Thousands protest Turkish aggression in Diyarbakir
- KurdishMedia.com
- 25/02/2008 00:00:00
Amed, Kurdistan (KurdishMedia.com) 25 February 2008: Thousands took to the streets today in Amed (Diyarbakir) to protest ongoing Turkish military operations in Iraqi Kurdistan. In a protest organized by the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP), men and women of all ages filled the streets under the watchful eyes of Turkish security personnel in helmets and body armor backed by armored personnel carriers.
Some protesters waved pictures of imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan and flags associated with the PKK, and others carried a number of banners. One banner redefined the Turkey's Islamist ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) as the Adaletsiz Kafirler Partisi, the Justiceless Party of Infidels.
Another said in Kurdish, "Talabani wake up," repeating criticism of the Iraqi President and PUK Secretary General that has become common since the initiation of the latest large scale Turkish incursion into Iraqi Kurdistan. Diyarbakir's popular mayor Osman Baydemir addressed the crowd, which filled the streets of Kurdistan's capital.
- KurdishMedia.com
- 25/02/2008 00:00:00