Within the scope of "Letter to President Obama" campaign” launched by KON-KURD (the Confederation of In Kurdish Associations in Europe) and federations affiliated to it, Kurds ask to president Obama ‘Why do you continue to support a state that bombs its own people within its own borders?’

The USA have been providing Turkey with intelligence on PKK camps and movements. Indeed the U.S. have deployed four RQ-1 Predator MALE drones at Turkey’s southern Ýncirlik airbase to fly over PKK camps in northern Iraq and provide the Turkish military intelligence.

We publish the letter sent by protestors to U.S. president Barack Obama;

“It is time to see the truth, The Kurds will not allow for history to repeat itself.

Dear Mr. Obama,

I am writing you this short letter to remind you of the genocides and

massacres that the Kurdish people have witnessed and also what the Kurdish people are facing today.

The Kurdish people are being deprived of basic human rights and much of what is generally accepted as universal human rights.

The Republic of Turkey, your strategic partner, is massacring Kurds everyday with the very support you give them whether it is military, political or economical. The very latest example of this is the most recent killing of 36 unarmed Kurdish civilians by F-16 Jets bought from the USA and intelligence gained from Predator Drones supplied by yourselves.

Your strategic partner Recep T. Erdogan’s government has been running a systematic political and military genocide against the Kurdish people. Until now a total of 4000 people consisting of MP’s, Mayors, politicians, intellectuals, writers, journalists, solicitors and hundreds of children have been arrested in Turkey and you haven’t had a single word to say about this.

The Turkish Army, by using airspace that is controlled by your state, has massacred Kurdish civilians and ruined our landscape and yet you still have not said a word.

For five months we have not been able to hear any news from the leader of our people Mr. Abdullah Ocalan who was actively kidnapped and handed over to the Turkish authorities by your predecessors, and yet not a word from your administration.

Let alone a word of criticism your spokespersons are declaring support for the AKP government and promising further supply of technologically advanced missiles.

Mr. Obama,

What have we, the Kurds, ever done to you or your country, what have we come against for you to declare us enemies? Or maybe this “democracy, human rights and freedom” are just part of a rhetoric only used to further the USA’s interests across the globe. What is the reason for this double standard? Why do you continue to support a state that bombs its own people within its own borders?

Mr. Obama,

We will not allow for Kurdish children to be massacred in this way.

We will not allow for history to repeat itself.

We do not want decisions made on our behalf.

We decline to be sacrificed for certain interests.

What we expect of you and your administration; To play the role of peacemaker for the Kurdish and Turkish people whom we believe is also in the best interests for the USA. We believe that you have a positive role to play in bringing peace to Kurdistan, the Middle East and the World.

Regards”

The consignee address of the letters is;

President Barack Obama

Washington D.C. Office

713 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20510

Fax: (202) 228-4260