Chomsky urges Turkey to end Kurdish conflict
Chomsky urges Turkey to end Kurdish conflict
American philosopher Noam Chomsky, professor in the Department of Linguistics & Philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been this year's guest at the conference entitled "Hrant Dink: Human Rights and Freedom of Speech", which is organized by the Department of Political Science and International Relations of Boðaziçi University in Istanbul for the sixth time this year.
The conference on 18 January was dedicated to Hrant Dink, the journalist and editor of the Armenian magazine Agos, who was assassinated on January 19, 2007.
Chomsky started his lecture, titled "Turkey and The Emerging World Order", by remembering the Armenian journalist, and said; Hrant Dink had been receiving often threats for his writings that protested against the crimes committed by the state."
The left-wing philosopher and activist called attention to the number of jailed journalists in Turkey and criticised the Turkish state's repression of the freedom of expression and thought.
Chomsky reminded of the three Kurdish women who were murdered in Paris on 9 January and underlined that acts of violence shouldn't be allowed to disrupt the recently started talks with the jailed leader of the Kurdish people, Abdullah Öcalan.
Chomsky said Turkey must first confront its own Kurdish problem and heal its internal sores in order to take its place in the new world order, adding; The growing Kurdish independence in Iraq and the possibility of one in Syria will evidently have impacts on the dynamics of the southeastern region of Turkey and the Middle East as well.
The conference on 18 January was dedicated to Hrant Dink, the journalist and editor of the Armenian magazine Agos, who was assassinated on January 19, 2007.
Chomsky started his lecture, titled "Turkey and The Emerging World Order", by remembering the Armenian journalist, and said; Hrant Dink had been receiving often threats for his writings that protested against the crimes committed by the state."
The left-wing philosopher and activist called attention to the number of jailed journalists in Turkey and criticised the Turkish state's repression of the freedom of expression and thought.
Chomsky reminded of the three Kurdish women who were murdered in Paris on 9 January and underlined that acts of violence shouldn't be allowed to disrupt the recently started talks with the jailed leader of the Kurdish people, Abdullah Öcalan.
Chomsky said Turkey must first confront its own Kurdish problem and heal its internal sores in order to take its place in the new world order, adding; The growing Kurdish independence in Iraq and the possibility of one in Syria will evidently have impacts on the dynamics of the southeastern region of Turkey and the Middle East as well.
