IVOS 2: ΚΕΙΜΕΝΑ,ΕΙΚΟΝΕΣ

Εξαιρετική ανάλυση Δημοσιεύεται στο www.enkripto.com 20/6/10 - Ο Τούρκος πρωθυπουργός παρηγορεί προσωπικό του φυλακίου Gediktepe,μετά από αιματηρή επίθεση των Κούρδων αυτονομιστών "Οι Άραβες πολεμούν, οι Κούρδοι νικούν". Ertogrul Ozkok, εφημερίδα Hurriyet Είναι πλέον εμφανές ότι οι κατασταλτικές πρακτικές του τουρκικού κράτους κατά του Κουρδικού αυτονομιστικού κινήματος έχουν αρχίσει να γίνονται ολοένα και πιο αναποτελεσματικές. Οι καθημερινές ήττες των τουρκικών ενόπλων δυνάμεων στην Νοτιο-ανατολική Τουρκία ( Βόρειο Κουρδιστάν για τους ντόπιους) έχουν αρχίζει να κλονίζουν την εικόνα των ένοπλων δυνάμεων, ως εγγυητή της ασφάλειας και της ακεραιότητας της γειτονικής χώρας. Η δημοσιοποίηση εκατοντάδων υποθέσεων εξωθεσμικών..."παρεμβάσεων" των ΤΕΔ, κακοποίησης και βιασμών οπλιτών από ανωτέρους και οι μαζικές διώξεις υψηλόβαθμων στρατιωτικών έχουν δημιουργήσει αναστάτωση και καχυποψία εντός του στρατεύματος, υπονομεύοντας καίρια το ηθικό του προσωπικού

This is not a piece about the effects of Israel’s counter-insurgency experiences on Turkey’s strategies regarding the struggle against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Nevertheless, this is not to say that the Gaza operation does not come in handy for the Turkish government in its efforts to manage the PKK problem. Last week, the PKK posed a significant challenge to the government with the hunger strikes and systematic protests. The government was not able to stop these protests. It also could not deal with the problem by making tactical concessions. The PKK’s strategy was quite simple: Hunger strikes, street protests, armed attacks and political pressure came together to increase the tension. The creation of the typical “Arab street” of the Arab Spring in Turkey was a real possibility. This was enough to alarm the government. Its response was to urgently manage the problem — for now. Covert negotiations helped postpone the crisis. The PKK succeeded in strikin

' 'And here is Erdogan worrying about the Muslims in Burma,  who apparently deserve more rights than the Kurdish Muslims.''                                                                                      Comment  Will Erdogan do nothing to save the lives of Kurdish hunger strikers? More than 700 of Turkey's citizens are risking death over their civil rights, yet their prime minister shows little concern If you knew that more than 700 of your citizens might die soon, what would you do to stop it? That is the question that the Turkish government and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, faced with the massive hunger strike by Kurdish prisoners , now in its 58th day, need to answer. But the answer so far seems to be "nothing". Very few in the west seem to be aware of the issue, with international media focused more on geopolitical concerns and the ongoing Syrian crisis . Yet they have a question of their own to answer: can Turkey still be held up a