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Anti-Christmas events were organized all over Turkey

December 30, 2016 By administrator

Erdogan’s policy of intolerance in a banner in Istanbul: “We are Muslims. No to Christmas and New Year celebrations. “

At a rally, a gun was pointed at the head of a man disguised as Santa Claus.

Horrific Details Emerge of the Aleppo Turkish Rebels Human Organs trade across the border with Turkey,

December 29, 2016 By administrator

After the liberation of Syria’s second-largest city of Aleppo from jihadists, horrific details of their rule continue coming to light: local residents have revealed to Sputnik Arabic the mechanisms of a well-established network of organ traders and their price list.

Amid so much western fuss concerning the so-called “Russian atrocities” during the liberation of Aleppo, local residents of the liberated city sat down with Sputnik Arabic to reveal for the first time the horrific details of the jihadists’ rule.

They spoke of a massive illegal human organ trade across the border with Turkey, set up by the militants. Civilians learned to fear the local emergency vehicles as they sped around the city hunting for potential donors. One of the “patients” happened to be 60-year-old Abu Mohammad. “We were shelled from a grenade launcher and immediately afterwards rebels came in an emergency vehicle.

They ended up stealing one of my kidneys and part of my spleen,”

he told Sputnik. He further described the mechanism of the traders’ operations: a team of rebels wait for an explosion and immediately afterwards pounce on the wounded and dead. Some of those wounded could have been later returned home, he said. Alia has been residing in the Bustan al-Qasr district of Aleppo which was under control of Al-Nusra Front. Once she was offered to undergo treatment in a Turkish clinic as none of eastern Aleppo’s clinics had enough medication.

“There was a huge market on the border with Turkey where virtually anything was on sale, including women and children. A dead body was selling for 25,000 Turkish lira (TRL), the equivalent of $50, a body of an injured person was selling for 150,000 TRL ($290),” she told Sputnik.

“Every day those wounded at war are sent to hospitals and are regarded as potential donors,” she said.

According to statistics, there have been 18,000 documented cases of illegal removal of human organs in the north of Syria. However the majority of these secretive crimes will remain that way, as people are afraid to openly speak about them.

A group of forensic experts from Aleppo told Sputnik that it was pretty easy to obtain a human organ in the city. It is located not far from the Syrian-Turkish border which could be easily crossed from the districts which were under control of the rebels. Many foreigners who were allegedly offering humanitarian aid have flooded the city through that border. In fact, these were predominantly mafia who, together with foreign medics, were hunting for human organs and sending them across the border. Doctor Bagjat Akrush told Sputnik that many Syrian medics have been involved in this criminal industry under the cover of the war. It was most active in the hot spots in the north and east of Syria and in the refugee camps.

The governments of many countries have taken part in these crimes either directly or covertly and have done nothing to stop it. The doctor said that the majority of these crimes have been committed in the north of the country and children were among those suffered. Up to 100,000 children in the refugee camps on the Turkish territory are facing the same very danger, he said. Up to 80 percent of refugees in these camps are women and children who have been on sale for almost three years. And it is no secret that the Turks are also involved in it.

The war in Syria made it possible for criminals to get very cheap human organs, Akrush went on. They choose a victim through a medical organization, desirably a healthy one as the organs of a diseased man are not that in-demand. Then the organs are sent across the border.

Syria: Turkey’s Erdogan Surrender, Russia’s Putin declares victory accept Ceasefire

December 29, 2016 By administrator

The Syrian government and Turkish Terrorist groups have agreed a nationwide ceasefire from midnight local time (22:00 GMT) on Thursday, followed by peace talks.

The deal was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin and confirmed by the Turkish foreign ministry.

Osama Abu Zaid, a spokesman for the Free Syrian Army (FSA) Turkish supported terrorist, a loose alliance of several moderate rebel factions under the HNC, said the deal also did not include the Kurdish Popular Protection Units (YPG).

The YPG, along with other Kurdish militias, controls a large area of northern Syria up the Turkish border. It is regarded by Turkey as a terrorist organisation and an extension of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

Paper Tiger Turkish military Stack in al-Bab Syria, Russian jets went for help

December 29, 2016 By administrator

For the first time since launching its anti-terror aerial campaign in Syria, Russian warplanes have reportedly hit Daesh targets around the city of al-Bab, where Turkey and its allied militants are allegedly fighting the terrorist group.

