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Subject:    [Dailydave] Kurdistan.
From:       Dave Aitel <dave () immunitysec ! com>
Date:       2005-01-16 22:39:50
Message-ID: 41EAED36.3030301 () immunitysec ! com
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The following text is an ad from the NY Times. I find that hackers are extremely \
interested in geopolitics. Most hackers have access to Stratfor, read Debka and other \
sources, learn or attempt to learn as many languages as possible. They teach you in \
class that there are three major reasons for spying: Money, Sex, and Ideology. I \
think hacking is done primarally for ideologic reasons. Deep down, hacking is a study \
in revolution - it's the ability to think and do the impossible. And you might find \
your best hackers come from places where revolution formants.

Anyways, enjoy the text. Churchill said his biggest mistake when redrawing the lines \
after WWII was forgetting Kurdistan. 

I included the signatories because signing something like this is often like begging \
publicly to be beat up or killed. When John Hancock signed the Declaration of \
Independence in huge script, he said "The British Ministry can read that name without \
spectacles; let them double their reward." (Which is why the term "John Hancock" \
means "signature" in the States).

-dave


            What do the Kurds Want in Turkey?

            The Kurds make up about a quarter of the population of Turkey, numbering \
between 15 and 20 million, according to the October 2004 Report of the European \
Commission. 

            Like all historically constituted human communities, they have the right \
to live in dignity in the land of their ancestors, and to preserve their identity, \
culture and language and hand them down freely to their children. 

            Having been victims of great injustice throughout the 20th century, the \
Kurds now pin their hopes for a better future on the process Turkey must undergo to \
become a member of the European Union, which they perceive as being, above all, a \
multicultural area of peace, democracy and pluralism. To join this family of \
democracies, Turkey itself must become a true democracy, with respect for its own \
cultural diversity and political pluralism. In particular, it must guarantee its \
Kurdish citizens the same rights that the Basques, Catalans, Scots, Lapps, South \
Tyroleans and Walloons enjoy in the democratic countries of Europe - and which it is \
itself demanding for the Turkish minority in Cyprus. 

            Public conscience will not abide a policy of double standards, which \
would eventually undermine the moral credibility of the European Union and tarnish \
the image of the Turkish government in European public opinion. 

            The European process offers both Turks and Kurds new and promising \
prospects, and gives them a chance for reconciliation on the basis of a peaceful \
settlement of the Kurdish question, with due respect for existing borders. This \
opportunity must be appreciated at its true value. 

            We the undersigned, representing Kurdish society in all its political and \
cultural diversity, consider that such a settlement calls for: 

            - a new and democratic Constitution, recognising the existence of the \
Kurdish people, and guaranteeing it the right to a public school system and media in \
its own language and the right to form its own organisations, institutions and \
parties with the aim of contributing to the free expression of its culture and its \
political aspirations.

            - a general amnesty in order to establish a climate of confidence and \
reconciliation and, once  and for all, to turn the page on violence and armed \
conflict;

            - the implementation, with European support, of a vast programme of \
economic development of the Kurdish region, particularly including rebuilding the \
more than 3,400 Kurdish villages destroyed in the 1990s, and incentives for the three \
million displaced Kurds to return to their homes.

            We ask the Turkish authorities and the European leaders to do justice to \
the Kurds in Turkey by acceding to their legitimate demands in order to ensure \
regional peace and stability, and to consider the fulfilment of those demands to be \
an essential criterion by which to measure Turkey's progress along the road to \
membership of the European Union.

