Talk:Human rights of Kurdish people in Turkey

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Contents 1 Tags 2 Title 3 It would be nice 4 Re-write 5 (edit conflict) Kurdish deputies 6 My last edits 7 "European Court of Human Rights decisions" section 8 Renaming proposal 9 Suggestion for reorganization 10 Expansion of the education section 11 Genocide section 12 Dersim 13 Finley ? 14 References 15 Summary 16 HOLY POV!!!!!!

[edit] Tags

I nominated this for POV check since there doesn't seem to be any reliable sources to back up the large claims of the article. This is simply the thesis of one-two non-notable writers. The article is written in a way that assumes their assertions as certified fact. Contains Original research as well for these reasons.Baristarim 00:56, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Title

I'm sure you could have come up with a better title than this... writing "Kurds" instead of "Kurdish people" would be much simpler for a start. //Dirak 15:42, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Why do you suggest such a thing? Can you support your idea? What is the difference between Kurds and Kurdish people? Caglarkoca 21:35, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] It would be nice

If all the editors who so virulently defended this article on the AfD could lend a hand in finding sources for the statements made here. As it stands, this article is one of the weaseliest ones out there. If no sources can be found, this article is going to end up even shorter than it already is.yandman 14:06, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Err, what is AfD? Politis 14:33, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

"Articles for deletion" is a place where editors lend their informed opinion on whether an article should stay or not. A lot of editors came out in support of this article, and as they are obviously knowleadgeable about the subject (or else how would they have known what to decide?), it would be nice if they could lend a hand. yandman 14:37, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

I totally agree with Yandman. The greek participants fought very hard to keep this page. Hence I really expect them to work ver hard to convert this page into a reliable and useful one. I would suggest them to support their ideas with UN resolution. If it were a genocide, then UN must have decided on some resolutions in order to stop or prevent such events. A question? Can we vote on another AfD when an article alreday survived one? Caglarkoca 20:46, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

This article is a totally nonsense! I have checked references #2 and #3. They do not present any material on so called Kurdish Genocide. #3 is on Cultural Genocide and any it does not present any information on a genocide. Can someone call the increasing events of Malaria and Anemia a method of genocide? I am asking the Wikipedian who has sited this source as reference to Kurdish Genocide, whether (s)he has read the article or not. The word genocide, when it is used alone means planning extermination of a population by the state, not just cultural genocide. Hence how it is used to site an article with the name Kurdish Genocide. In fact, it does not include any detail of a cultural genocide i.e turkification of the population. #3 does not include anything related to the article. #2 is not very different. I have read the Kurds sub-section (I do not believe that the person who sited #2 also hasn't read the source thoroughly.) The subsection does not include any detail on a genocide. It even gives the date of the abolishment of Caliphate wrong. It is written 1925 in the site whereas in Atatürk's Reforms it is clearly stated as 24.3.1924, so why do I trust such a report? I endorse anyone voted for keeping this article to read the references and make this page a decent Wikipedia page if they can. Caglarkoca 22:51, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

I would like to reassure Yandman that personally I've not forgotten this article. But I would also like to preserve for myself the right to handle in the way I regard as most appropriate my limited wiki-time. The article will not go away, and I do intend to contribute here, when time is going to be more generous, and when my other occupations in Wikipedia allow me to. Regards!--Yannismarou 14:24, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