On Thursday, Turkey’s Dogan news agency quoted military sources as saying that the Russian air raids took place on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the “strikes suspected to be Russian” had been hitting al-Bab for the last two days “in support of the Turkish operation.”

However, there was no official confirmation of the strikes.

Moscow launched its campaign against Daesh and other terror outfits in Syria at the Damascus government’s request in September 2015. Wednesday’s air raids were the first such strikes targeting al-Bab.

Turkey also began a major military intervention in Syria in August, sending tanks and warplanes across the border, in a move denounced by Damascus as a breach of its sovereignty.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the operation, dubbed “Euphrates Shield,” was aimed at “terror groups” such as Daesh and the Democratic Union Party (PYD), a US-backed Kurdish group based in Syria.

However, the Turksih offensive has left a large number of civilian fatalities in al-Bab and elsewhere in Syria, without scoring any major victory against Daesh terrorists.

Ankara and Moscow have long been at odds over the conflict in Syria, where Russia supports the government of President Bashar al-Assad and Turkey backs anti-Damascus militants.

Syrian army makes gains

In another development on Thursday, the Syrian army managed to advance on the village of Hazrama in the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta.

Syrian forces killed and wounded several Jaysh al-Islam militants who are in control of the village.

Elsewhere in Dara’a province, the Syrian troops killed a number of terrorist ringleaders and downed a radio-controlled airplane operated by Jabhat Fateh al-Sham militant group, formerly known as al-Nusra Front.

Another Syrian army unit also destroyed a vehicle belonging to Daesh terrorists in the suburbs of the Qaryatayn town in Homs Province, leaving six terrorists dead.

Secret Documents reveal Iraqi Kurdistan govt “Barzani” attempts to sell oil fields to Turkey

December 28, 2016 By administrator

SULAIMANI, Iraq’s Kurdistan region,— Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s Minister of Natural Resources, Ashti Hawrami, proposed a project to the Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources regarding selling part of the oil fields’ divisions in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region for $5 billion, according to a secret document leaked by whistle-blower organization Wikileaks.

Hawrami put forward a three-part proposal to Turkish minister Berat Albayrak through an email sent on 19 March 2016 to sell part of the oil field shares in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region to the Turkish government for $5 billion, the Wikileaks’ documents, which NRT obtained a copy of, reported.

According to the Wikileaks documents, the money that the KRG minister demanded from Turkey would be part of a loan paid to the KRG by the Turkish government.

Hawrami highlighted the KRG’s needs for the $5 billion as below:

First: $1.150 million loan paid to the KRG by the Turkish government.

“To date, the total amount of the Loan paid to the KRG by Turkish side stands at $1,150m (the payment was made in three installment of $500m, $500m and $150m),” the Wikileaks document stated.

Second: $514 million loan from TEC for services to be provided to the Kurdish government. “In addition to these Loans, now the total amount due to TEC for services provided to the KRG is in access of $514 million, and this amount is rising every month.”

Third: $1 billion for payments to Turkish construction and other Turkish contractors to complete the proposed projects.

“The KRG needs immediate funding of around $800m plus a further $1,000m over the next 18 months to pay the contractors to restart and complete these vital projects,” the document added.

Fourth: $700 million to pay companies operating in the Chamchamal and KorMor Gas project. “For various reasons, including the KRG’s financial problems the current Operator of these fields has not been paid by the KRG for its entitled remuneration, which the Operator estimated to be a very large amount … but withheld from the Operator is around $700m, which needs to be settled soon.”

Fifth: Payments of $750 million for implementing the Gas and Oil Pipeline Constructions.

“In order to tie in the new oil discoveries like Shaikan to boost KRG’s oil export and to construct a new strategic gas pipeline to export a 20 to 30 BCM of gas from ChemChemal/KorMor and Miran/BnaBawi projects, the KRG needs to fund the pipeline infrastructure, particularly to enable the gas assets to be developed within the next 2 year,” according to Wikileaks document. “The total costs of these pipeline is estimated to be around $750m.”

Sixth: a payment of $540 million to “support KRG’s reduced budget shortfalls and to protect the 20% Shaikan Government Interest due to KRG’s non-payments.”

The KRG minister also gave three options to the Turkish government to expand its support to the KRG, the Wikileaks report revealed.

