From pnmideast at igc.apc.org  Fri Jul  2 05:25:11 1993
From: pnmideast at igc.apc.org (PeaceNet Middle East Team)
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1993 21:25:11 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: GUIDE TO MIDDLE EAST CONFS
Message-ID: <APC.1.0.54efc6c6.64b@igc.apc.org>

From: <pnmideast>
Subject: GUIDE TO MIDDLE EAST CONFS

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QUICK GUIDE TO THE MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCES ON APC
(revised July 1993; first edition April 1993)

Table of Contents:
--Where to Find/Send Your Material-Guide to Conferences
--Who Reads These Conferences?
--Conference Archives
--Conference Support
--How to Find Other Users
--Reaching a Wider Audience

*WHERE TO FIND/SEND YOUR MATERIAL:

Note: Please post identical items to only one Middle East conference, and 
in *very* special cases, to *no more than* two. Highly recommended: 
-Use "Pointers" -- short topics with titles such as:
"POINTER: News from Gaza",  
"Please see Topic 'blah blah blah', in mideast.news,
dated xx/xx/1993; it bears on the discussion
we've been having about the Gazans and the story 
of Samson and the Kryptonite." in mideast.forum" as an example.


MIDEAST.NEWS: This conference contains news about the Middle 
East from Inter Press Service (IPS), and mainstream and alternative 
news services. Please post news reports here.

MIDEAST.FORUM: Meet here to talk about what's happening and 
how we can organize. 

MIDEAST.ACTION: Post your urgent action alerts and 
announcements about events and actions here.

*SUB-REGIONAL CONFERENCES: 

These conferences are for resource documentation to include 
organization press releases, position papers, special projects, 
newsletters, op-eds, resource directories, book reviews and excerpts, 
resource requests, academic and activist journal articles, and other 
material that fits within this general catagory. 
*Please do not post news articles or action alerts here--there are 
special conferences for these described above.*

MIDEAST.GULF:  Post material related to countries and peoples in 
the Persian/Arabian Gulf region, especially Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi 
Arabia, United Arab emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Yemen.

MIDEAST.LEVANT: For material related to the countries of the 
Levant: Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon.

MIDEAST.NAFRICA: This is for material on north Africa (the 
Maghreb), including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Sahrawi Western 
Sahara, Libya, Sudan and Egypt. (*Note: this conference will be
slightly renamed under the APC renaming plan, tba)

MIDEAST.KURDS: For communication between the Kurdish people 
and the rest of the world. 

MIDEAST.GENERAL: Post material pertaining to the Middle East as 
a general region and material which does not fit into other, more 
specific conferences. Includes material on Turkey and Central Asia.

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CONFERENCING QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

*WHO READS THESE CONFERENCES?

- Each Middle East conference is networked to other APC nodes 
around the world. These may include IGC (USA-PeaceNet, EcoNet, 
ConflictNet, LaborNet), Web (Canada), Nicarao (Nicaragua), 
AlterNex (Brazil), Chasque (Uruguay), Ecuanex (Ecuador), Pegasus 
(Australia), NordNet (Sweden), GreenNet (England), Comlink 
(Germany, Austria, Switzerland), and GlasNet (Russia). Each of 
these networks in turn has connections with other networks. Ask your 
network support for further information about network access to
these conferences. PeaceNet and APC are currently working on
network connections to the Middle East and will be updated as soon
as available.

- To find out who is reading your material, Track your posts! At the 
topic or response you've just posted, do the (y)et, then (t)rack 
commands. Come back later and do (y)et, and (l)ist to see who's 
reading. Keep in mind that you will see the readers listed who are on
*your network only*.

*CONFERENCE ARCHIVES

- What you see is NOT all there is! Each conference has a parallel
read-only archive of older material. Do the (o)ld command after 
entering the conference from the Conf? prompt to enter the archive. 
Each conference automatically archives topics older than 30-40 days.

