Kurdistan.

[Dave Aitel <dave () immunitysec com>]

The following text is an ad from the NY Times. I find that hackers are extremely interested in geopolitics. Most hackers 
have access to Stratfor, read Debka and other sources, learn or attempt to learn as many languages as possible. They teach 
you in class that there are three major reasons for spying: Money, Sex, and Ideology. I think hacking is done primarally for 
ideologic reasons. Deep down, hacking is a study in revolution - it's the ability to think and do the impossible. And 
you might find your best hackers come from places where revolution formants.

Anyways, enjoy the text. Churchill said his biggest mistake when redrawing the lines after WWII was forgetting Kurdistan. 

I included the signatories because signing something like this is often like begging publicly to be beat up or killed. When John Hancock signed the 
Declaration of Independence in huge script, he said "The British Ministry can read that name without spectacles; let them double their 
reward." (Which is why the term "John Hancock" means "signature" in the States).

-dave


           What do the Kurds Want in Turkey?

           The Kurds make up about a quarter of the population of Turkey, numbering between 15 and 20 million, according to the October 2004 Report of the European Commission. 

           Like all historically constituted human communities, they have the right to live in dignity in the land of their ancestors, and to preserve their identity, culture and language and hand them down freely to their children. 

           Having been victims of great injustice throughout the 20th century, the Kurds now pin their hopes for a better future on the process Turkey must undergo to become a member of the European Union, which they perceive as being, above all, a multicultural area of peace, democracy and pluralism. To join this family of democracies, Turkey itself must become a true democracy, with respect for its own cultural diversity and political pluralism. In particular, it must guarantee its Kurdish citizens the same rights that the Basques, Catalans, Scots, Lapps, South Tyroleans and Walloons enjoy in the democratic countries of Europe - and which it is itself demanding for the Turkish minority in Cyprus. 

           Public conscience will not abide a policy of double standards, which would eventually undermine the moral credibility of the European Union and tarnish the image of the Turkish government in European public opinion. 

           The European process offers both Turks and Kurds new and promising prospects, and gives them a chance for reconciliation on the basis of a peaceful settlement of the Kurdish question, with due respect for existing borders. This opportunity must be appreciated at its true value. 

           We the undersigned, representing Kurdish society in all its political and cultural diversity, consider that such a settlement calls for: 

           - a new and democratic Constitution, recognising the existence of the Kurdish people, and guaranteeing it 
the right to a public school system and media in its own language and the right to form its own organisations, 
institutions and parties with the aim of contributing to the free expression of its culture and its political 
aspirations.

           - a general amnesty in order to establish a climate of confidence and reconciliation and, once
           and for all, to turn the page on violence and armed conflict;

           - the implementation, with European support, of a vast programme of economic development of the Kurdish 
region, particularly including rebuilding the more than 3,400 Kurdish villages destroyed in the 1990s, and incentives 
for the three million displaced Kurds to return to their homes.

           We ask the Turkish authorities and the European leaders to do justice to the Kurds in Turkey by acceding to their 
legitimate demands in order to ensure regional peace and stability, and to consider the fulfilment of those demands to be an 
essential criterion by which to measure Turkey's progress along the road to membership of the European Union.