I would like to take the opportunity to let you know of some problems with that article and the majority of your additions. Human rights covers everything related to the right of a human being. I am sorry, but you are treating the article as if its title was "Human rights violations .." or "KG". What about gender equality Yannis? Most of the women in Kurdish villages don't know how to read and write because of local feudal customs.. What about honor killings?? Don't hundreds of Kurdish women getting shot by their family because they made a pass at the neighbor's son merit a mention? This was exactly the problem there was at the HR in TR article before I rewrote it. Human rights covers everything. Gender equality, labor rights, gay rights, freedom of expression, freedom of press etc. Pls take a look at HR in TR article. That's why I am still for a merge: the article is FORK of 2-3 articles, and is becoming more and more so with every edit. The main has scant relations to the title, think about what I said about women etc. I am sorry, but this article is being used to bang up on Turkey, and not really talk about the "human rights" of Kurds. People can think what they want, but hundreds of Kurdish women getting killed to cleanse the "family honor" is much more important then some wacko liberal getting thrown in jail for a few months because of a book. Don't think so? And it is the feudal attitudes native to the Kurdish and Arab tribes that are causing this, not the Turkish govt. In fact, TR state is trying with all its might to crack down on such feudal native practices. Please try to contextualize things Yannis and don't let that article turn into some sort of punching bag. If you really care about the Kurds, you should mention what i just wrote and give them greater coverage then some stupid Istanbulite writer who got thrown in jail just to be a rebel. You included whole paragraphs about some random write and NONE for all those honor killings? That's all. Cheers and happy new year! Baristarim 21:29, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Good job, Baris abi!:) Now this article is much more useful and educative than the previous article. The article was a mess which was created to humiliate Turkish people and government. Now, backed with historical evolutions of the events, it tells pretty much the truth in academic way. Thanks for this valuable contribution. Caglarkoca 23:22, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

As I have said before, I have no problem with the title nor its scope. In fact, it is a good academic area. However, I also share the concerns of this page being created to simply gang up on Turkey. I restructured the article, and hopefully it will develop in a way to give a good overview of the historic evolution. Many sections need to be expanded. I also created some sections so that we remember that human rights cover all the rights of a human being. I suppose if we nobody creates some of those sections in a few months, they can be removed :)

Well joke aside, this article has potential. And I am willing to work on it, no problems. However if only references that will come to the table will be those that bang up on Turkey, then I will be obliged, even though I hate such a reference war, will have to dig up counter sources, which will inevitably make me look like "Turkish POV pusher".

Now back to square one.. I still think that some people have not understood why this is a fork... HR of KP in TR inevitably covers other subjects in HR in TR. The whole article is simply a mirror site, but only concentrating on HR as concerns the Kurdish people. Yannis, I don't think that you understand the true nature of the merge proposal: gender-equality is already talked about in HR in TR. Kurds in Turkey and casualties of the TR-PKK conflict already cover many sections in this article. In fact, I really think that this article is a fork of THREE articles as is. Well, I will restart working on HR in TR article soon, and when it will be finished it will cover the same thing as here. There is no need to list every single ECHR case either, even in Religion in Turkey article the landmark ECHR headscarf case is talked about in two sentences, not three looong paragraphs like it is here. Well, I will get around to it some day soon :) Baristarim 06:51, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Hmm.. I am still split about the merge. I suppose this article can be good, however we will need to do some serious work... It can be done I think... Well, we will see how it goes... Baristarim 07:54, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re-write

As an editor of Greek origins, I find this (potentially usefull and necessary) article to contain much anti-Turkish sentiment - almost certainly unintentional. From the very first words, it gives no context but kicks off with a 'massacre'. Turkish editors have shown respectable elements of patience with it and Greek editors - though honest in their intentions - seem to have lost the objective of the article. The article also pitches Greeks against Turks (and vice versa) in the name of Kurds. I suggest that unless Kurdish editors become involved, Greeks should keep out of it. Greek editors might be far more relevant on the Greeks of Istanbul and such relevant issues. Let us remember that over 10 percent of the population is Kurdish, that President Turgut Ozal had recognised Kurdish origins, and we cannot ignore Kurdish terrorism. I will not dwell on the continuing state of war between various 'Kurdish nations' that has spilt so much innocent blood... In friendship, Politis 12:40, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Politis, yesterday and today I think I had a good level of co-operation with Baristarim. We have our differences, but we find ways to co-exist. I don't see why I have to abstain. And something else: If we think that this article must not be deleted, we must try to improve it. I do not intend to abstain because of my nationality! And a "massacre" is a "massacre". If you want to change the title of the section, let's discuss it. But Baristarim changed the initial title (Dersim massacre or genocide) to its current form. I'm sure as Baristarim did more Turkish editors can provide their sources to make this article more balanced.--Yannismarou 16:24, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] (edit conflict) Kurdish deputies

I was not putting the fact tag next to the number of Kurdish deputies because I was disputing the existence of Kurdish deputies, in fact, it was the opposite: there are many more than 23 Kurdish deputies. In that example, and throughout the article I am trying to make sure that not all Kurds are portrayed as activists/nationalists/terrorists etc. This is the most fundamental part: Whatever the reasons, an overwhelming majority of Kurds are not activists or militants, and the active few make more noise than their size. You can give a link to Turkification for that I suppose.

