Reflections from the September 12 Judgment

September 12 Judgment from the eyes of a lawyer...

"As Turkey sank into the spiral of violence, it became normal for the state's armed forces to go beyond their routine. Temporary prohibited zones, practices that would intimidate the people of the region, curfews, shameful scenes created by tyrants who humiliated people with fascistic methods.

The time has come when the poor Kurdish people's foodstuffs (such as salt, flour, sugar) were mixed together in rural areas, a food embargo was imposed on the grounds that some of the purchased foodstuffs were given to the militants of the organization, the time has come when people coming and going from the rural areas to the city were recorded, and those who did not return on time were treated inhumanely. pressure and torture were applied.

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The prevailing opinion was that 'Actually, there is no such thing as a Kurd, and that those who think they are Kurds are actually Mountain Turks, who are descended from pure Turkish people.'

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The following statements of the highest-ranking administrators, who have lived together for centuries, including the Ottoman administration, and who say that they see them as brotherly people, clearly reveal what ambitions they have had about the Kurds over the years.

“O Lord, do not give the Kurds a chance, do not let them become sultans of Dehre.

May he be troubled, may he never prosper.

Hit him with a stick, take his bread, so that he doesn't even have enough to eat.

"Let the infidels drink from the fountain, so that the Kurds do not have that chance."

Ottoman Sultan / Yavuz Sultan Selim

“If the incorrigible Turkish Mountain People (meaning the Kurds) do not behave themselves, there will be no hesitation in bombing and burning their towns and villages. "So much blood will be shed that they and their country will drown in it."

President of the Republic of Turkey / Cemal Gürsel

“The only masters of this country are the Turks. "Those other than Turks have only one right, and that is to serve the Turks."

Minister of Justice / Mahmut Esat Bozkurt

They always thought that they could get results in the Kurdish Question and end the Kurdish freedom movement with the 1925 Sheikh Said Rebellion and the Eastern Reform Law, the 1937 Seyit Rıza Movement and the Compulsory Settlement Law, and the 1984 economic recovery packages from the parliament to end the PKK movement. This idea still continues..."