- If your network does not provide access to the conference archive,
ask your network support for further information on how to get access.

*CONFERENCE SUPPORT

- Each conference was created by a facilitator who can be contacted for 
further information. Look at the original early topics and responses
to find out who this is. 

-The current general facilitator from PeaceNet (June 1993) is 
Jennifer Smith at pnmideast at igc.apc.org

* HOW TO FIND OTHER USERS:

- Go into the (u)sers option at the main menu and type in keywords 
related to your topic. Good keywords to search for users with
interests related to the Middle East are: mideast, arab, palestine, 
israel, islam, muslim, gulf, etc.

- Track your posts.

- Ask a facilitator for further information.

* REACHING A WIDER AUDIENCE

You are fully welcome to post announcements and news to the 
UseNet conferences on the Internet (except IPS news articles) 
See Joel Sax' "Posting to UseNet Conferences" topic in 
mideast.forum for additional directions.

Some relevant UseNet conferences include: talk.pol.mideast, 
soc.culture.arabic, soc.culture.turkey, soc.culture.lebanon, 
soc.culture.greece, soc.culture.afghanistan, soc.culture.iran, 
soc.rights.human, misc.activism.progressive, alt.activism...

Topics about other Middle East resources online such as ftp
sites and mailing lists can be found in mideast.general
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Happy Networking!  ;-)
Salaam

Special thanks to the following people for their excellent feedback 
and suggestions: Joe Maizlish, Don Bashford, Ingrid Solem, 
Ronald Bleier, Indra Sinha, Elias Davidsson, Bob Barad and 
Farzin Deravi.

By all means, please add your additional tips and ideas as responses
to this topic.

Jennifer Smith
Middle East facilitator, PeaceNet


From ISTANBUL_PEOPLE at cl-hh.comlink.apc.org  Wed Jul 21 17:31:21 1993
From: ISTANBUL_PEOPLE at cl-hh.comlink.apc.org (ISTANBUL_PEOPLE at cl-hh.comlink.apc.org)
Date: 21 Jul 1993 17:31:21
Subject: Ozgur Gundem is sought to be closed
Message-ID: <44.672@info-ist.cl-hh.comlink.de>

To defenders ?press freedom?

OeZGUeR GUeNDEM IS SOUGHT TO BE CLOSED

The persecutions against our newspaper have reached the point of demanding its closure after our news editor Ahmet H. Akkaya was arrested on May 26 and then our legally responsible editor in chief ?eyh Davut Karada? was arrested on July 15 in the state Seurity ourt (DGM) due to Articles 7 and 8 of the Anti Terror Act on harces of making separatist propaganda and praising the PKK.
In the istanbul Second DGM in 15.7.1993 in a ase against our newspaper due to an article by Ahmet Alkan , titled ?From the dialogue of arms to the political dialogue? which appeared in the paper in 24.9.1992 , the prosecuter mehmet demirci , demanded that our newspaper be closed with regard to Article 2?1 in the press code, which states that in case of a sentencedue to national security and general morals, the sentenced periodical can be closed by a court decision from 3 days to 1 month . The same prosecuter demanded closure again in the same court in acase (no 92/434) against an article of Uesmail Bessik?i , titled ?Kurdish Chauvinism?
Uet is interesting to note that although the prosecutor had given his opinion on 29 April 1993 he was replaced by another prosecutor and the new prosecutor demanded closure and it is no coincidence that this comes after the briefing given to the press by the chief of general staff.
Oezguer guendem is a daily newspaper . ?eyh Davut Karada? is the editor in chief of a daily newspaper and his address is known , but despite this he has been arrested. For the first time in 15 years the editor in hief of a daily newspaper is arrested.
The authorities have declared  a total all -out war . Massacres are carried out in Kurdistan. The burden of tihis dirty war is loaded on the backs of the Turkish and Kurdish peoples. The state doesn?t want the dirty war to be known. This is the reason why press freedom is being violated.
we call upon every person , publication and organization which defends press freedom to solidarity with our newspaper.

