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 Turkish famous artist investigated for spreading hate

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Turkish famous artist investigated for spreading hate  23.9.2009  





September 23, 2009

ISTANBUL, Turkey, — The famous Turkish artist Hülya Avşar is under investigation by the District Attorney’s Office for allegedly inciting hate and enmity in an interview. In the interview with Milliyet, Avşar said hat Kurds and Turks should be equal.

Avşar, in an interview with daily Milliyet in August, was cautious about the government’s efforts to address the grievances of Kurds through more democracy.

She had said once the process started, there would be no turning back and that this fact scared her.

Singer Avşar, whose father is Kurdish and mother Turkish,
www.ekurd.netsaid she saw herself as a Turk and noted that Turks naturally did not want their country divided. “However, this shouldn’t mean ethnic pressure on Kurds,” she said in an interview with the Turkish daily Milliyet.                                  

Singer Avşar, whose father is Kurdish and mother Turkish, said she saw herself as a Turk

If charged and found guilty by court, Avşar will face up to four and a half years in jail.

She also said that members of the outlawed Turkey's Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, would not return by choice once the Kurdish initiative began.

When asked if she supported the government’s plans, she said: “I have no idea what it is.”

When asked by Hürriyet to comment on the investigation, Avşar said she had never felt so insulted.

“I thought we lived in a democratic country when I made those remarks,” she said as she showed the invitation by the prosecutor’s office for questioning.

If the reaction to her comments was an investigation, how could the Kurdish initiative make any headway, she asked.

The chairman of the Union of Modern Journalists (ÇGD) criticized the decision of the District Attorney and said the state wants to frighten people to speak out on Kurdish rights. “You cannot say everything what you think in Turkey.”

Sunday a court case was started against Milliyet reporters Namik Durukan and Hassan Çakkalkurt for making ‘terrorist propaganda’ after reporting about the PKK. “Don’t write about these subjects,” the prosecutor said to the journalists,
www.ekurd.netaccording to Abakay.

Since 1984 the PKK took up arms for self-rule in the mainly Kurdish southeast of Turkey (Turkey-Kurdistan). A large Turkey's Kurdish community openly sympathise with the Kurdish PKK rebels. Turkey refuses to recognize its Kurdish population as a distinct minority.

The PKK demanded Turkey's recognition of the Kurds' identity in its constitution and of their language as a native language along with Turkish in the country's Kurdish areas,
www.ekurd.net the party also demanded an end to ethnic discrimination in Turkish laws and constitution against Kurds, ranting them full political freedoms.

The PKK is considered a 'terrorist' organization by Ankara, U.S., the PKK continues to be on the blacklist list in EU despite court ruling which overturned a decision to place the Kurdish rebel group PKK and its political wing on the European Union's terror list.

Turkey refuses to recognize its Kurdish population as a distinct minority. It has allowed some cultural rights such as limited broadcasts in the Kurdish language and private Kurdish language courses with the prodding of the European Union, but Kurdish politicians say the measures fall short of their expectations.

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