The International Riseup4Rojava Campaign published a dossier on the political dimension of the earthquake in Turkey and the responsibility of the Erdogan regime for the disastrous consequences.
The catastrophe triggered by the earthquake was terrible, but the scale of the damage, the tens of thousands of deaths, personal fates and destroyed livelihoods were largely avoidable.
Understanding and disentangling human and political responsibilities in disasters of the magnitude of the earthquake that struck tens of thousands of people in Turkey/Northern Kurdistan on February 6 is as complex as it is necessary.
Most of the media reporting on the suffering of the people inside the Syrian and Turkish state borders have failed (either intentionally or out of ignorance) to point out that the majority of the people in the region are Kurds. But it is also home to Alevis and Arabs and is known to be a democratic stronghold. This is anything but a detail when one knows the history of repression of these people and their efforts at self-organization, which are constantly undermined by governments convinced that unity is achieved through centralization, uniformity and control.
Alarmed by the testimonies of many victims, the Riseup4Rojava Campaign carried out research that reveals old and new abuses in the Southeast of Turkey by the AKP-MHP regime in Ankara.
The dossier can be reached here:
https://riseup4rojava.org/how-corruption-and-racism-aggravate-the-consequences-of-the-earthquake/
