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IN BRIEF: Some of the international arms Companies supplying weapons to the Turkish military Boeing: The second largest arms company in the world, Boeing is supplying the Turkish military with new CH-47 Chinook helicopters. companies complicit in repression in kurdistan Land Rover: UK company now owned by TaTa motors – based in Coventry. Land Rover has a strong relationship with Warwick University and Coventry University. The Land Rover Defender is produced under license by Otokar. Otokar's Akrep is based on Land Rover Defender vehicles. Non-Lethal Technologies: US company which manufactures teargas used by Turkey. Its teargas has also been used against protesters in Palestine. Non-Lethal Technologies gas was fired at protesters during the Gezi Park uprising and at protesters in Amed during the serhildan (uprising) against Turkey's support for the Daesh attacks on Kobanê in 2014. Condor Non-Lethal Technologies: Brazilian company that manufactures teargas used by Turkey. Condor's gas canisters were fired at people who had come to Suruç in 2014 to show solidarity with people under attack in Kobanê. Israel Aerospace Industries: Manufactures Heron drones used by Turkey. Northrop Grumman: Northrop Grumman states that it is "in partnership with Turkish Aerospace Industries and Aselsan in contributing to a variety ofTurkey’s defence capabilities and programmes." 61 Northrop Grumman is a principal subcontractor ofthe Lockheed Martin-led F35 team. AgustaWestland: Ten T-129 attack helicopters produced by AgustaWestland and Turkish Aerospace Industries were delivered to the Turkish military in 2015. AgustaWestland has now fully merged with Italian arms giant Finmeccanica. Seventeen more ofthese helicopters are due to be delivered in 2016. 62 In March 2016, the Pentagon authorised the selling ofsmart bombs to Turkey, in a deal worth millions ofdollars."The deal came timely as we are deeply engaged in asymmetrical warfare and need smart bombs," 63 a Turkish military official said. US companies ENF and General Dynamics have been awarded the contracts to provide the BLU-109 bombs. 208
arms companies supplying the Turkish police Hundreds ofpeople have been killed by the Turkish police and military in Bakur over the last year. While people around the world watch the actions ofthe Turkish police force with horror, military companies are cashing in. In October 2015, Hacı Lokman Birlik was killed by police in Şırnak. His body was attached by the neck to an armoured vehicle and dragged through the town. 64 That same month, police shot and killed a nine year old child, Helin Şen, in Amed. In Gever, two young people were killed after police opened fire on them. A five year old child was also killed in Adana. 65 66 Companies providing weapons to the Turkish police force include: Otokar: Manufactures Akrep and Cobra vehicles used by the police and army. Land Rover: The Land Rover Defender vehicle is produced under license by Otokar. Nurol Makina: Produces TOMA water cannons and Ejder armoured vehicles used by the Turkish police. Nurol Makina is part ofthe Turkish Nurol Holding conglomerate that also deals in investment, construction, energy and tourism. Nurol Holding owns Sheraton Turkey and FNSS Defence Systems, a joint venture with UK company BAE systems. BMC: Manufactures Kirpi armoured trucks used by the police. 67 Katmerciler: Turkish company which provides pumps and monitors for TOMA vehiclemounted water cannons. Perkins (Subsidiary ofCaterpillar Inc): Provides the engine used in TOMA vehicle-mounted water cannons. 68 Perkins has locations in Peterborough, Stafford and Wimborne (Dorset). 69 Caterpillar Defence Products applied for a military export license from the UK to Turkey in 2012. 70 companies complicit in repression in kurdistan Non-Lethal Technologies: Manufactures tear gas used by Turkish police. Condor Non-Lethal Technologies: Brazilian company that manufactures tear gas used by the Turkish police. Daekwang: South Korean company that has provided tear gas canisters to the Turkish police. 209
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STRUGGLES FOR AUTONOMY in kurdistan
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STRUGGLES FOR AUTONOMY in kurdistan
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The Roboski massacre: An interview
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INTRODUCTION During 2015, we made v
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GLOSSARYOF TERMS AND ACRONYMS Kurdi
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DAESH: The Islamic State ofIraq and
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power base in the Silêmanî (Sulay
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Until the First World War, Kurdish
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With a vision ofan independent Kurd
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terrorism was wide and was used to
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When Kurdish calls for independence
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They filled their colonial armies w
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Across the border in Turkey, Presid
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DEMOCRATIC CONFEDERALISM IN KURDIST
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ureaucracies. According to Öcalan,
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Democratic confederalism in practic
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Democratic confederalism in practic
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CONFEDERALISM IN ROJAVA commissions
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The social contract In January 2014
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Also, the existence ofa centralised
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other measures like sending people
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PART 3: democratic autonomy IN BAKU
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language, public affairs, religion,
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It started 40 years ago. It’s not
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We are just at the beginning. Maybe
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Ifa decision is about the village,
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Now the members ofthe commission ar
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produce. The idea is Abdullah Öcal
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war, hope, victory and death all at
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example, [Figen points to someone n
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PART 4: democratic confederalism in
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chapter). He stated that youths are
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Many friends have commented on how
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“Women must be able to organise t
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Ofcourse, there is plenty still to
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they want to use it. In Palestine,
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organisation is not just for Kurdis
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meeting the politicians During our
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in the region; and the Economic and
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LGBT movements in Rojava We asked t
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PART 5: VOICES FROM THE STRUGGLES F
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Baran's hometown is just one ofa nu
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Meanwhile, state violence intensifi
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“Are you aware ofwhat is going on
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On the 10th August, the residents o
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had been shelled. The blood ofYakup
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The struggle for autonomyin Cizîr
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Interviewwith Zubeyde Dalmış abou
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Interviewwith Ayşe* aboutthe event
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living with turkish militarism in b
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fighters trying to cross to Kobanê
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LGBT struggles in BAKUR In Turkey's
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y the police, including death threa
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situation. To the same extent that
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the taxi the police fired a teargas
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Interviewwıth jinhajournalist Sary
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CW: Has the revolution in Rojava gi
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Corporate Watch: What was life like
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them in thirty-four coffins on the
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The culpabilityof the US The attack
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Last year, Corporate Watch visited
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Between 1998 and 2004, I left Yeni
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From Fascistto anti-militarist: An
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organisation made up ofKurdish vill
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convention.”In 1994 the PKK were
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I had been in the Turkish military
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Anarchists, socialists and anti-mil
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Nûdem's family says that the real
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INTERVIEWS WITH KURDISH POLITICAL P
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The worst torture is the way that p
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evidence to prosecute me, too. They
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"These people were killed...their k
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Popular struggle againstTurkish mil
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their gas grenades offthem and thre
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For example [the Italian anarchist,
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From 1989 to 2000 anarchism was abo
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Roboski massacre, which occurred du
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