            FIRST SIGNATORIES TURKEY : Mehmet ABBASOGLU, Former President of the \
People's Democratic Party (Dehap), Song�l Erol ABDIL, Mayor of Tunceli; Nesimi \
ADAY, Poet, writer ; M�sl�tn AKALIN, barrister, President of the Bar at Urfa \
(Edessa); Nil�fer AKBAL, musician ; Abdullah AKENGIN, Mayor of Dicle ; Abdullah \
AKIN, former Mayor of Batman ; ibrahim AKSOY, Former Mayor of Malatya ; ihsan AKSOY, \
writer ; Haci AKYOL, barrister, former Mayor of the Yazihan Malayata; Yusuf ALATAS, \
barrister, President of the Human Rights Associat�on of Turkey ; Mahmut ALINAK, \
barrister, former Member of Parliament for S�mak ; S�leyman ANIK, Mayor of \
Darge�it, Mardin ; Firat ANLI, Mayor of Yeni�ehir, Diyarbakir ; M. Nezir ARA�, \
Mayor of Bulan�k ; Ru�en ARSLAN, lawyer, tvriter ; ismail ARSLAN, Mayor of \
Ceylanp�nar ; Mehmet Ali ASLAN, barrister, former President of the Workers' Party \
of Turkey ; Naci ASLAN, Member of Parliament for Agri ; Sedat ASLANTAS, barrister, \
General Secretary of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey ; Fahrettin ASTAN, Mayor \
of Be�iri, Batman ; Nuran ATLI, Mayor of Mazidag ; Mustafa AVCI, General Secretary \
of the Confedaration of Public Service employees (KESK); Eshat AYATA, writer, \
publisher; Sukran AYDIN, Mayor of Bismil; Behrun AYG�REN, former Mayor of Dicle ; \
H�seyin AYYILDIZ, Secretary General of T�m-Belsen ; ihsan BABAOGLU, Spokesman for \
the Democratic Platform, Diyarbakir; Tuncer BAKIRHAN, President of the Democratic \
People's Party (Dehap); Murat BATGI, actor, Osman BAYDEMIR, Mayor of Diyarbakir ; \
Seyhmus BAYHAN, Mayor of Lice ; Mehmet Celal BAYKARA, barrister, President of the \
Foundation for Research on Kurdish Culture (K�RTKAV) ; �efik BEYAZ, President of \
the istanbul Kurdish Inst�tute ; Ekrem B�LEK, former Mayor of Siirt; Nevzat \
B�NG�L, journalist, writer ; Nadir B�NG�L, Mayor of Ergani; Kemal B�RL�K, \
former Member of Parliament for Sirnak ; Murat BOZLAK, Former President of People's \
Democratic Party (Hadep) ; Ali BUCAK, barrister, President of the Urfa Cultural \
Centre ; Aydin BUDAK, Mayor of Cizre ; Feridun �EL�K, former Mayor of Diyarbakir \
; Demir �EL�K, Mayor of Varto (Mus) ; �mer �ET�N, co-foun-der of the \
Research Foundation on Social Issues (TOSAV) ; Yusuf �ET�N, President of free \
contemporary Actors' Association (�asod); 