		General Edition Director

From igcnewsdesk at igc.apc.org  Thu Jul 22 18:14:30 1993
From: igcnewsdesk at igc.apc.org (igcnewsdesk at igc.apc.org)
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1993 10:14:30 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Ozgur Gundem is sought to be closed
References: <44.672@info-ist.cl-hh.comlink.de>
Message-ID: <APC.1.0.54efc6c7.39e@igc.apc.org>

From: <igcnewsdesk>
Subject: Ozgur Gundem is sought to be closed

/* Written  5:31 pm  Jul 21, 1993 by
ISTANBUL_PEOPLE at cl-hh.comlink.apc.org in igc:mideast.kurds */
/* ---------- "Ozgur Gundem is sought to be closed" ---------- */
To defenders Tpress freedomU

OeZGUeR GUeNDEM IS SOUGHT TO BE CLOSED

The persecutions against our newspaper have reached the point of
demanding its closure after our news editor Ahmet H. Akkaya was
arrested on May 26 and then our legally responsible editor in
chief ^eyh Davut Karada[ was arrested on July 15 in the state
Seurity ourt (DGM) due to Articles 7 and 8 of the Anti Terror Act
on harces of making separatist propaganda and praising the PKK.
In the istanbul Second DGM in 15.7.1993 in a ase against our
newspaper due to an article by Ahmet Alkan , titled RFrom the
dialogue of arms to the political dialogueS which appeared in the
paper in 24.9.1992 , the prosecuter mehmet demirci , demanded that
our newspaper be closed with regard to Article 2P1 in the press
code, which states that in case of a sentencedue to national
security and general morals, the sentenced periodical can be
closed by a court decision from 3 days to 1 month . The same
prosecuter demanded closure again in the same court in acase (no
92/434) against an article of Uesmail Bessik i , titled RKurdish
ChauvinismS Uet is interesting to note that although the
prosecutor had given his opinion on 29 April 1993 he was replaced
by another prosecutor and the new prosecutor demanded closure and
it is no coincidence that this comes after the briefing given to
the press by the chief of general staff.  Oezguer guendem is a
daily newspaper . ^eyh Davut Karada[ is the editor in chief of a
daily newspaper and his address is known , but despite this he has
been arrested. For the first time in 15 years the editor in hief
of a daily newspaper is arrested.  The authorities have declared
a total all -out war . Massacres are carried out in Kurdistan. The
burden of tihis dirty war is loaded on the backs of the Turkish
and Kurdish peoples. The state doesnUt want the dirty war to be
known. This is the reason why press freedom is being violated.  we
call upon every person , publication and organization which
defends press freedom to solidarity with our newspaper.

		General Edition Director

From aforum at moose.uvm.edu  Wed Jul 21 20:07:58 1993
From: aforum at moose.uvm.edu (aforum at moose.uvm.edu)
Date: 21 Jul 1993 20:07:58
Subject: No Subject Line
Message-ID: <bac1c849.9307220308.AA52217@moose.uvm.edu>

From: aforum at moose.uvm.edu (Arm The Spirit)


From: Arm The Spirit <aforum at moose.uvm.edu>
Subject: PKK/ARGK denies Bahcesaray incident
Followup-To: alt.politics.radical-left
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PKK/ARGK DENIES BAHCESARAY INCIDENT

19.07.1993

VAN/DUSSELDORF (KURD-HA): An unknown force today attacked Kurdish people who 
were grazing their lifestock in Sunduz Yayla (Sunduz Plateau) in Bahcesary 
district in Van, killing 23 civilians. Turkish autorities and Anatolian News 
Agency reported the incident as the doing of the ARGK (Peoples Liberation 
Army of Kurdistan) guerrillas. We spoke to Serhat Region Headquarter 
spokesperson who has denied the Bahcesary-incident at 6:30pm today.
The spokesman said: "The people of the Sunduz Plateau had nothing against us
and our forces who were aware their being, had good relations with the 
people. We had no reason to kill those people. We want to sent a message to 
the press that our forces did not conduct this incident and is not resposible 
for the killing of these people. We heard that Turkish authorities blame us
for the incident. We believe that this incident is a work of the 
contra-guerrilla which functions under the Turkish state control."