Exactly the reason why I added the bit about language courses. Look people, Europe blows this Kurd-Turk thing way out of proportion. I don't know why but I am assuming it is because of either a)orientalism or b)boredom or c)incapability to deal with its own problems. After years and years of constant pressure, Kurdish courses opened, most of them generously subsidised by European organizations and Kurdish diaspora organizations, and nobody showed up. And you know what? Most of the students were Turks who registered so that they can work as translators part-time, or were Turkish contractors who were doing business in northern Iraq. That's a fact. The world had enough of "bigs" of Europe creating artificial borders, boundaries and peoples on its whims - look at Africa. They wanted to create tons of countries and they drew them up in fancy aristocratic tea houses in London; funny that none of the borders of those countries actually make sense. Look at Sudan's borders. They literally trace the meridians for god's sake... You know, with all that talk of clash of civilizations blah blah, I think the biggest problem in the "clash of civilizations" is the rooted orientalism in many parts of Europe. I had Europeans come up to me and ask if they sold alcohol in Istanbul.. Go figure... For all that talk of Kurdish people being slaughtered in Turkey, Turkey cared more about its Kurdish citizens than any other country. Turkification? Well, as if "Frenchification" or "Italianification" didn't happen. Let alone the Frenchification of the regions of France, the French actually managed to Frenchify huge swathes of land in the jungles of Africa. Kinda puts "condescending" in context... Turkey is the only country who is actively trying to alphabetize Kurdish women and to break the millenia old feudal attitudes against women AND the religious webs surrounding entire communities. No other country in the region even gives a shit. Check this out for example [1]. Yeah well, when that happens, it is mentioned simply as "they have faced increasing government oppression in the last decade" here. When it is Turkey, it is genocide!! At the end, the joke is not on the Turks but on the others who can't, or don't want to, understand the region and see what is really going on. -ifications happened in every country in the world, that's no basis to call anything a genocide. If the Turkification of Kurds in Turkey is genocide, then America and nearly every European country is guilty of tens of genocides.. Give me a break..

By the way.. An interesting example... Couple of months ago young girls in Batman, Turkey wanted to hold a demonstration against the honor killings that cause the death of thousands of Kurdish women in the region. You know who showed up apart from a handful of local girls? Leyla Zana? She was busy eating dinner in some fancy Paris restaurant I guess. DEP members? No. Kurdish newspapers? No. Only Turkish media and the local Turkish "government appointed" (not-elected, so they were not Kurdish) officials showed up. Yeah, that's right. Don't be talking about human rights no more... Baristarim 13:06, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

1st paragraph of yours: OK.

2d paragraph: I deleted a half sentence of yours, because it was repetitive. Do you want to include it? Fine! But it is bad for the article to say the same things again and again. About the private classes you may be right, but why isn't the Kurdish language included in the program of the public schools in Kurdish regions of Turkey, in the way the Basque language is taught in their public schools in Spain, and the Turkish language is taught (as a first language!) in public schools in Greek Thrace?

3d paragraph:I think Leyla Zana after being in prison for some time deserves a "dinner in some fancy Paris restaurant". Maybe she eats the money the European Court obliged the Turkish state to pay for the violations of her human rights.