            Murat CEYLAN, Mayor of Kurtalan ; Emn�llah C�N, Mayor of Viran�ehir \
; Muzaffer DEM�R, Former member of Parlement for Mus ; Selim DEM�R, Mayor of \
Kozluk ; Cafer DEM�R, President of Elazig Chapter of Human Rights Association ; \
Ahmet Turan DEM�R, President of the Free Soc�ety Party (OTP) ; Abdullah DEMIRTAS, \
Mayor of Suri�i, Diyarbakir ; Hatip D�CLE, former Member of Parliament for \
Diyarbakir, former President of the Demoeracy Party {DEP) ; ilhan D�KEN, President \
of the Diyarbakir Medical Assocoation ; Seyhmus D�KEN, writer ; Orhan DO�AN, \
former Member of Parliament for Simak ; Faik DURSUN, Mayor of Beyt�lsebap ; Tarik \
Ziya EK�NC�, former Member of Parliament for Diyarbakir, former General Secretary \
of the Worker's Party of Turkey (TIP) ; Tahsin EK�NC�, lawyer ; Adnan EKMEN, \
former Minister, former Member of Parliament for Batman ; Serafett�n EL��, \
former Minister, former Member of Parliament for Mardin ; Nuretttin ELHUSEYNI, \
writer, translator ; Giyasettin EMRE, former Member of Parliament for Mus ; Hamit \
ENG�N, Mayor of Hazro ; Mehmet Ali EREN, barister, former Member of Parliament for \
�stanbul ; Ahmet ERTAK, Mayor of Sirnak ; Enver ETE, Spoksman for the Democratic \
Platform, Mardin ; Mehmet Fuat FIRAT, former Men�ber of Parliament for Erzurum ; \
�mit FIRAT, publisher, writer ; ibrahim G��L�, lavvyer, writer ; Nezir \
G�LCAN, former Mayor of Kurtalan (Siirt); Ahmet G�M�STEKIN, painter ; Hasim \
HASIMI, former Member of Parliament for Diyarbakir, former Mayor of Cizre ; Necdet \
�PEKY�Z, former President of the Diyarbakir Medical Association ; M. Tahir \
KAHAMANER, Mayor of Malazgirt ; H�seyin KALKAN, Mayor of Batman ; Ramazan KAPAN, \
Mayor of Derik ; Hasip KAPLAN, barrister ; Seyhmus KARAHAN, former President of the \
Urfa Association of Civil Engineers ; ZU�k�f KARATEKIN, Mayor of Karap�nar, \
Diyarbakir: Selahattin KAYA, former Mayor of Bing�l; Hasan KAYA, former President \
of the istanbul Kurdish Institute ; Ferzende KAYA, journalist; Mehmet KAYA, Mayor of \
Kocak�y, Diyarbakir ; Fikret KAYA, Mayor of Silvan ; G�lten KAYA, music publisher \
; Eren KESK�N, Former President of istanbul Chapter of Human Rights Association of \
Turkey (IHD) ; Abdullah KESK�N, publisher ; Abdullah KIRAN, writer ; Muhsin \
KIZILKAYA, writer; Servet KOCA-KAYA, musicien ; Muhsin KONUR, Mayor of Silopi; Burhan \
KORHAN, Mayor of Be�iri; Mukkades KUBILAY, Mayor of Dogubeyazid; Cabbar LEYGARA, \
barrister, former Mayor of Ba�lar, Diyarbakir; Ahmet MEL�K, former Member of \
Parliament for Urfa; Yilmaz ODABA�I, poet, writer ; H�sn� OK�UOGLU, former \
Member of Parliament for istanbul; Selim �L�ER , former President of the Union of \
Medical Associations of Turkey; Ey�p Sabri �NCEL, barrister, former President of \
the Urfa Bar; Esat �NER, Mayor of Gerc��, Batman; Mahmut ORTAKAYA, former \
President of the Diyarbakir ; Medical Association ; Selim �ZALP, former Mayor of \
Siirt : Sahabettin �ZARSLANER, former Mayor of Van ; Mustafa �ZER, barrister, \
former President of the Diyarbakir Bar ; Hicri �ZG�REN, poet ; Osman �ZG�VEN, \
Mayor of Dikili, izmir; Yurdusev �ZS�KMENLER, Mayor of Ba�lar, Diyarbakir; \
Mesut �ZT�RK, former Mayor of Van ; Fadil �ZT�RK, poet ; Kemal PARLAK, \
spokesman of the Democratic Cor�sensus and Initiative for a solution to the Kurdish \
Question (DEMOS) ; Selim SADAK, former Member of Parliament for S�mak ; Resul \
SADAL, Mayor of idil ; Ethem �AHIN, Mayor of Suru� ; Sirri SAKIK, former Member \
of Parliament for Mus,; Rahmi SALTUK, musician ; Suzan SAMANCI, vriter ; Menderes \
SAMANCILAR, actor ; Mehmet SANRI, publisher ; Naci SAPAN, President of the \
Association of Journalists of the South-East; Mehmet Emin SEVER, former Member of \
Parliament for Mus ; Yasar SEYMAN, President of the Press Trade Union of Turkey \
(BAS-SEN). Former vice-President of People's Republican Party (CHP) ; Enver SEZG�N, \
writer ; Emir Al� S�MSEK, General Secretary of the Teachers' Union (Egitim-Sen) ; \
Cihan SINCAR, Mayor of Kiziltepe ; Malm�ut S�NMEZ, former Member of Parliament \
for Bing�l ; Mehmet TANHAN, Mayor of Nusaybin; Sezgin TANRIKULU, barrister, \
President of the Diyarbakir Bar; Nimet TANRIKULU, President of Tunceli Cultural \
Genler; Metin TEK�E, Mayor of Hakkari ; Hursit TEK�N, Mayor of �emdinli; Deniz \
TOPKAN, Spokesman for the Democratic Platform, Batman ; Ahmet TULGAR, joumalist ; \
Ferhat TUN�. musieian ; �ehnaz TURAN, barrister, President of the Foundation for \
Research into Society and ihe Law (TOHAV) ; Ahmet T�RK, former Member of Parliament \
for Mardin ; Sehmus �LEK, barrister, Viee-President of the MAZLUM-DER (Association \
for Human Rights); Rojin �LKER, singer ; Mehmet UZUN, writer ; Behl�l YAVUZ, \
former General Secretary of the Diyarbakir small shopkeepers and artisans Union ; \
Feridun YAZAR, barrisler, former Mayor of Urfa, former President of the People's \
Labour Party (HEP) ; Canip YILDIRIM, Publisher ; M. Salih YILDIZ, Mayor of \
Y�ksekova ; Sedat YURTDAS, former Member of Parliament for Diyarbakir ; Leyla ZANA, \
Former member of Parliament for Diyarbakir, winner of the European Parliament's \
Sakharov Prize ; Mehdi ZANA, Former Mayor of Diyarbakir ; Veysi ZEYDANLIOGLU, lawyer. \


