Table of Contents
Editor’s Note / ix
Endnotes / xiii
Part I: The Kurdish Struggle in Turkey / 1
Turkish Army Imprisons Six Kurdish Parliamentarians / 1
by Mustafa Al Karadaghi
Violent Climate Inside the Assembly / 1
Charges Against the Deputies / 3
Charge Against the Pro-Islamic Deputy, Hassan Mezarci / 4
Prosecution’s Legal Basis for Removal of Parliamentary Immunity / 5
Prosecution Evidence Against the Deputies / 5
The Military Influence / 8
Imprisonment Caused by Army High Command / 8
The Turkish Army and Genocide of the Turkish Kurds / 10
Suggestive Remark by Chief of Staff General Dogan Gures
Leads to the Stripping of Immunity and Imprisonment of Kurdish Parliamentarians / 11
State Security Court Convicts Six Kurdish Deputies / 12
Life in Prison / 13
Turkish Constitutional Court Banned Democracy Party (DEP) / 13
Background / 13
Case Against the Democracy Party Deputies / 14
Objections as to Content / 15
Constitutional Court Proceedings to Ban the DEP / 16
The Law Group’s Legal Conclusion / 17
Protests and Condemnation Followed Imprisonment of Kurdish Parliamentarians / 19
United States Senate and House of Representatives / 20
Council of Europe / 23
European Parliament / 23
Congressional Human Rights Foundation / 24
Amnesty International / 24
U. S. Media Described Turkish Action Outrageous / 25
European Parliament Blocks Customs Union With Turkey / 26
Endnotes / 26
The Turkish Lobby / 29
The Porter Amendment Linking U.S. Aid to Turkey to
Human Rights and Humanitarian Practices / 30
U.S. Senate Concern Over Turkey’s Human Rights Record / 32
by Patrick Leahy, U.S. Senator
Madame Mitterrand Launches an International Campaign for
Peace Between the Kurds and the Turks in Turkey / 35
Endnote / 36
Appeal by Nobel Peace Prize Winners for a Peaceful Solution to
the Kurdish Problem in Turkey / 37
Endnote / 37
Turkey is Really a Sick Man / 38
by a student in Turkey
Portrait of a Brave Woman: Leyla Zana / 39
by Dr. Pary Karadaghi
Endnotes / 43
Dr. Pary Karadaghi: A Brief Biography / 44
Part II: Kurdish Relations With Other Nations / 49
Great Britain and the Origins of the Kurdish Question in Iraq (1918-1932) / 49
by Eric N. Danielson
Preface / 49
One: The Occupation of Mosul / 50
Two: First Contacts with the Kurds, 1918-1919 / 55
Three: Mahmud’s First Rebellion of 1919 / 58
Four: The Question of Iraq’s Northern Boundary / 59
Five: The Kurdish Rebellion of 1920 / 61
Six: The Cairo Conference of 1921 / 64
Endnotes / 66
Britain Must Push For Kurdish State / 76
Armenians and Kurds Partners in Destiny / 78
by Henry D. Astarjian, M.D.
Endnote / 84
From Early Warning to Rebuilding: Human Rights Policy in the Post-Cold-War Era / 85
by Walt Landry, Ph. D.
Endnotes / 89
Stop the Turks / 90
by William Safire
Part III: Current Affairs in Kurdistan in Iraq / 93
Kurds Must Unite for Their Future / 93
by Badria Najmadin
Think of the Unity for Democracy, Peace and Economic Prosperity in Kurdistan / 93
Economic Problems Are 60% of the Cause / 94
The Struggle Between the Two Major Political Parties,
KDP and PUK, represents another 30% / 95
Different External Elements Compose the Final 10% / 95
Endnotes / 97
The Self-made Tragedy in Iraqi Kurdistan / 98
by Omar Sheikhmous
Interview with Lord Jeffrey Archer About Kurdish Affairs / 107
by Badria Najmadin
Part IV: Studies of the Kurdish Past and Present / 111
The Case of Kurdistan—II. Future of Southern Kurdistan The Frontiers of Mesopotamia / 111
Backing the Wrong Horse / 112
Dependence on Baghdad / 113
A Mountain Barrier / 114
The Case of Kurdistan—HI. Kurds of the North Difficult Problems of Armenia / 115
War Among the Ridges / 117
Lion and Squirrel / 117
Autonomy or Mandate / 120
Hopes of Paris / 120
The Kurdish Republic of Mahabad, Part 2 / 122
(Continued from issue No. 3, page 120)
by Archie Roosevelt, Jr.
