Doctors call for urgent investigation into claims of Turkish chemical attacks

Doctors call for urgent investigation

into claims

of Turkish chemical attacks

We, as Medya News, enclose for your information our recent coverage of the allegations of Turkey's use of chemical weapons against Kurdish guerrillas in Iraqi Kurdistan and the IPPNW's report, which we hope you will find useful in your related works.

Doctors call for urgent investigation into claims of Turkish chemical attacks

Doctors who visited the Kurdistan Region of Iraq called for an urgent independent investigation into claims of chemical weapons use by Turkish military forces.

HERE, 12.10.2022

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Kurdish guerrillas publish footage of chemical weapons victims

Two guerrillas appear to have fallen victim to Turkish chemical weapons in a video released by the People’s Defence Forces (HPG).

HERE, 18.10.2022

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HDP calls on international agencies to respond to Turkey’s alleged chemical attacks

The central executive board of the Peoples' Democratic Party called on the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations to work more effectively regarding mounting evidence for the use of chemical weapons by Turkey in military operations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

HERE, 18.10.2022

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Turkey chemical weapons allegations spark protests in Europe

Many Kurdish institutions and citizens in European cities launched protests to demand action after an alleged Turkish chemical weapons attack against Kurdish guerrillas that resulted in 17 deaths.

HERE, 19.10.2022.

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Turkey’s chemical use akin to Saddam’s in Halabja: Kurdish organisations

Kurdish political parties and organisations on Wednesday condemned Turkey's use of chemical weapons in cross-border operations in Iraqi Kurdistan and called on the international community to take action. Turkey's attitudes were likened to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's massacre in Halabja, infamously using chemicals.

HERE, 19.10.2022.

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Imprisoned Kurdish politician addresses Turkey’s alleged chemical weapons use

In the message he sent from the prison on Wednesday, Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party, addressed the allegations that Turkey used chemical weapons in Iraqi Kurdistan. Demirtaş called independent international authorities to conduct an investigation in the region as the main opposition MP Sezgin Tanrıkulu announced he would submit a parliamentary question on the subject.

HERE, 20.10.2022.

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Turkey denies alleged chemical attack, launches investigation against forensic specialist

An investigation was launched against Turkish Medical Association Chair Şebnem Korur Fincancı hours after the far-right Nationalist Movement Party’s MP targeted her over her evaluation on a broadcast of Medya Haber regarding the footage of Turkey’s alleged chemical attack in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) denies the allegation.

HERE, 20.10.2022.

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Political interests obscure use of chemical weapons: IPPNW Director Gisela Penteker

"Turkey is using chemical weapons, and nobody cares," International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War Director Gisela Penteker told Medya Haber's Erem Kansoy, expressing fury and frustration. The IPPNW's limited efforts have produced evidence to suggest use of chlorine gas, according to the director.

HERE, 2./10.2022.

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Forensic expert says Turkey intimidates public on chemical weapons use allegations

A prominent forensic specialist in Turkey says that authorities aim to cover up allegations instead of inquiring into them, as an investigation is launched against her for even commenting on the fresh allegations of Turkey's use of chemical weapons in Northern Iraq.

HERE, 21.10.2022.

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Doctors petition for urgent investigation into Turkey’s alleged chemical attacks

Adding to the growing calls for an urgent and independent investigation of Turkey’s alleged chemical attacks in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), Kurdish doctors and healthcare workers started a petition calling on international institutions to investigate and to take any necessary further steps.

HERE, 21.10.2022.

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Evidence on Turkey’s chemical use ‘warrants formal investigation’: IPPNW’s Jan Van Aken

Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar has already, perhaps unknowingly, admitted to Turkish Armed Forces' use of prohibited chemicals in military operations, which, combined with other indirect evidence, warrants a formal international investigation on claims that Turkey has used chemical weapons in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, according to chemical and biological weapons expert Jan Van Aken of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW).

HERE, 22.10.2022.

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German government points to OPCW on allegations of Turkey’s use of banned chemical weapons

“The German government is aware of the media reports” said Katja Keul, the Minister of State at the German Federal Foreign Office, in her 19 October answer to German lawmaker Andrej Hunko from the left-wing Die Linke, who asked what information the German government had on Turkey’s use of chemical weapons in northern Iraq.

HERE, 22.10.2022.

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Erdoğan says allegations on use of chemical weapons is to throw dirt on Turkish army

“It is not the first time they are casting aspersions,” Erdoğan said, referring to people mentioning allegations on the use of chemical weapons. “This is some dirt they always fling on our army. They think if enough mud is thrown, some of it will stick.”

HERE, 22.10.2022.

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IPPNW Report.

SOURCE - ΠΗΓΗ: ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΤΙΚΟ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΚΟ ΚΕΝΤΡΟ ΤΩΝ ΚΟΥΡΔΩΝ, ΑΡΧΕΙΟΝ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΥ, 1.11.2022.

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