Abt half of the worldwide Kurdish community lives within the borders of the Republic of Turkey. where their treatment is an absolute affront to the basic fundamentals of human rights. At least onequarter of the population of Turkey Is Kurdish. Yet. in Turkey. the Kurds are subjected to a policy of forced asslmilalion. which Is essentially written into the Turkish constitultion. To date. 3.124 Kurdish viilages have been destroyed. and more than 3 million of their residents have been forced to become refugees. either in Kurdistan or abroad. While the situation for the Kurdish people In such nations as Iraq. Iran. and Syria is also deplorable.
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