Kurdish Satellite Wars

MED TV exploits increasingly affordable satellite technology to defeat censorship in Turkey.
Recently one of its regular debate shows was mysteriously disrupted by a pirate signal, just as a PKK leader was to announce a cease-fire. Prior to this, Tansu Ciller had been touring Europe asking governments not to grant MED TV satellite space. By July 1996 the station was forced off air as Turkey convinced the world that MED TV was funded by separatist PKK terrorists. But in London the ITC could find no undue political bias in MED's emissions. Many Kurdish businessmen in Europe who donate heavily to MED TV vehemently denounce an armed struggle. It is at an illegal PKK rally in Germany that ordinary Kurds support both the PKK and MED TV. In the Brussels studio a Kurdish choir sings for an independent homeland for its disparate people. When Turkey signed a $100m oil deal with Iran, the US responded by giving MED TV American satellite space. This objective report has exclusive access to MED's story and explores the need for a Kurdish identity.
A film by Mark Stucke.
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[91Musicboy]

@turquas82 we will never be splitted nation to turks! We are kurds and we whant united Kurdistan, we are not faschist or nazist, we have right to our nation right without any troubles. War is defended by kurdish army PKK as revenge, we will never give upp the our defence untils we are independent.

[turquas82]

Traitor is a traitor no matter of its race! Thereby, a traitor shall get the answer what he deserves! On Turkish land , land is equal to you mom and mom is equal to the land--it makes it so precious to us.. Therefore if anybody swears to this land , we all will become one body and will give the penalty this or that way. If you think [british,german,danish and other] your land is ok and turkey can be divided into parts, you are wrong! We are as strong united as we were in World War 1!

[turquas82]

First of all we turkish repuplic do not arrest people if they watch these things... The other thing these guys fled to germany and other european countries using this agitation for decades. They have stolen your people's jobs. MED TV is propaganda utility for pkk as you can see even the guerilla films of these guys on tv ... It is totally PKK entity!

[Apo246]

LONG LIVE THE KURDS AND KURDISTAN !!!!

FREE KURDS AND KURDISTAN !!!

[AnadoluHilali]

@L1b3rta = filthy dirty zionist = TERRORIST;

TRUTH HURTSSSSSSSSSSSS !

[L1b3rta]

@AnadoluHilali

Lol, you need a girl or a boyfriend.

[EikC]

@PkkFreedomFighter

Basically, I have too much respect for the Kurds to allow people like the PKK to drag their name through the mud with terrorism. The PKK even kill their own people who don't agree with them, just like the Islamic terror groups.

[EikC]

@PkkFreedomFighter

The United States, the European Union, NATO, and the United Nations all have the PKK officially listed as a terrorist group. In light of that, it doesn't matter what some leaked documents might say.

If you kill civilians for political purposes, you are a terrorist. The PKK kills people for political purposes, that makes them terrorists. The Turkish military attacks the PKK, but kills innocent people, too. The Turks are not angels, but the PKK is worse.

[EikC]

@PkkFreedomFighter

And the Turks would say that the PKK kill civilians and blame it on the Turkish military. Check the Wikipedia entry for Kurdistan Workers' Party, specifically reference #40 - It deals with all the activities of PKK, including:

Kidnapping

Murder

Intimidation

Terrorist attacks

[EikC]

@PkkFreedomFighter

The PKK are terrorists. They attack innocent Turkish civilians who have nothing to do with the government.