In the first option, Hawrami stated that the KRG would pay back the loans as the financial capability of the KRG improved, which was stated as possibly beginning in 2019 and ending by 2021.

“Extend the additional Loans of $3,740m to the KRG in the same way as the existing Loans, to be repaid as the financial position of KRG improves.”

“Extend the additional Loans of $3,740m to the KRG provided that the KRG allocates certain identifiable streams of cash flow from an agreed list of Oil and Gas Assets, or even some Oil Cargos in Ceyhan to the Turkish Side to ensure that all the Loans plus agreed interests are repaid, again the time line to be agreed,” the second option stated.

Hawrami’s third option was that the Turkish government buys the KRG’s shares in the Kurdistan Region’s oil fields.

“Rather than just being offered the cash flow of the Oil and Gas Assets, the KRG prefers and proposes that the Turkish Side be assigned the long-term working interests and benefits of these assets,” the document said.

“In this case the Turkish Side may benefit more from any upside profitability of these Assets, but the KRG will also offer a guarantee to the Turkish Side against any possibility of underperformance of the Assets.”

Hawrami also offered three proposals for his Turkish counterpart regarding the third option referred to in the email.

The first proposal stated that the Turkish government buys the shares of TaqTaq, Tawke and Shaikan oil fields from the KRG.

“The KRG proposes the Turkish Side considers converting the current outstanding Loans and the TEC outstanding entitlements to a long-term investment in the TaqTaq, Tawke and Shaikan producing Fields … The KRG proposes to transfer these assets to the Turkish side on an 8% discount basis.”

In the second proposal Hawrami offered the Turkish government the option to buy the KRG’s division in the BnaBawi and Miran projects.

“These two streams of free cash flow are expected to generate $2,705m at 7.5% discount (7.5% interest rate). The KRG proposes to transfer these assets to the Turkish Side on a 10% discount basis.”

In the third proposal, the KRG minister offered the Turkish government the option to buy the KRG’s division in the Khurmala oil fields.

“KRG proposes that the Turkish Side considers advancing a further new payment to the KRG, again not as a loan, but against KRG assigning 50% net working interests in the Khurmala Field – in both the Shallow and the Deep reservoirs. The current operator to retain 30% working interest and the KRG to hold 20% carried interest.”

The Wikileaks document reveals the complete amounts, and documents of the KRG’s divisions in the oil fields, and all the ways proposed of selling them to the Turkish government for receiving the $5 billion.

Kurdistan considered as the most corrupted part of Iraq. According to Kurdish politicians and observers billions of dollars are missing from Iraqi Kurdistan’s oil revenues.

Senior KRG officials including Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani have long been accused by the opposition and observers of corruption or taking government money.

Lawmakers and political figures have previously criticized and accused the KRG of not being transparent with oil exports and revenues.

Members of Kurdistan Parliament have claimed that millions of dollars have gone missing from the region. The region’s Ministry of Natural Resources has rebutted those accusations as unfounded.

Many Kurdish politicians and observers believe that many of the oil industry projects in Iraqi Kurdistan are conducted in a non-transparent way. Some have even described them as secretive.

Source: http://ekurd.net/kurdistan-sell-oil-fields-turkey-2016-12-27

After Turkey turn Syria to No man land and Lost the war want cease-fire with Russia

December 28, 2016 By administrator

Turkey and Russia have agreed on a plan for the warring parties in Syria to declare a nationwide cease-fire, Anadolu Agency reported, citing its confidential source..

The plan is expected to be carried out in all areas where the Assad government and the opposition are fighting, said the source, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on talking to the media.

The source detailed that under the plan, Ankara and Moscow will work for the cease-fire to come into force at midnight on Wednesday. It added that terrorist organizations will be excluded from the deal.

The source also said that if the cease-fire succeeds, political negotiations will start in the capital of Kazakhstan under Turkey and Russia’s guidance.

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev earlier expressed his “readiness” to provide a platform for talks in Astana to solve the long-standing crisis.

Paper Tiger Turkey’s Erdogan says has ‘evidence’ of US supporting Daesh in Syria:

December 27, 2016 By administrator

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has “confirmed evidence” that the US-led coalition is supporting Daesh and other terrorist groups in Syria.