Relations With Tabriz and Tehran / 122
Character of Qazi Mohammad and the Kurdish Republic / 131
Anti-Soviet Sentiment / 133
Opposition of the Tribes / 135
Re-establishment of Iranian Control / 135
In Summary / 137
Endnotes / 138
Iranian Kurdistan / 140
by S. Hosseini
Part V: The Evil Regime of Saddam Hussein is a Family Affair? / 146
Iraq is Ruled by Saddam Hussein and His Immediate Relatives / 146
by Abu Mahdi
Qosay and Oday / 149
The Rule of Qaraqosh / 150
Bribery and Corruption in the Ministries of the Interior and Defense in Baghdad / 151
Transferring Officials to the Passport Office for Huge Sums of Money / 151
Corruption in the Ministry of Defense / 152
Colonel Ibrahim Alawi, Director of Baghdad Security was Fired / 152
The Government’s Socialist Bank is Bankrupt / 152
Director General of the Union Cooperatives was Arrested
on Charges of Misappropriating Public Funds / 153
General Arshed Yasin Amen, Husband of Saddam Hussein’s
Half Sister, has Amassed a Huge Wealth of Antiques / 153
A Gypsy Singer / 154
A Gang Is Asking Wealthy Merchants for Ransom in Baghdad / 154
Why Saddam Hussein Executed General Al-Hazaa and His Two Sons / 157
Assassination of Dr. Abd Ali / 157
Regional Command of the Ba’ath Party, Syrian Backed,
Decries the Execution of Seven Ba’athist Party Leaders / 158
Saddam Hussein’s Regime Continues To Produce Microbiological Weapons / 159
The Hotel Al-Hamraa / 159
Warehouses of the Mayorate of Baghdad, Baghdad Al-Jadidah / 160
Areas in Hillah (Babil) Province were Subjected to Chemical Gas and Biological Radiation / 160
Saddam Hussein’s Regime is Killing its Opponents with Thaleom / 161
Saddam Hussein’s Network of Supporters Established by Bribery / 163
Internal Bribes / 164
Foreign Leaders / 164
A Gift to Mumtaz Sosat, Former Turkish Foreign Minister / 165
Vlademir Zhirinovsky’s Visits to Saddam Hussein / 165
Following Their Meeting in Baghdad, Zhirinovsky Demanded
Imprisonment of Yeltsin / 166
Saddam Hussein Grants Russia Two Oil Fields / 167
Three Million Dollar Gift from Saddam Hussein to President of the Society for Developing French-Iraq Relationship / 167
Iraq’s Brutal Decrees: Amputation, Branding and the Death Penalty / 168
Amputation / 169
Branding / 169
The Death Penalty / 170
Cruel Iraqi Punishments Violate International Human Rights Law / 171
Saddam Hussein’s Involvement in Terrorism / 172
Saddam Hussein Lays Off His Relatives From Their High Positions / 174
Endnotes / 175
Part VI: Kurdish Life Experiences / 179
Nalin Baksi: The First Kurdish Member of a Western Parliament / 179
by Margreta Hansen
Kurdish Refugees in a Swedish Church / 181
by Roland Haglund
Democracy Needs People Like Lissy Schmidt / 184
Endnote / 185
by Katarina Bjarvall
The Famous Barazani Family of Rabbis of Kurdistan / 186
by Professor Yona Sabin
Endnote / 188
Refugees in Silopi / 189
by Margreta Hansen
Kurdistan Times
Part VII: Kurdish Literature and Art / 190
Classic and Modem Kurdish Poetry / 190
(Continued from issue No. 3, page 197)
by Ferhad Shakely
A New Era: Big Changes / 190
Towards Modem Poetry / 192
Other Poets of the Goran Generation / 192
Two Unknown Modernists / 193
The New Generation / 194
Endnotes / 195
Separation Is Such a Grief / 196
byMehmed Uzun
Endnote / 205
Do You Know Where Kurdistan is? / 206
by S.B. Sorekili
Kurdish Paintings and the Artists / 209
Dara Aram / 209
The Artist’s Statement / 209
Osman Kadir / 213
The Artist’s Statement / 213
Siyabend Kaya / 215
Part VIII: Prospects for the Kurdish Future / 219
Important Moral Support for the Kurdish National Movement for Independence / 219
Kurdish Cultural Delegation Visited Pope in Vatican / 220
Pope John Paul II Supports Peaceful Solution for the Kurdish Question / 220
Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi Supports Kurdish Independence Movement; Describes as Sacred Movement / 221
Kurdish Parliament-in-Exile Established in the Hague / 222
Kurdish Med TV Formed in Europe / 224
Endnotes / 225
Uncertainty and Freedom in Southern Kurdistan / 227
by Zeynel'Abidin Kaya
Kurdistan, Which Was My Dream an Imagination / 227
The Pleasure and Happiness of Southern Kurdistan / 228
Endnote / 229 | 