Look, Baristarim, I do not say that efforts aren't made. They are! But I still believe that the Turkish state does not feel comfortable with the free manifestation of the Kurdish national identity and with the full recognition of the cultural, educational, political and social rights of such a huge minority. I honestly hope I'm wrong! But EU believes I am not. And the Commission's report is nothing but positive for Turkey. And believe me: the current Commission and the Commissionnaire responsible for the Report are everything else but anti-Turkish!--Yannismarou 14:02, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Yeah you are right I suppose. Btw, I agree that Leyla Zana merits a mention. I was just trying to "enrich" my example above, could have been somebody else :) Baristarim 14:41, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Kurds do not have a free run in Europe. In Greek city of Patra the Kurdish 'refugees', far from appreciating Greek hospitality are such a problem that the authorities are seriously considering restricting them to a specific area. In 1999, Kurds occupied Greek embassies and damaged a number of them, they also carried out a violent demonsration in Athens. In Germany and UK, Kurdish gangs are reported as running large drugs and people trade.

But we also foget the philosophy of the secular Turkish state. Would a democratic person prefer to live in the 'medieval' (no offence meant) social structure of Kurdish communities in eastern Turkey where women can be treated like 'objects' and where there is no room for disagreement? Or in other parts of Turkey, such as Istanbul, Ankara, etc...?

As for the EU, it is looking for every reason to keep Turkey away. Some of them are fully justified; but an important reason is not the influx of Turks but of Kurdish Turks! Politis 16:13, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Politis, the Commissionnaire who issued the Report does not want Turkey out of Europe but inside Europe! I think this is an important detail you fail to take into consideration!--Yannismarou 16:26, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I forgot that. I was thinking of the European Council; that is where the power lies because it represents the individual EU governments. Then, of course, some countries like France and Austria want to hold referenda on all newcomers. Politis 16:47, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My last edits

I apologize for deleting a number of empty sections. I understand there is work in progress. Still, the article must not look as an ugly half-skeleton. All "to-do" lists may well be maintained in the talk page. `'mikka 18:44, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "European Court of Human Rights decisions" section

Items of this section are too detailed for this general article. It makes sense to put each notable person into a separate article, and the section itself must be an overall summary, referring to individual personal subarticles.

BTW, it looks like these pieces were made in a hasty cut'n'paste way, with references to non-existing "paragraphs" and other problems. `'mikka 18:55, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

I'll rewrite the section probably tomorrow. If you regard it as completely uncyclopedic, remove it.--Yannismarou 19:29, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Renaming proposal

I propose renaming this page to "Human rights of Kurds in Turkey". --Mardavich 16:40, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Or, "Kurdish human rights in Turkey"? I would suggest that the article must also include the Kurdish violations of human rights against fellow Kurds - and to take care in avoiding causing offence to the dignity of Turks and Kurdish Turks. Politis 22:27, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Could be both, or could stay as is, there is no big difference really. I don't mind either way. Let's wait to see what others think.. Baristarim 03:59, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

I guess I'll move this page to Kurdish human rights in Turkey if there are no objections. The current title doesn't get any Google hits besides Wikipedia & mirrors. Khoikhoi 05:27, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Object. It is not about Kurdish human rights in Turkey, it's about the human rights of Kurdish people in Turkey, please see my additional posts on the bottom of the page. On second thought, I think that it should stay at "Kurdish people" instead of Kurds since it is more formal and more consistent with nearly all people related articles in Wikipedia (ex Turkish people etc) Besides the title sound very formal and encyclopedic, and has the potential to cover many areas. If not, this article will become a fork of Casualties of the Turkish-Kurdish conflict or Kurds in Turkey. If we rename as such, then we can simply merge it to Kurds in Turkey. That article says pretty much the same thing as it does here, from an idelogical point of view. This article should be a very encyclopedic and informative article about the rights of Kurdish people in Turkey, in many areas, and its historical evolution. Pls also see my post about the gender-equality. That's very important as far as human rights are concerned. The title is more than adequate and encyclopedic.. Cheers! Baristarim 07:39, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

What's the difference between "Kurdish human rights in Turkey" and "Human rights of the Kurdish people" other than grammar? It's like saying, "Joe's book" and "the book of Joe". Khoikhoi 07:44, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