           FIRST SIGNATORIES TURKEY : Mehmet ABBASOGLU, Former President of the People's Democratic Party (Dehap), Song�l Erol ABDIL, Mayor of Tunceli; Nesimi ADAY, Poet, writer ; M�sl�tn AKALIN, barrister, President of the Bar at Urfa (Edessa); Nil�fer AKBAL, musician ; Abdullah AKENGIN, Mayor of Dicle ; Abdullah AKIN, former Mayor of Batman ; ibrahim AKSOY, Former Mayor of Malatya ; ihsan AKSOY, writer ; Haci AKYOL, barrister, former Mayor of the Yazihan Malayata; Yusuf ALATAS, barrister, President of the Human Rights Associat�on of Turkey ; Mahmut ALINAK, barrister, former Member of Parliament for S�mak ; S�leyman ANIK, Mayor of Darge�it, Mardin ; Firat ANLI, Mayor of Yeni�ehir, Diyarbakir ; M. Nezir ARA�, Mayor of Bulan�k ; Ru�en ARSLAN, lawyer, tvriter ; ismail ARSLAN, Mayor of Ceylanp�nar ; Mehmet Ali ASLAN, barrister, former President of the Workers' Party of Turkey ; Naci ASLAN, Member of Parliament for Agri ; Sedat ASLANTAS, barrister, General Secretary of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey ; Fahrettin ASTAN, Mayor of Be�iri, Batman ; Nuran ATLI, Mayor of Mazidag ; Mustafa AVCI, General Secretary of the Confedaration of Public Service employees (KESK); Eshat AYATA, writer, publisher; Sukran AYDIN, Mayor of Bismil; Behrun AYG�REN, former Mayor of Dicle ; H�seyin AYYILDIZ, Secretary General of T�m-Belsen ; ihsan BABAOGLU, Spokesman for the Democratic Platform, Diyarbakir; Tuncer BAKIRHAN, President of the Democratic People's Party (Dehap); Murat BATGI, actor, Osman BAYDEMIR, Mayor of Diyarbakir ; Seyhmus BAYHAN, Mayor of Lice ; Mehmet Celal BAYKARA, barrister, President of the Foundation for Research on Kurdish Culture (K�RTKAV) ; �efik BEYAZ, President of the istanbul Kurdish Inst�tute ; Ekrem B�LEK, former Mayor of Siirt; Nevzat B�NG�L, journalist, writer ; Nadir B�NG�L, Mayor of Ergani; Kemal B�RL�K, former Member of Parliament for Sirnak ; Murat BOZLAK, Former President of People's Democratic Party (Hadep) ; Ali BUCAK, barrister, President of the Urfa Cultural Centre ; Aydin BUDAK, Mayor of Cizre ; Feridun �EL�K, former Mayor of Diyarbakir ; Demir �EL�K, Mayor of Varto (Mus) ; �mer �ET�N, co-foun-der of the Research Foundation on Social Issues (TOSAV) ; Yusuf �ET�N, President of free contemporary Actors' Association (�asod); 

