Turkey Pressures Denmark over Kurdish Broadcasting

Rastî ^ | November 26, 2005 | Mizgîn

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Yes, the enforcers of the Turkish state, those guardians of Kemalism, are once again thrown into a panic because the people they have officially denied and repeatedly attempted to silence for a little over eighty years still have voice.

In case you don't know, I am talking about the recent panic over the Kurdish satellite TV channel, Roj TV. Turkey has been applying pressure to Denmark so that it will shut down Roj TV, because of Turkish claims that it has ties to a "terrorist" organization, the PKK. The US has also began attempting to pressure Denmark on behalf of it's good ally, the Kemalist state. What news reports won't tell you is that this issue has a couple of very important components. First, this isn't the first time that the guardians of Kemalism have shut down Kurdish TV broadcasting and, second, there is also the fact that Turkey has been dragging feet over limited Kurdish-language broadcasting within its borders.

Back in 1994, Roj TV's ancestor, MED TV, received licensing to begin broadcasting from the UK, which it did begin in 1995.

Please read the rest here: http://rastibini.blogspot.com/

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Great New Intelligent Blog on Kurdish Issues. Kurdish issues affect us all. The Kurdish are the key to our success in the middle east, and are a much maligned people by the enemies of peace, IMHO.

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A blog has been created to help save Roj TV from those who would silence it. The blog is found here:

http://rojtv.blogspot.com

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