There is, because it implies a subtlity: that the emphasis will be on the Kurdish people, and not on the human rights. Joe's book and the book of Joe also have that: one implies an emphasis on Joe, the other one on the book :) I am only objecting since the article's new name will force the article to parallel too much the Kurds in Turkey article. We already have Kurds in Turkey, Turkish Kurdistan and Casualties of the Turkish-Kurdish conflict. This article has to show that it won't be a fork by orienting itself towards a specific aspect first and foremost. This title may also force a parallel on the human rights in Turkey article, but considering the depth of the subject, I would prefer it to focus on the human rights first and foremost. Would the title "Turkish rights in Germany" make sense more than "Human rights of Turkish people in Germany"? It just sounds better, that's all.. Baristarim 07:55, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

I think let's just wait a while until the article settles down. I am not going to be edit warring for that, but let's reconsider this in a shortwhile. First let's fix the layout of the article, then we can do either way, no problems. I am not objecting strongly at all, it's just that the current title is ok for the moment. Baristarim 08:03, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

What about Mardavich's proposal: "Human rights of Kurds in Turkey"? It is shorter, it is not "Kurdish rights", and I think Kurds=Kurdish people.--Yannismarou 08:57, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Suggestion for reorganization

This looks better than a few days ago. I would suggest the following:

1. dump the history
2. move the Dersim massacre to a new article
3. restart the history in 1980, or in the decade immediately preceding
4. expand, slightly, the paragraph on the war with PKK, to give a chronological scope.
5. delete the Individual Rights section (3 subsections, of which 2 are stubs and the third is not specific to Kurdish women)
6. expand and clarify group rights

   divide education from culture, and add chronological elements to both

   create a section for language rights (with chronology)

   greatly expand the political rights section, again with chronology.

7. delete all references to genocide. These are clearly fringe accusations with language that is designed to enflame rather than describe

   The Universal Declaration of Human Rights includes several which the article currently doesn't touch, but should:

8. Freedom of movement and residence (destruction of villages. damage to economy causing involuntary economic migration west, esp Istanbul - but would need sources. Hm, might not exist - my OR)
9. Right to a nationality (add as a subsection under group rights. spec reference to "Mountain Turks")

Does any of this make sense? I am especially concerned that the article gain more focus, which leads to my last suggestion, a name change to Kurdish Rights in Modern Turkey Jd2718 04:45, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

I disagree with deleting the individual rights section. Illiteracy is pretty specific to Kurdish women because of feudal attitudes in Kurdish inhabited areas, please see the BBC reference that is added. Thousand of women die because of honor killings, and they are pretty specific to Kurdish inhabited areas as well. We are not talking about an ex whacking his ex-girlfriend coz he got angry: this is about murder committed by the girl's own family. Human rights includes every right of a human being: not only those that gives us a right to gang up on Turkey

Freedom of movement? I am sorry, but we are not talking about the Soviet Union here. Turgut Ozal, the president of Turkey in the 80s was of Kurdish descent. There is no block to freedom of movement in Turkey. Right to nationality? What does that mean? Do you mean the fact that certain Kurdish families in the southeast don't register the birth of girls, simply so that they don't have to go to school and to escape the mandatory education through the back door? Yeah, let's talk about that as well.

History section is also important. The article's title implies that there will be some background. Please do not confuse this article with the Casualties of the Turkish-Kurdish conflict. If your suggestions are to be implemented, this article will nothing be a FORK of that article, and will need to be merged. Believe me, this article is not as straightforward as it might seem at a first glance :)

The article is about the human rights of Kurdish people; ergo: all the human rights of every Kurdish person will be discussed. As I said, this is not exclusive to things that give us a right to bang on Turkey. And neither will the article will be about the "violations" only. It will be about the global human rights of Kurdish people in Turkey, and in context with other rights. We shouldn't delete the individual rights section and not talk about the horrible feudal attitudes present against the women in the southeast. Within that section, it will be also mentioned that Turkey is the only country in the region that is actually trying to break the millenia old feudal and horrible religious attitudes within the parts of Kurdish society. Since the article is about the Kurdish people in Turkey, and since that Kurds are dispersed over four countries, the human rights of Kurds relative to other places where they are present imposes itself by its nature. Baristarim 05:00, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Freedom of conscience is also important: Even though some Kurds are leftists and ergo not religious, a majority of Kurds are deeply religious Sunnis, and some of them founded the Turkish Hezbollah that committed violence both against the local Kurdish populations and the PKK. This is also extremely important in context to demonstrate the deep divisions among the Kurdish people. In fact, contrary to what some might think, the real violence against the Kurdish population is not from the Turkish state: it is from the local feudal and religious webs present in the southeast. As I said, thousands of women are murdered each year, many Kurdish girls are hidden from the census registries to avoid the compulsory secular education, isn't that important? User:Baristarim|Baristarim]] 05:12, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Good ideas. I am certainly not an expert, but I would suggest that, Baristarim's proposals seem fair since they are of immediate concern to 'human rights' - irrespective of who violates them. Also Jd2718 has a few points, especially regarding Dersim, dumping most of the history (too many articles sink in their history section), and perhaps genocide (although the term is used by Kurdish groups and some supporters as an argument). Remain neutral on title of article.

By the way, there is no province entitled 'Turkish Kurdistan'; at the risk of being obtuse, this sounds like there is a country called Kurdistan with a Turkish region. But there is a Kurdish region of eastern Turkey (I base my comment on the supposition that there are dense geographical areas in east Turkey inhabited almost exclussively by many hundreds of thousands (millions?) of Turkish Kurds). Politis 12:02, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Dersim massacre could be a seperate article, but I believe a detailed reference in the history section of this article is also necessary. Now, the section about the genocide is really problematic! I am not sure what is the best solution. I wouldn't like to completely remove it, but I also think that there is an over-dependence on Fernandes. Maybe less dependence on his views and a more neutral writing is the best solution. Baris could also add criticisms against Fernandes or against the allegation that the Dersim incidents were a genocide.--Yannismarou 12:13, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Something else, I am thinking for some days: The term Kurdish Genocide applies also to the events that happened in Northern Iraq during Sadam's rule. But I suppose this should be the subject of another article, because this is about Kurds and Turkey.--Yannismarou 12:13, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Expansion of the education section

Pls see my recent expansion of the gender equality section and the related BBC story that is cited as reference. If someone thinks that a wacko liberal getting thrown in jail just because he wanted to be a rebel deserves more space than hundreds of thousands of young girls going to school for the very first time thanks to the secular politics and determined campaigns of the Turkish state, instead of being forced to marry at 12 years of age, than I doubt if those people understand the subject matter at best, and that they need a reality check at worst. Please do not be swayed too easily by the headline-grabbing sensational news you hear on the media sometimes.. Cheers! Baristarim 07:13, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Genocide section

I think the current "Genocide allegations" sub-section should be trimmed, summarized and incorporated in the "PKK" sub-section of the first section as a second paragraph. But I'm not willing to implenment myself this solution, if we do not previously reach a consensus for a POV wording of this second paragraph. Thanks!--Yannismarou 10:45, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

I endorse wholeheartedly the solution proposed by Yannis, even if I also don't feeling like doing it personally, because I'm a bit exhausted with disputes and controversial articles. But I do hope somebody else will do it.--Aldux 20:29, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Does the World Genocide Research Center (or whatever they are called) recognize this event as a "genocide"? If they do or do not, it must be noted here. Korrybean 21:28, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dersim

To those who work on this article, I repeat, it is highly unorthodox and unparadigmatic when compared to other similar articles, for this article to start with the the Dersim massacre - or even with a stub on the Ottoman empire. There must be some reports (from the UN, Amnesty, EU, etc...?) that offer examples of more suitable introductory paragraph. Politis 18:38, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Finley ?

Who is him? He's quoted, but he's not included neither in bibliography, nor anywhere else. According to Finley, which book, report, date, etc? Sorry for my ignorance... Tazmaniacs 17:09, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

My mistake! "Filner". Corrected!--Yannismarou 19:27, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References

Some of the references are not to outwards links, but only to the text. They should not be called references, then, imo. Please provide links or titles of the articles/books. Also, Dersim (Tunceli) is in Eastern Anatolia. Besides these, the article contains a lot of stuff not so related to Kurds in Turkey in particular, many things are just copied from the human rights in Turkey page. I think we should delete the unrelated parts (if we won't be merging those two articles). deniz 14:13, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Summary

Leyla Zanna, She hates Turks, She is a fasist woman, and she is supporter of PKK (bloody armed terorist group).. APO leader of PKK. And so on...