           Murat CEYLAN, Mayor of Kurtalan ; Emn�llah C�N, Mayor of Viran�ehir ; Muzaffer DEM�R, Former member of Parlement for Mus ; Selim DEM�R, Mayor of Kozluk ; Cafer DEM�R, President of Elazig Chapter of Human Rights Association ; Ahmet Turan DEM�R, President of the Free Soc�ety Party (OTP) ; Abdullah DEMIRTAS, Mayor of Suri�i, Diyarbakir ; Hatip D�CLE, former Member of Parliament for Diyarbakir, former President of the Demoeracy Party {DEP) ; ilhan D�KEN, President of the Diyarbakir Medical Assocoation ; Seyhmus D�KEN, writer ; Orhan DO�AN, former Member of Parliament for Simak ; Faik DURSUN, Mayor of Beyt�lsebap ; Tarik Ziya EK�NC�, former Member of Parliament for Diyarbakir, former General Secretary of the Worker's Party of Turkey (TIP) ; Tahsin EK�NC�, lawyer ; Adnan EKMEN, former Minister, former Member of Parliament for Batman ; Serafett�n EL��, former Minister, former Member of Parliament for Mardin ; Nuretttin ELHUSEYNI, writer, translator ; Giyasettin EMRE, former Member of Parliament for Mus ; Hamit ENG�N, Mayor of Hazro ; Mehmet Ali EREN, barister, former Member of Parliament for �stanbul ; Ahmet ERTAK, Mayor of Sirnak ; Enver ETE, Spoksman for the Democratic Platform, Mardin ; Mehmet Fuat FIRAT, former Men�ber of Parliament for Erzurum ; �mit FIRAT, publisher, writer ; ibrahim G��L�, lavvyer, writer ; Nezir G�LCAN, former Mayor of Kurtalan (Siirt); Ahmet G�M�STEKIN, painter ; Hasim HASIMI, former Member of Parliament for Diyarbakir, former Mayor of Cizre ; Necdet �PEKY�Z, former President of the Diyarbakir Medical Association ; M. Tahir KAHAMANER, Mayor of Malazgirt ; H�seyin KALKAN, Mayor of Batman ; Ramazan KAPAN, Mayor of Derik ; Hasip KAPLAN, barrister ; Seyhmus KARAHAN, former President of the Urfa Association of Civil Engineers ; ZU�k�f KARATEKIN, Mayor of Karap�nar, Diyarbakir: Selahattin KAYA, former Mayor of Bing�l; Hasan KAYA, former President of the istanbul Kurdish Institute ; Ferzende KAYA, journalist; Mehmet KAYA, Mayor of Kocak�y, Diyarbakir ; Fikret KAYA, Mayor of Silvan ; G�lten KAYA, music publisher ; Eren KESK�N, Former President of istanbul Chapter of Human Rights Association of Turkey (IHD) ; Abdullah KESK�N, publisher ; Abdullah KIRAN, writer ; Muhsin KIZILKAYA, writer; Servet KOCA-KAYA, musicien ; Muhsin KONUR, Mayor of Silopi; Burhan KORHAN, Mayor of Be�iri; Mukkades KUBILAY, Mayor of Dogubeyazid; Cabbar LEYGARA, barrister, former Mayor of Ba�lar, Diyarbakir; Ahmet MEL�K, former Member of Parliament for Urfa; Yilmaz ODABA�I, poet, writer ; H�sn� OK�UOGLU, former Member of Parliament for istanbul; Selim �L�ER , former President of the Union of Medical Associations of Turkey; Ey�p Sabri �NCEL, barrister, former President of the Urfa Bar; Esat �NER, Mayor of Gerc��, Batman; Mahmut ORTAKAYA, former President of the Diyarbakir ; Medical Association ; Selim �ZALP, former Mayor of Siirt : Sahabettin �ZARSLANER, former Mayor of Van ; Mustafa �ZER, barrister, former President of the Diyarbakir Bar ; Hicri �ZG�REN, poet ; Osman �ZG�VEN, Mayor of Dikili, izmir; Yurdusev �ZS�KMENLER, Mayor of Ba�lar, Diyarbakir; Mesut �ZT�RK, former Mayor of Van ; Fadil �ZT�RK, poet ; Kemal PARLAK, spokesman of the Democratic Cor�sensus and Initiative for a solution to the Kurdish Question (DEMOS) ; Selim SADAK, former Member of Parliament for S�mak ; Resul SADAL, Mayor of idil ; Ethem �AHIN, Mayor of Suru� ; Sirri SAKIK, former Member of Parliament for Mus,; Rahmi SALTUK, musician ; Suzan SAMANCI, vriter ; Menderes SAMANCILAR, actor ; Mehmet SANRI, publisher ; Naci SAPAN, President of the Association of Journalists of the South-East; Mehmet Emin SEVER, former Member of Parliament for Mus ; Yasar SEYMAN, President of the Press Trade Union of Turkey (BAS-SEN). Former vice-President of People's Republican Party (CHP) ; Enver SEZG�N, writer ; Emir Al� S�MSEK, General Secretary of the Teachers' Union (Egitim-Sen) ; Cihan SINCAR, Mayor of Kiziltepe ; Malm�ut S�NMEZ, former Member of Parliament for Bing�l ; Mehmet TANHAN, Mayor of Nusaybin; Sezgin TANRIKULU, barrister, President of the Diyarbakir Bar; Nimet TANRIKULU, President of Tunceli Cultural Genler; Metin TEK�E, Mayor of Hakkari ; Hursit TEK�N, Mayor of �emdinli; Deniz TOPKAN, Spokesman for the Democratic Platform, Batman ; Ahmet TULGAR, joumalist ; Ferhat TUN�. musieian ; �ehnaz TURAN, barrister, President of the Foundation for Research into Society and ihe Law (TOHAV) ; Ahmet T�RK, former Member of Parliament for Mardin ; Sehmus �LEK, barrister, Viee-President of the MAZLUM-DER (Association for Human Rights); Rojin �LKER, singer ; Mehmet UZUN, writer ; Behl�l YAVUZ, former General Secretary of the Diyarbakir small shopkeepers and artisans Union ; Feridun YAZAR, barrisler, former Mayor of Urfa, former President of the People's Labour Party (HEP) ; Canip YILDIRIM, Publisher ; M. Salih YILDIZ, Mayor of Y�ksekova ; Sedat YURTDAS, former Member of Parliament for Diyarbakir ; Leyla ZANA, Former member of Parliament for Diyarbakir, winner of the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize ; Mehdi ZANA, Former Mayor of Diyarbakir ; Veysi ZEYDANLIOGLU, lawyer. 

