A new Early Day Motion has been tabled by Hywel Williams MP, condemning the attack by the Turkish air force on civilians in the border province of Sirnak which killed 35 innocent people.
It is important that members of the British parliament do not ignore the massacre, particularly when the UK government is increasing its cooperation with the Turkish military. We urgently need to get MP’s to sign the motion, to generate support in Parliament for the Kurdish people and their struggle against the repressive actions of the Turkish government.
To get your MP to sign the EDM 2617, you can write to them, call then or even visit them in person. To find out who your MP is you can visit the website: http://www.writetothem.com and enter your postcode. The site brings up your MP along with your other elected representatives and you can also email your MP directly from this site. You can also download a template letter (doc) if you are unsure of what to write.
18 January 2012
NEW EDM 2617: BOMBING OF KURDISH CIVILIANS IN TURKEY
Session 2010-2012
Date tabled: 18.1.12
Primary sponsor: Williams, Hywel
That this House condemns as reckless and merciless the bombing of Kurdish civilians by Turkish F-16 war planes on 28 December 2011 in the border province of Sirnak, which killed some 35 Kurds aged between 13 and 28 years old, provoking widespread protests among the Kurdish community and condemned by Kurdish politicians as a massacre; believes that such actions, authorised by the government of Prime Minister Recep TayyipErdogan, applauded as a moderate in Europe, can only exacerbate social tensions and unrest between Turkey and the Kurds; further believes that it demonstrates the utter failure of Turkey’s resort to a military solution to the Kurdish problem and that only a genuine democratic opening to the Kurds can resolve the historic grievances of the Kurdish people; and calls on the Government to make representations to the government of Turkey on this issue.