to cities with relatively small Kurdish populations. BDP is the only party in parliament which stands for the Kurdish people’s rights and is also known to be the legal and political wing of the Kurdish guerrilla organization, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK.)

    BDP’s decision to visit the region, known for its nationalist and conservative population, was a first in the history of the Kurdish movement, since the party focuses on eastern regions and big cities which of a mixed demographic.

    At the end of 2012, the Turkish government started negotiations with the imprisoned leader of the PKK Abdullah Öcalan, for a solution to end the 30-year war between the Kurds and the government. At the center of these negotiations is a new constitution, that includes Kurdish identity and will not imprison Kurdish guerrillas who are fighting or have fought against the Turkish military.

    The delegations visit to Sinop was the first step in starting a dialogue with the larger Turkish population to garner their support for the Kurdish-government negotiations.

    But when the delegation arrived, protesters threw stones and shouted angrily at BDP’s member of parliament Sırrı Süreyya Önder. To escape the the attack the BDP and HDK members raced into a nearby teachers’ lodge. The angry protesters then surrounded the building, threw rocks inside and also destroyed the vehicles of the BDP members. Two protesters climbed on the roof of the building to hoist a Turkish flag and a put up a poster of Atatürk, the founder of the country.

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    BDP members are trying to build a barricade on windows by using the tables and chairs. Picture is taken from Sirri Sureyya Onder’s Twitter account.

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    One of the destroyed cars of BDP members. Picture is taken from Twitter.

    During the protest, Sırrı Süreyya Önder shared these pictures on his Twitter account and tweeted:

    @sirsureyya: Lincci fasist guruh iceriye tasve yanici madde atiyorlar. Polis birsey yapmiyor. Kendi onlemimizi aliyoruz. pic.twitter.com/yMChw5O0

    The fascist, lynch group is throwing rocks and combustible materials inside. Police is not doing anything against them. We are trying to take precautions by ourselves.pic.twitter.com/yMChw5O0

    A few hours later the protesters finally left the area, after policemen asked them, rather politely, to leave.

    Diyarbakır, a Kurdish city at the south-east of Turkey, hosted protests a few hours later against the lynch attempt. The police responded to these protests with tear gas and water hoses. Protests then spread to other cities, including İstanbul and the capital Ankara.

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    Protesters left the area after policemen’s polite requests of hours. Picture is taken from Ötekilerin Postası’s Page.

    BDP member of parliament Ertuğrul Kürkçü tweeted about the protests in İstanbul by sharing this picture:

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    Protests in İstanbul against the lynch attempt. Picture is taken from Ertuğrul Kürkçü’s twitteraccount.

    @ekurkcumedya: İstanbul’da eylem devam ediyor. pic.twitter.com/SF9IMD8z

    Protests continue in İstanbul. pic.twitter.com/SF9IMD8z

    There were mixed reactions to the incident on social media. Journalist Gonca Şenay tweeted a picture taken from inside the teachers’ lodge during the protest and tweeted:

    @goncasenay: Sinop ogretmenevinde camlardan iceri giren olmasin diye alinan onlem sanirim cok sey anlatiyor…. pic.twitter.com/RcGWTULq

    I guess, the barricades on the windows in Sinop Teachers’ Lodge tell us a lot..pic.twitter.com/RcGWTULq;

    Columnist Hayko Bağdat shared a picture of Sırrı Süreyya Önder while he was building a barricade on a window by tweeting:

    @haykobagdat: Sırrı Abi Sinop’ta barışı inşa ediyor…  pic.twitter.com/OlDCW8um

    Brother Sırrı is building the peace in Sinop… pic.twitter.com/OlDCW8um

    Twitter user B. Akoz shared a a picture of a banner that protesters were holding. The banner says: “Leave Sinop. Only three things can silence Sinop Youth Platform. Sound of Azan (call for prayer), a moment of silence, the Turkish National anthem…”

    Here is Akoz’s tweet that mentions the “SinopDurDedi” (Sinop said stop) hashtag which was started by the supporters of the Sinop protests:

    @BerkAkz: Helal olsun bplı pkklılara Sinop DurDedi mecliste kimse dur diyemedi ama Sinop DurDedi çocuk katillerine .. pic.twitter.com/1or2xKtI

    Good, Sinop said stop to the BDP and PKK members. Nobody could say stop in the parliament but Sinop said stop to the child killers… pic.twitter.com/1or2xKtI

    Another Twitter user shared a picture of a destroyed car of BDP members and tweeted:

    @ErolOnay60: Sinoptaki Bdp’lilerin arabasını Sinoplu kardeşlerimiz yeniden şekillendirmiş :)) Sinop DurDedi pic.twitter.com/PBdW1TWh

    Our brothers in Sinop reshaped the car of BDP members :)) Sinop said stop. pic.twitter.com/PBdW1TWh

     

    Written by Baran Mavzer

  • Bulgaria: Turkey Not to Build NPP on Bulgarian Border

    Bulgaria: Turkey Not to Build NPP on Bulgarian Border

    Bulgaria: Turkey Not to Build NPP on Bulgarian Border – Report

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    The construction site of what could become a Turkish NPP is said to be visible from the Bulgarian Black Sea village of Rezovo. Map from bivol.bg

    Turkey does not intend to construct a nuclear power plant several kilometers away from its border with Bulgaria, a Bulgarian official has stated, denying earlier reports.

    Konstantin Grebenarov, district governor of Bulgaria’s Burgas, has assured that Turkey only plans to build a thermal power plant

    “Currently there are only private investment intentions for the construction of a thermal power plant there,” Grebenarov told reporters on Monday.

    However, the Bulgaria Greens have expressed concerns over the potential power plant near the Bulgarian border. Even a thermal power plant may pose serious environmental risks, Greens party representative Petko Kovachev has told the Bulgarian National Radio.

    “Our reaction should be very strong if Turkey is building a nuclear power plant near our border without notifying Bulgaria and the European Commission,” Kovachev declared.

    Last week, it emerged that the municipality of the small Black Sea Turkish town of Igneada has received a letter from the central government in Ankara announcing the upcoming construction of a nuclear power plant and thermal power plant on the spot.

    Igneada is a town of some 2 000 inhabitants, located 5 km south of the Rezovska (Rezovo) River, which marks the Bulgarian-Turkish border. The first reports that Turkey was planning to build a nuclear power plant there emerged in 2011.

    Back in April 2011, the Turkish Consul in Burgas Sibel Arkan told Burgas Mayor Dimitar Nikolov that Igneada is only the project with the third highest possibility to become Turkey’s third NPP and the Turkish government is yet to take a decision on its construction.

    In May 2010, Turkey reached an agreement with Russia for the construction of what will become Turkey’s first nuclear power plant in Mersin’s Akkuyu district. Turkey’s second NPP is to be located in Sinop on the Black Sea.

    Locals in both Bulgaria and Turkey are said to be alarmed by the reports that a NPP may be built in Igneada.

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    via Bulgaria: Turkey Not to Build NPP on Bulgarian Border – Report – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency.