Mr  Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
Primeminister

Mr Bulent Arinc,
The Turkish Grand National Assembly

It is with great worry that we during the last days follow the development in Turkey regarding the, in the name of  “fighting terrorism”, increased violations of kurdish national freedom and rights.

The military operations at the borders of southern Kurdistan are a danger, create instability in the area and aim at a military solution of the Kurdish issue. We demand an immediate retreat of the Turkish military forces from the Kurdish area.

The solution of the Kurdish issue is primarily a question of  regocnition of the existance of the Kurdish people. It is our opinion that it is democratic methods that resolutly should be used, for the best of the peoples, and hereby wish to gain Your attention to this.

In connection with this we demand the release of the three kurds Ibrahim Güçlü, Zeynel Abidin Özalp and Sedat Ogur, who have been taken into custody in Diyarbakir because they have exercised their democratic rights during a legal demonstration.

2006.05.08

The Kurdish Platform in Europe - PKE

On behalf of the Executive Commitee,

Azîz Alis
aziz_alis@hotmail.com

Davut Kurun
d.kurun@hotmail.de

Fetah Timar
fetimar@hotmail.com

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PKE Platform consists of three sections

1. Northern Kurdish National Platform-PNK-B

2. European Kurdish Initiative- IKE - INSIYATIF

3. Europe Democratic Mass organisations Cooperation’s-DEM KURD

PKE – Platform was formed in Sweden’s capital Stockholm in 20-21.07.2002

1. European Kurdish Platform-North - PNK-BAKUR

   - Kurdistan Freedom and Democracy Party - PADEK

   - Kurdistan Islamic Party- PIK

   - Kurdistan Socialist Party- PSK

   - Kurdistan Social and Democratic Organisation- RSDK

   - The Liberation Party of Kurdistan - PRK-Rizgarî

   - Kawa  - Revolution Party

2. European Kurdish Initiative - IKE-Initiative

   - Denmark Kurdish Initiative-IKD

   - France Kurdish Initiative-IKF

   - Sweden Kurdish Initiative- IKS

   - Switzerland Kurdish Initiative-IKSw

3. European Democratic Organisations-DEM KURD

Kurdish Association, Germany Kurdish Association-Koln, Kurdish voice-Duisburg, Hevkar Germany, IVK Mainz,

International association of human rights in Kurdistan-Germany, KOMKAR-Germany, FKKS Kurdish Associations Federation-Sweden,

Kurdish Library-Sweden, Kurdish Association-Belgium, Kurdish Workers Cultural Association-KOC KAK, Kurdistan workers Association-Switzerland, Kurdistan workers Association-Austria, Kurdistan workers Association-Denmark, Kurdistan workers Association-France, Kurdish Advice Centre-UK, XOYBUN-Denmark, XOYBUN-Berlin, Kurdistan workers association-Holland, Kurdish house-Bremen, Kurdish House-Lubeck, Kurdish House-Paris.