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Links to political organisations

*Except as otherwise noted, all links below are sites in English or with English parts to it. Links to Turkish only sites will be provided elsewhere.

• Ozgurluk

  This is a general site of the Turkish, Marxist-Lenninist organisations, probably organised by the DHKP-C. This is a very good site with a good set of databases, useful links and an excellent press ticker. Those who are fans of Grup Yorum will find some new songs as well as reports about who has been arrested and released, etc.

• Diaspora

  If you want to see what Greek fascists say about Turkish fascists, this is the site for you. This site is rather over the top in its chauvanism, but it is interesting since this conflict is one of the defining problems in the region.

• One World News

  This is a very good news site from the One World Partners supersite. The stories here come from very reputable sources such as Reporters Without Borders and other international news services.

• Washington Kurdish Institute

  This site is predominantly on Iraqi Kurdish groups. It is a bit creaky, but when it is working well it has a lot of information on Kurdish History, culture and social ways. It also has some digitised samples of Kurdish music as well as poetry, artwork, handicrafts and antropological information. The site seems more aimed at an academic audience rather than an outright partisan one.

• PKK

  As one might imagine, this site is the homepage for Apo's [insert Kurdish] PKK. It is not the most vast site in the world, but it does have some interesting position papers and analyses. It is rather short on self-criticism, but on the other hand it does not yammer. Anyone interested in the PKK should read this to read what they say about themselves.

• Nineveh

  This is an Assyrian liberation and cultural issues site. Most of the contributors seem to be in suburban LA, but there is some interesting information about a people who have had a very rough time of it.

• AKIN

  This site is similar to the Washington Kurdish Institute.

• Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

  This is the PUK site, the Iraqi Kurdish factions led by Talibani. The PUK is more to the left of its rival the KDP and has its strongholds in the southern portion of Iraqi Kurdistan centered around Sulaymaniya. The PUK has allied itself with Iran in recent times against the IKDP, KDP and Saddam Hussayn. Also at times the PUK has worked in alliance with the PKK against the KDP.

• Kurdistan Democratic Party

  This is the Kurdistan Democratic Party, the other main Iraqi Kurdish faction headed by Barzani. The KDP has its strongholds in the northern part of Iraq along the Turkish frontier and has cooperated with the Turkish security forces in operations against PKK bases in northern Iraq. Recently there has been a rapprochment between Barzani and Saddam Hussayn which included assistance by Iraqi army units in the capture of Arbil from the PUK in 1996. The KDP site is a lot better than the PUK site.

• ProEuropa

  A human rights group with a page on Turkey. Lots of news stories from mainstream newspapers as well as specialist here.

• Kurdistan Human Rights Project

  A small site, but with some good pictures and artwork

• Kurd Index

  Another small site. This one features a nice index of documents, poetry and fiction. Worth a look.

• Kurdweb

  A rather extensive German based site on Kurds and Kurdish issues. There are a lot of resources here when it is working well. Also many good links.

• From Germany

  A largely German language site on Human Rights in Turkey.