Kurdish National Leader Abdullah Ocalan evaluated the arrangements at Imrali during its meeting with his lawyers last Wednesday. Ocalan explained that although they offer it as a development, but it is only an intensified form of solitary confinement. He explained that “This is worse than the previous place. Although they offer it as a development it is the intensified form of solitary confinement. They want to surrender me here by confining me to a narrower environment and by making my conditions even more difficult. Yes, it is more isolated and worse. It is hard to breathe and I feel so blocked.
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On the 23th November 2009, in between the hours of 12:00-18:00, the Turkish state army have had shell the areas of Marsis, Alanus, Gire Heliz, Geliya Pisaxa in Haftanin/Medya Defence Areas.
The Press Liasion Center – HPG
24 November 2009
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‘‘There are sections of the (Turkish) State who are for a solution and sections that are against. Who will come out victorious will depend on the struggle between these two sections. A new phase has been entered. It is important that this phase is comprehended,’’ said Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
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1. On the 16th of November, in between the hours of 11:00-12:00, the Turkish state army carried an attack by shelling the Ciyares and surrounding area/ Zap/Medya Defence Areas, with obus and mortars.
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Duran Kalkan, member of the Executive Council of the KCK, assessed recent developments in his interview with ANF. According to Kalkan there isn’t a blockage in the process but a game and deception. Kalkan stated that the AKP were benefiting from Öcalan’s Road Map and using it to try and annihilate the PKK. According to Kalkan distraction and stalling tactics are being employed as part of the plan. Kalkan: ‘‘Everyone has come to an agreement that this thing isn’t going to be solved with the AKP. Thus many different groups, groups who were supporting the AKP, are now calling on them to be consistent, to take concrete steps and to stand behind their words.’’
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On the night of 14th November, 2009, Turkish state army have carried out an attack with obus and mortals to the areas of Govende, Miros, Basya and the village of Hergus in Semdinli/Hakkari in between the hours of 19:00-05:00.
The Press Liasion Centre – HPG
16 November 2009
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1. In between the hours of 13:00-15:00 on the 13th of November, 2009, the Kelate army station in Semdinli (Semzinan)/Hakkari(Colemerg) have bombarded the Tepe Gowende area with obus and mortars.
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1. On the 11th of November, 2009, the Turkish State Army carried out a military operation with thousands of soldiers in the area of Bilika/Cudi. The military operation have been pulled back on the same night with no results.
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The arrival and magnificent reception of the peace groups has turned the plans of Turkish state upside down. Despite the reception with the Kurdish people showing their insistence on a democratic solution, KCK Executive Council Member Mustafa Karasu criticised the lack of understanding shown to this message and called attention to the provocative statements made by the government and other politicians. By taking the peace emissaries to their hearts the Kurdish people have bankrupted the state’s policy of solving this problem without interlocutors, said Karasu. Furthermore, it has bankrupted the AKP’s use of the expansion as election propaganda. The attacks on the DTP are aimed at creating psychological pressure, he said.
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‘The real aim is annihilation’ said Kurdish Peoples Leader Abdullah, and called on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to be ‘serious.’ Öcalan expressed the view that no other groups would come to Turkey and indicated that Erdoğan was attempting to play several different roles, he emphasised that ‘the Kurds wouldn’t concede this goal.’ Öcalan continued by saying that the last stage of the expansion was one of trickery and deception and suggested that the rights given by France to Corsica should also be granted to the Kurds.
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