23 Kurds were recently arrested in Turkey and accused of having connections with the PKK. The DTP was also closed.
Reports: Kurdish protesters clash with police in southeast Turkey
One must consider the Western media reports coming out of Turkey against reports of individuals whose comments are not cleansed by large corporate conglomerates.
Why cleanse news reports? To avoid lawsuits, to retain advertisers.......
The pros and cons of citizen journalism
Con: No budget to have feet on the ground
Pro: Readers participate by contributing insightful accounts such as this one from a reader named Bulent.
There is no Democracy in Turkey. Right now, prosecutors are investigating the mayor of Diyarbakir for saying the following in a speeceh:
During his Dec. 24 speech, Baydemir said: “The Minister of Interior Affairs said the initiative would be implemented soon. Not even one month passed and the DTP was eliminated; their status as parliamentary deputies was canceled. Despite all this, we have returned to Parliament with a bit of hope for a democratic solution. As a statement of insisting on democratic politics, 98 mayors and 10 municipal assembly members transferred to the BDP.“Right after that they detained over 80 elected people; including 16 of our mayors. Just yesterday we said the oak tree [the symbol of BDP] means hope. I am addressing the prime minister and the government with apologies to my people: Where in your body did the oak branch get stuck? We say, ‘F--- you,’ to those who separate us into doves and hawks. They will not find one Kurd to betray his own.”
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