If you support these kind of people, this means you commit a crime (this means you are also murderer). This is nothing about human right. Because you are supporting murderers...

Kurdish people free to speak Kurdish in Turkey.. And they can be educated kurdish.. They can open courses for that (They did onces but very few people attended so they closed it..)..

Truth is in Turkey, most of the kurdish people has a feeling of low quality personality.. Most of them hates Turks, (I think they are jealeous).. For the Turkish side, Turks only hates terrorist ones.. Because almost half of the population is Kurdish, and noone cares about the race.. Everybody's concentration is earning money.. but interestingly, Kurdish people concentration is to f.ck the Turkey in any field.. They never think that we are in the same boat. In that point, I proud with Turkish people's dignity, patient and humanity.. I think Turkish people is perfect, in any case, they are so helpful for kurdish people.. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 85.102.53.191 (talk) 20:53, 9 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] HOLY POV!!!!!!

If the first sentence of any topic is about Human Rights starts with "An earlier massacre..", I would seriously consider it a propaganda. Whoever typed this up is seriously biased against Turks. Korrybean 00:37, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

if you want to propose a rephrasing, I am open to suggestions, Korrybean.--Yannismarou 06:59, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Alright, here are my suggestions:

1- Make that massacre section not the opening paragraph, as the opening paragraph tells us what the content is about, and the content is about human rights and not massacres 2- Individual rights section is unneccessary, it has nothing to do with Kurdish rights, but instead its about genereal human rights in Turkey (should be in Human Rights in Turkey) 3- Genocide Claims? Another BS genocide claim? A. That is not a human rights issue, B. It's the opinion of just ONE person, therefore its an opinion piece.

I would've done all these myself, but I just know a billion people will run in saying "ZOMG ZOMG ULTRANATIONALISTIC PIG!!!!". I do accept that I may be somewhat biased because I am Turkish-American, but I also believe these points I made are perfectly valid.Korrybean 21:19, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Forget about it Korrybean, there is a disambiguation page named "Kurdish genocide", and this article is one of the items there. deniz^T_C 23:53, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

It still has nothing to do with this specific article, therefore should be taken off. Also, you should read Wikipedia is not a soapbox. And also further, you make it pretty clear here that the only reason that section was MADE UP was to support that article. Edit: I took it off personally. Korrybean 00:40, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

No problem with 1 - we could place it later on - I think the answer to that would be the expansio of the "Ottoman Empire" section. Individual rights section was added by a Turkish user, Baristarim. About 3 I had proposed the merge of the section somewhere else, and I still insist on that. But it seems that it is higly contested.--Yannismarou 13:12, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Why? Individual rights are important - the title is "Human rights of Kurdish people in Turkey" not "Kurdish rights". The article is there to give a complete overview of the human rights of Kurds who live in Turkey. And yes, the article forks HR in TR article, but this was discussed in the original AfD. Agree with no 3, however. Baristarim 15:30, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

"I think the current "Genocide allegations" sub-section should be trimmed, summarized and incorporated in the "PKK" sub-section of the first section as a second paragraph. But I'm not willing to implenment myself this solution, if we do not previously reach a consensus for a POV wording of this second paragraph."

This was my proposal; not make the section disappear. And only if a clear consensus is here. I will also inform about the discussion the Wikipedia:WikiProject Kurdistan.--Yannismarou 08:31, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I think denizz made it clear here that section only exists to support another section, therefore it violates around 100 wikipedia rules.Korrybean 15:09, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I reverted again - first it can be ironed out in the talk page. There is way too much irrelevant info in that section, is too big, and gives undue weight to the thesis of one author. If Wikipedia is going to be a serious encyclopedia, then it should be proven that a significant portion of academia considers it to be a genocide - and should be clarified as to if it is normal genocide or cultural. I am sorry but, undue weight is also a wikipolicy. "exceptional claims require exceptional sources" - see WP:FRINGE. Baristarim 16:49, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Exceptional sources have been provided (three scholars including Mark Levene). There is no "exceptional claim", because the article doesn't say anything about taking a position. Plus, this is a WP:POINT vio, because there's an AfD for its dab-redirect (here). I'm reverting. NikoSilver 19:20, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

