A war going on in Turkey against the Kurds

There is a war going on in Turkey... a war - small scale perhaps - against the Kurds... but still it is a war of continued provocations, violent attacks, arson attacks, discrimination, arrests and cases of injustice.. During the current election campaing the office of HDP - a mainly kurdish party - - has even been attacked with bombs two times. Once again I feel somewhat bewildered - or rather appalled - by the apperent indifference in my own country - Denmark - towards the popular democratic non-violent struggles of HDP and the Kurds in the region.. Not much solidarity here.. But to anyone who relates to this I want to express my support and solidarity to you in your peaceful democratic struggles in Turkey and the region as a whole. I hope and wish that the HDP will get a strong and triumphant election result.

(added 2605-2015: I regret using the word "war". It is not really fitting here, there is an ongoing and at times very difficult struggle for equal rights, justice and political influence in Turkey. HDP and kurds often find themselves in situations as the ones I described above - in my view it is not quite unlike the situation in the South in the US in the nineteen fifties and sixties.. where the black civil rights movement often met a lot of resistance. But to call it a war is too much)

Our Co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ: The first fire for Newroz celebrations has just been lighted at the Kobani-Suruç border. To those lighting the fire and fanning the flame, and to all peoples, happy Newroz!   --    https://www.facebook.com/pdpturkey/photos/pb.540807819351347.-2207520000.1432327761./754621321303328/?type=3&theater

"Our Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş in Istanbul" : https://www.facebook.com/pdpturkey/photos/pb.540807819351347.-2207520000.1432327616./777586609006799/?type=3&theater

Pictures: https://www.facebook.com/pdpturkey?fref=photo


THANKS HDP :  https://hdpenglish.wordpress.com/2015/04/05/solidarity-message-against-garissa-attack-in-kenya/

   May many blessings rain down upon you. May justice prevail in Turkey, justice for all, and equal rights for all.






Heine Strømdahl, 22-05-2015