(Newsdesk Amsterdam)

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From aforum at moose.uvm.edu  Sun Jul 25 04:26:48 1993
From: aforum at moose.uvm.edu (aforum at moose.uvm.edu)
Date: 25 Jul 1993 04:26:48
Subject: Turkish Gov't Abolishes HEP
Message-ID: <bac1c849.9307251127.AA37797@moose.uvm.edu>

From: aforum at moose.uvm.edu (Arm The Spirit)


From: Arm The Spirit <aforum at moose.uvm.edu>
Subject: Kurdish HEP party banned from Turkish parliament
Followup-To: alt.politics.radical-left
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We have received the following report from the Kurdish News
Agency, KURD-HA, in Dusseldorf.

Dusseldorf (KURD-HA): Following a decision of the
Constitutional Court on 14 july, Turkish authorities closed
down the People's Labour Party (HEP). We spoke to the European
representative of the ERNK (National Liberation Front of
Kurdistan), Kani Yilmaz, who made the following statement:

"On 14 july 1993 Turkey's Constitutional Court took a decision
to close down the HEP and banned some of its members from
political activity. This decision is an example of democracy
and justice as practised by the Turkish state.

"The HEP voiced the simple demands of the Kurdsh people and the
Turkish state could not even tolerate the existence of such a
party. Before this decision, 48 members of the HEP were
assassinated and there is evidence that these murders were
carried out at the instigation of the Turkish state, whose aim
it was to intimidate and limit the growth of the HEP. These
actions show the hypocrisy of the Turkish state when it talks
about Kurdish identity, culture and language.

"We now also heard that the daily newspaper, Ozgur Gundem, was
prevent from publishing yesterday by the Turkish authorities
on the pretext that the editor had not provided them with his
new address. The Turkish state thus tries to hide its dirty
war on the Kurdish people.

"At a meeting between Prime Minister Tansu Ciller, the National
Security Council (MGK) and the media, an all-out war on the
Kurdish people was declared. This national consensus is a
further indication that the was against the Kurds is to be
intensified. The closure of the HEP and Ozgur Gundem are but
the first steps in a campaign to silence those who were
prepared to voice the aspirations of the Kurdish people.

"This latest decision is typical of the state' approach to the
Kurdish people and we call on the press and public to speak
out against it and to put pressure on Turkey.

"We also call on the European Parliament, the United Nations,
the CSCE and all human rights organisations to voice their
protests. We await with interest the reaction of those who
have described as terrorist our calls for justice and our
fight against Turkish state terrorism."

July 15, 1993


(via Newsdesk Amsterdam)

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From aforum at moose.uvm.edu  Sun Jul 25 04:31:41 1993
From: aforum at moose.uvm.edu (aforum at moose.uvm.edu)
Date: 25 Jul 1993 04:31:41
Subject: No Subject Line
Message-ID: <bac1c849.9307251132.AA37837@moose.uvm.edu>

From: aforum at moose.uvm.edu (Arm The Spirit)


From: Arm The Spirit <aforum at moose.uvm.edu>
Subject: Kurdish daily newspaper banned in Turkey
Followup-To: alt.politics.radical-left
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We have received the following press release from the Kurdish
News Agency based in Dusselforf, KURD-HA, FAX:01049211773503
Tel: 01049211724061/2

Daily Newspaper Ozgur Gundem Banned by Turkish Authorities

Dusseldorf (KURD-HA): Following a court decision, Turkish
authorities in Istanbul stopped the daily newspaper Ozgur
Gundem (Free Agenda) being published at 6pm yesterday. The
pretext given was that the editor had not given his new
address to the authorities after moving house. We spoke to the
European representative of Ozgur Gundem, Behcet Avsar, who made
the following statement:

"The day before we were prevented from publishing, the
National Security Council of Turkey (MGK) met and announced
all-out war on the Kurdish people. A second meeting was held
between the military, the Turkish government and members of
the media who were told to publish only official news reports
which had been subject to government censorship. Our newspaper
was the only one not invited to that meeting.

