NATO | IMGpapers 1980

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(Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions) is the focus of this attempt.

Second on the junta's hit-just are the Kurds. who nake us auvul a vuailci of the country's population.

Concentrated the backward regions of eastern Turkey, the Kurds have been subict io the most barbaric throughout lackey's history.

Kurds In 1923 the Turkish Renubic was founded. in 1924 the Kurdish language was forbiden from being taught schools and, following the crushing of national insurrections in 1925, 1930 and 1935, the Kurds were deprived of all rights and therefore referred to as 'mountain Turks'.

1925 to 1965 Turkish designated 'military area and no foreigners were allowed in the region. In the campaign of Socialist Challenge 9 April 1981. Page 6 months dictatorship, the junta has proved totally unable to solve even the most elementary economic problems tacino lurkev The IMF and NATO nave Turkey, which is the only NAIU member sharing a border the Soviet Union. Since the Iranian revolution, its strategic inoftalice the Middle East is even greater.

The national liberation struggle of the Kurds not only in Turkey, but in Iran, Syria and iraq — is a critical tactor in the future 'stability Middle East for imperialism.

Active solidarity Wilh the Turkish and Kurdish people can have a real impact changing Lne balance of forces in the region in the near tuture.

The Turkey Solidarity Campaign now has cities and is campaigny committees ing in the labour movement dictatorship. It can be contacted c/o BM Box 5965, London WIN 3XX. Activities went up to the microphone, and thoughtful, I managed to convince the staff that they should go back forcing the a!CI management to transmit demands the authorities And the peopie astened to ine My speech turned out to he verv uniortunate to me. Thereafter there were as many who followed my every movement at work. It wa also said that I had collected money for the victime this was tivit ire activities in the com. memoration of December, my perseculion police and the security Free Coastal Unions all belong the thest years that followed Who would have thought that this road, so full of suffering, would have led to 'Solidarity'?