No, this debate has been going on for a long time. Exceptional sources have not been provided, genocide is an exceptional claim. Giving coverage to two guys' theses is undue weight - there is no indication that those claims represent the slightest of concensus in academia - what exceptional sources? Are they the chair of the history departments at Yale and Harvard? The section has weasel and pov issues, not to mention bad formatting that has turned the article into an exposé of their thesis. Undue weight definitely applies. I will revert it again, I have clearly set out my reasons above per wikipolicies.

Btw, as for the tag, it just means in common sense that there are particular problems with that section. Baristarim 19:41, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't think undue weight provides for deletion as you are misleadingly presenting it. It provides for disclaiming the extent of a particular position's acceptance (providing it is sourced of course). Also, we have had an AFD on whether that material is to be deleted and the consensus of the latest one was to keep it.--Domitius 19:45, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

It was not a "keep" - in any case, the information as has been provided definitely doesn't conform with undue weight. "X Y, Senior Lecturer at X Uni" is repeated twice in the lead of that section - it is an utter joke. And yes, undue weight exists to ensure that Wikipedia is not some common blog but a serious encyclopedia. There are 6 billion people and everyone has an opinion: if they do not reflect even a considerable portion of views held by academia, then it definitely falls under WP:FRINGE Baristarim 20:04, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

If it's that fringe, why don't you cite some counter sources? As you like threats regarding Macedonia, I'll use an example from there: Borza's fringe theories are given extreme undue weight there - even Britannica contradicts, yet his doubts on the Greekness of Macedonia are all over WP! Another example: TRNC is another example of a galloping undue weight case throughout WP, and there are many sources for this. Where are your counter sources??? Where are your sources which "affirm" that what the TR government was really doing to the Kurds was taking them on a picnic?--Domitius 20:08, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Please stop trolling: since you are making the claim, you have to bring the sources. I wonder what is undue weight about TRNC, there is no-one stopping from modifying the article with sources. If it is about the title, then there is also PGG. As for "threats to Macedonia" - there were none, and I replied to this in Nikos's talk page. You will never see me push a stupid agenda in any of those pages, in fact I have been reverting vandals and blatant POV in those articles for months, and letting slide some stuff like this [2] - I, whether you believe it or not, don't have any sort of anti-Greek agenda. Please people, there are better ways to cooperate rather than get into useless edit-wars. Baristarim 20:19, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Please avoid personal attacks and assume good faith. Multiple sources for this have been cited, yet the mere whiff of a counter source remains a dream. Pretty odd I can find sources disputing "TRNC"'s status, eh?--Domitius 20:21, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Of course you can, and they are mentioned. But you will never find a source disputing its "existence" - that was my point. The content of the article can be modified, no problems, but I have a hard time understanding the "undue weight" argument about TRNC. What exactly are you referring to? Or maybe it will be better to use the talk page of that article. Baristarim 20:31, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Don't you remember that revert war with Garnet the other day? Or that AFD with the article created by the non-Greek non-Turk which you started? In both cases sources are cited yet ignored.--Domitius 20:33, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Ok, let me clarify - when I ran across the TR setlement article, I looked at its history and saw that it was a barely registered user who had started it just a couple of days ago. I truly had thought that it was some random fork article like Turkish Human Rights: A Non-Turkish Perspective which I also AfDed, along with three bios that day who were not notable. I also speedy at least ten articles every day since I check recent changes tab. I honestly didn't have any "agenda", and I clearly said in my summary "merge if possible any content to Cyprus dispute". I am still of the opinion that the content of that article belons to Cyprus dispute, and that it is a fork. There was no ill-intent. As for the revert war with Garnet, I am lost. Which article? Baristarim 20:40, 1 April 2007 (UTC)