            EUROPE : Aso AGACE, Director of the Women's Training Centre, Germany ; \
Salih AKIN, Lecturer at Rouen University, France; Haci AKMAN, University Professor of \
Bergen, Norvvay ; Rohat ALAKOM, writer ; STOCKHOLM Foundation for Kurdish Culture, \
Sweden ; Faruk ARA�, essayist, Svveden ; Nizamettin ARI�, musieian and film \
director, Germany ; G�nay ASLAN, journalist, Germany ; Mustafa AYDOGAN, writer, \
Sweden ; Kazim BABA, Politician, Germany ; H�l�n Evrim BABA, member of the Berlin \
Regional Parliament, Germany ; Kurdo BAKSI, journalist, winner of the Olof Palme \
Peaee Prize, �iveden ; Riza BARAN, President of the Fridriechhein-Kreuzberg, local \
Council, Germany ; Rojen BARNAS, writer and poet, Sweden ; Hamit BOZARSLAN, Lecturer \
at the School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, France ; Serm�n BOZARSLAN, \
President of the Federation of the Kurdish assoeiations in Sweden ; Serhat BUCAK, \
Lawyer, Germany ; Yilmaz �AMLIBEL, writer. Germany ; Firat CEWERJ, vvriter and \
publisher, Sweden ; Ali ��FT��, publisher, Svveden ; M�rad CIVAN, research \
worker, Svveden ; Faysal DA�LI, Joumalist, Germany ; Seyhus DAGTEKIN, poet and \
novelist, vvinner of the International Prize for Poetry in the French Language, \
Franee ; Mehmet DEM�R, President of the Federation of Kurdish Assoeiations \
(YEKKOM), Germany ; Abdullrahman DURRE, former Mufti of Diyarbakir, Germany ; \
ELISHER, writer, Svveden ; Hasan Basri ELMAS, Lecturer at Paris-VIII University, \
France ; Dervvesh FERHO, President of the Brussels Kurdish Institute, Belgium ; \
FOUNDATION of Kurds from Anatolia, Svveden ; G�listan GURBAY, Researcher, Germany ; \
Metin �NCESU, Director of the Center for Kurdish Studies (Navend), Allemagne ; \
Haydar I�IK, journalist, Germany ; Ahmet KAHRAMAN, Journalist, Germany ; Yasar \
KAYA, Former President of the Demoeracy Party (DEP), Germany ; Cahit MERVAN, \
Joumalist, Germany ; HfisenS METE, Writer, Svveden ; Kendal NEZAN, President of the \
Paris Kurdish Institute, France ; Ozz N�JEN, actor, Svveden ; Nihal OTURAN, \
Research Engineer, France ; Mehmet Ali OTURAN, University Professor, France ; Nalin \
PEKGUL, Presidenl of the National Federation of Women Social-Democrats of Svveden, \
former Member of the Swedish Parliament; Sivan PERWER, musieian, Prise-vvirmer of the \
Charles Cros Academy for the Music of the World. Germany ; REMZ�, painter, Paris ; \
Serdar ROSHAN, writer, Svveden ; Mehmet �AHIN, Coordinator of the Kreise-Dialogue, \
Germany ; Giyasettin SAYAN, member of the Berlin Regional Parliament, Germany ; \
Abubekir SAYDAN, President of the International Center for Kurdish Human Rights, \
Germany ; Nizamettin TOGU�, Former member of Parliament for Batman. Holland ; \
Feleknas UCA, metnber of the European Parliament, Germany ;' Ali YIGIT, Former member \
of Parliament for Mardin, President of the Union of Democratic Kurdish Federations in \
Europe (KONKURD), Holland ; Kerim YILDIZ, Esecutive Director ot the Kurdish Human \
Rights Project, London ; Kotan YILDIZ, Resarcher at the Technical University of \
Berlin, Reso ZILAN, Linguist, Svveden ; Ahmed ZIREK, actor, France. 


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