"The Turkish state has thus silenced critical reporting. There
will no longer be any reports on the Turkish government's war
of annihilation against the Kurdish people.

"Since it first appeared, our newspaper has been the targeted
by the authorities and our workers have been targets of stat
controlled death squads. Seven of our journalists have been
openly assassinated while out on the streets. Others have been
arrested and tortured. Our offices have been wrecked in police
raids. Over 80 issues have been confiscated and the editor and
journalists have been put on trial. The public prosecutor is
currently demanding that the proprietor and editor pay over
900 billion Turkish liras in fines and serve several hundreds
years imprisonment".

July 14, 1993


(from Kurdistan Information Centre via Newsdesk Amsterdam)

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From gert at mit.hacktic.nl  Tue Jul 27 16:17:53 1993
From: gert at mit.hacktic.nl (gert at mit.hacktic.nl)
Date: 27 Jul 1993 16:17:53
Subject: raid of iranian troops on the 2
Message-ID: <bac1c849.D00c8B4w165w@mit.hacktic.nl>

Subject: Re: raid of iranian troops on the 21th of july in northern Iraq
From: gert at mit.hacktic.nl (Gert van Velzen)

>From hacktic.nl!uuaps Tue Jul 27 15:57:58 1993 remote from mit
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To: mideast.kurds at pn
Cc: gert at aps.hacktic.nl
Subject: raid of iranian troops on the 21th of july in northern Iraq
From: gerard at vlwr.hacktic.nl (Gerard van Onna)
Message-Id: <BJkc8B1w165w at vlwr.hacktic.nl>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 93 13:57:58 +0200
Organization: VluchtelingenWerk Rijnmond

We know for sure that the Iranian troops have raided Northern Iraq
on the 21th of July. We are looking for more detailed information
about this attack.
For example: the number of casualties, the names of victims, the 
exact places which were bommed and which camps of which kurdish groups 
were attacked. We also want to know if after the 21th of July 
there were any other attacks by the Iranian army.

We liked to be informed about further developments in this case.

From aforum at moose.uvm.edu  Fri Jul 30 09:34:08 1993
From: aforum at moose.uvm.edu (aforum at moose.uvm.edu)
Date: 30 Jul 1993 09:34:08
Subject: No Subject Line
Message-ID: <bac1c849.9307301634.AA34047@moose.uvm.edu>

From: aforum at moose.uvm.edu (Arm The Spirit)


From: Arm The Spirit <aforum at moose.uvm.edu>
Subject: Turkey buys US arms to massacre Kurds
Followup-To: alt.politics.radical-left
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Turkey buys US arms to massacre Kurds

According to the latest UN Conventional Arms Register, Turkey was
one of the biggest purchasers of arms from the United States. In
1992, the US exported the following arms to Turkey: 577 battle
tanks, 220 armored combat vehicles, 75 large-caliber artillery
systems, 29 combat aircraft, 6 attack helicopters, and 1164
missile launchers. Obviously, a majority of these arms will be
used against the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party), who are waging a
national-liberation struggle in Turkish-occupied Kurdistan. And
one Turkish military official, Lt.Col. Erenoglu, recently stated
at a press conference that NATO has not established any
limitations on the use of Turkey's weapons. Thus, the Turkish
armed forces have been given total freedom to continue their
village-bombings in Kurdistan.

Against NATO's dirty war in Kurdistan!
Stop all arms sales to Turkey!
For a free and independent Kurdistan!

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