The Federation of Democratic Workers Associations is preparing to send a delegation from Europe to visit the settlements, primarily Cizre in North Kurdistan where the Turkish state imposed curfews and massacred civilians in the recent period.

The delegation will be composed of 15 persons and is expected to share with the European public opinion the details of the incidents that have been taking place in many Kurdish settlements since the initiation by the AKP government of a war concept against the Kurdish population in the country.

The statement about the planned visits said “Our Federation is sending a delegation composed of politicians, journalists, human rights activists and representatives from trade unions to the Kurdish region in order to assess at the scene the recent developments taking place since July, which witnessed murder of many people in clashes, arbitrary imposition of curfews by the state in many cities and districts, and threatening of the people's security of life and property.”

The statement of the federation provided the following details regarding the visits of the delegation:

“The delegation will first visit Mardin Metropolitan Municipality and have talks with the co-mayors on October 4, after which they will go to Cizre where a 9-day curfew was imposed. The delegation will here hold meetings and interviews with the co-mayors, deputies and representatives of civil society organisations to obtain information about the incidents witnessed in the town. The delegation will then visit Bismil and Sur districts of Amed and return to Germany on October 7, Wednesday after finalizing its contacts in those districts.”

MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION

The delegation to visit the Kurdish region is made up of the following members;

Dr. Angelika Claussen ( Physician, Head of European branch of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,–IPPNW)

Prof. Dr. Ursula Schumm-Garling (German Peace Council Representative)

Sevim Dağdelen (Deputy for the German Left Party in Bundestag)

Inge Höger (Deputy for the German Left Party in Bundestag)

Sadet Karabulut (Deputy for the Socialist Party in the Netherlands)

Jan Keetman (Neues Deutschland Newspaper reporter)

Olaf Matthes (Redactor of the weekly paper Unsere Zeit)

Asli Özarslan (Journalist)

Cengiz Moğultay (German Education and Science Trade Union, KRV State branch Executive Committee member)

Franziska Heinzel (Youth Organisation Falken Executive Committee member)

Düzgün Altun (Federation Executive Committee member)

Mesut Onay (Innsbruck (Austria) city Counsellor)

Ingrid Felipe (Deputy Mayor of Tirol)

Gebi Mair (Deputy for Green Party Tirol State)

Berivan Aslan (Deputy for Green Party in the National Parliament of Austria)

The delegation will be accompanied in Turkey by Nuray Sancar, co-spokesperson of the Peace Bloc and deputy chair of Labour Party (EMEP).