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our village guards since they are not guarded adequately. What's
more, for a long time, our village guards are being intimidated and
terrorized by the PKK by means of threatening letters. In these letters
of intimidation it writes, "Enemy! Give back your weapon, so that you
may have the right to live in Kurdistan!" Thus the arms given by the
state are described as weapons of the enemy while the Southeast of

our country is called Kurdistan. While this recklessness is persisting,
ignoring the current incidents in the Southeast would be against all
rationality and conscience.

The following statements by the Chairman of the Fraternal Asso-
ciation for Preserving Rights of Temporary Village Guards on A9
Television are highly significant:

While we were on duty, and when our state was in need of us,
and we were right in charge of our struggle, the PKK would look
for a place to hide on encountering us. There was no such thing
as the PKK then. 120

It is obvious that the village guard system is one of the vital sys-

tems that both the PKK fears and feels desperately about. The manner
in which our President attaches significance to this matter is clearly
observed in his meeting with the village guards. The government
should preserve this sensibility and the village guards should be
assured of the continuous support of the state.

A spectacular view from Şanlıurfa.

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