------------------------- Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the Feb. 13, 2003 issue of Workers World newspaper -------------------------
ANTI-WAR VOICES RISE IN TURKEY The warlords in Washington have brought heavy pressure to bear on their ally, the Turkish government. The United States demands the right to station some 80,000 Pentagon troops there--and to use Turkey as a land and air base from which to attack Iraq. But, from below, "The opposition to war has been slowly building up in Turkey. There have been many demonstrations and anti-war meetings across the country," wrote Behzad Yaghmaian in the Feb. 1 CounterPunch. Yaghmaian reported that war is being widely discussed in private and public gatherings: "Students and academicians, journalists and publishers, artists and ordinary people show their resentment of the war in different forms: petitions, public declarations, peace forums and anti-war rallies." lders of their parents; workers and unionists, and students; and Arab women in their traditional garbs. "The message was clear," he concluded. "The U.S. was not to be welcomed in Turkey, not by its citizens." Yaghmaian authored "Social Change in Iran: An Eyewitness Account of Dissent, Defiance and New Movements for Rights" (SUNY Press:2002). --L.F. - END - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Support the voice of resistance http://www.workers.org/orders/donate.php) ------------------ This message is sent to you by Workers World News Service. To subscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