“What were the coalition forces saying in the beginning? They were saying: ‘We will fight against the terrorist organization Daesh until the end.’ In fact, they were accusing us of supporting Daesh. Now they’ve all disappeared. On the contrary, they give support to terrorist groups including Daesh, YPG (Kurdish People’s Protection Units), PYD (Democratic Union Party). It’s very clear. We have confirmed evidence, with pictures, photos and videos,” said Erdogan during a Tuesday press conference.

The US and some of its regional allies, in particular Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey, have on multiple occasions been accused of arming and funding militant groups fighting the Syrian government for nearly six years.

Anakra deems the PYD as a branch of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has been engaged in an armed insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984 and designated as a terrorist group by the US.

Turkey has vowed to press ahead with its hunt of Kurdish militants in both Iraq and Syria.

Erdogan’s announcement came just one day after Former US Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein accused Washington of backing terrorist groups when it serves its interests.

The Turkish president also stressed that the US had failed to keep its promise of air support in Ankara’s operations to liberate the Syrian city of al-Bab from Daesh.

“Even though the US-led coalition has failed to keep its promises [pledging air support] in our operation to liberate al-Bab, we will rid the city of Daesh terrorists, no matter what,” he said.

Turkey is in the middle of a military operation to capture al-Bab from Daesh. Ankara, which started its incursion into Syria in August, claims that it is only supporting the militants in northern Syria in the drive against Daesh. However, reports over the past days have suggested that Turkish troops have been directly involved in the battle in al-Bab.

The ongoing assault in al-Bab has inflicted significant casualties on civilians. The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Friday that around 90 civilians, including 21 children, had lost their lives in a matter of 24 hours as Turkey intensified its airstrikes on the town.

Terrorist State of Turkey Arrest Pro-Kurdish HDP party co-chair in Ankara

December 26, 2016 By administrator

Aysel Tugluk leading member of the pro-Kurdish HDP has been arrested on terrorism charges. Tugluk had been helping other arrested HDP members with their legal battles amidst a government crackdown.

Turkey’s crackdown on the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) showed no sign of slowing down on Monday after the arrest of Aysel Tugluk, deputy co-chair of the party. Tugluk was taken away by anti-terrorism police at her home in Ankara about a month after 10 HDP lawmakers were detained on charges of having ties to the outlawed militant group the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

According to German news agency DPA, Tugluk acted as a lawyer for jailed HDP leaders. The party claims that since parliamentary immunity was lifted earlier this year, the central government has systematically tried to destroy it through arrests and erroneous claims that it supports the PKK. The HDP has long denied any ties, though it has pressed the government to resume stalled peace talks.

Pro-government newspaper the Daily Sabah wrote that Tugluk would be sent to await trial in her home province of Diyarbakir after officials cleared her for travel. The report, citing an anonymous police source, said it was the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office that launched the investigation into Tugluk’s activities.

On Twitter, the HDP’s womens’ group condemned the arrest of its co-chair as an “attack on the free will of women.”

The PKK has actively promoted an independent Kurdish state and led an armed insurrection against the Turkish government since 1994. It has long been listed as a terror organization by the United States and the European Union. Since a ceasefire agreement collapsed last year, frequent clashes have broken out between the group’s fighters and the military in the Turkey’s southeast. Earlier in December, the more extreme wing of the PKK, the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK), killed 44 people in a string of attacks on Istanbul.

The statute dedicated to Monte Melkonyan demolished in Turkey

December 26, 2016 By administrator

The Provincial Hall of Tunceli province in Turkey has dismantled the memorial dedicated to the Armenian national hero Monte Melkonyan and other heroes of the Armenian liberation war, Ermenihaber reported, citing Turkish media outlets.

The statute, located in the eastern Turkish province of Tunceli, was unveiled on April 26, 2016 and brought to the spotlight by Turkish “Sozcu” newspaper columnist Sayg Ozturk. who along with number of Turkish nationalists were outraged by the fact of erecting a monument on Turkish soil to honor Armenian heroes.
They came up with a petition asking the Provincial Hall for the demolition of the statute that was adopted.

Along with Monte Melkonyan, names of Gevorg Chaush, Armenak Bakrjyan, Manuel Demir, Nubar Yanikyan, Andranik Ozanyan are also written on the memorial.

“We condemn the Armenian Genocide. We pay tribute to memory of Armenak Bakrjyan and Hrant Dink. The Armenian Genocide continues even 100 years later,” the inscription on the memorial read.