           EUROPE : Aso AGACE, Director of the Women's Training Centre, Germany ; Salih AKIN, Lecturer at Rouen University, France; Haci AKMAN, University Professor of Bergen, Norvvay ; Rohat ALAKOM, writer ; STOCKHOLM Foundation for Kurdish Culture, Sweden ; Faruk ARA�, essayist, Svveden ; Nizamettin ARI�, musieian and film director, Germany ; G�nay ASLAN, journalist, Germany ; Mustafa AYDOGAN, writer, Sweden ; Kazim BABA, Politician, Germany ; H�l�n Evrim BABA, member of the Berlin Regional Parliament, Germany ; Kurdo BAKSI, journalist, winner of the Olof Palme Peaee Prize, �iveden ; Riza BARAN, President of the Fridriechhein-Kreuzberg, local Council, Germany ; Rojen BARNAS, writer and poet, Sweden ; Hamit BOZARSLAN, Lecturer at the School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, France ; Serm�n BOZARSLAN, President of the Federation of the Kurdish assoeiations in Sweden ; Serhat BUCAK, Lawyer, Germany ; Yilmaz �AMLIBEL, writer. Germany ; Firat CEWERJ, vvriter and publisher, Sweden ; Ali ��FT��, publisher, Svveden ; M�rad CIVAN, research worker, Svveden ; Faysal DA�LI, Joumalist, Germany ; Seyhus DAGTEKIN, poet and novelist, vvinner of the International Prize for Poetry in the French Language, Franee ; Mehmet DEM�R, President of the Federation of Kurdish Assoeiations (YEKKOM), Germany ; Abdullrahman DURRE, former Mufti of Diyarbakir, Germany ; ELISHER, writer, Svveden ; Hasan Basri ELMAS, Lecturer at Paris-VIII University, France ; Dervvesh FERHO, President of the Brussels Kurdish Institute, Belgium ; FOUNDATION of Kurds from Anatolia, Svveden ; G�listan GURBAY, Researcher, Germany ; Metin �NCESU, Director of the Center for Kurdish Studies (Navend), Allemagne ; Haydar I�IK, journalist, Germany ; Ahmet KAHRAMAN, Journalist, Germany ; Yasar KAYA, Former President of the Demoeracy Party (DEP), Germany ; Cahit MERVAN, Joumalist, Germany ; HfisenS METE, Writer, Svveden ; Kendal NEZAN, President of the Paris Kurdish Institute, France ; Ozz N�JEN, actor, Svveden ; Nihal OTURAN, Research Engineer, France ; Mehmet Ali OTURAN, University Professor, France ; Nalin PEKGUL, Presidenl of the National Federation of Women Social-Democrats of Svveden, former Member of the Swedish Parliament; Sivan PERWER, musieian, Prise-vvirmer of the Charles Cros Academy for the Music of the World. Germany ; REMZ�, painter, Paris ; Serdar ROSHAN, writer, Svveden ; Mehmet �AHIN, Coordinator of the Kreise-Dialogue, Germany ; Giyasettin SAYAN, member of the Berlin Regional Parliament, Germany ; Abubekir SAYDAN, President of the International Center for Kurdish Human Rights, Germany ; Nizamettin TOGU�, Former member of Parliament for Batman. Holland ; Feleknas UCA, metnber of the European Parliament, Germany ;' Ali YIGIT, Former member of Parliament for Mardin, President of the Union of Democratic Kurdish Federations in Europe (KONKURD), Holland ; Kerim YILDIZ, Esecutive Director ot the Kurdish Human Rights Project, London ; Kotan YILDIZ, Resarcher at the Technical University of Berlin, Reso ZILAN, Linguist, Svveden ; Ahmed ZIREK, actor, France. 


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