Estimates vary, but tens of thousands of Kurds have been killed in Turkey's genocidal campaign against them. During this war the U.S. government has ceaselessly pumped more wea pons of mass destruction into the Turkish armed forces. Turkey is an occupied country. Its territory is littered with NATO military bases. U.S. and British war planes based in Turkey patrol the skies of Iraq.
Turkey is the third-biggest recipient of U.S. military aid.
Only Israel and Egypt get more Pentagon military assistance. It is no coincidence that all three countries are located in the oil-rich Middle East. While the U.S. government and Wall Street corporations are deeply committed to the campaign to stop the Kurdish freedom struggle in Turkey, they are not alone. All the imperialist countries are involved. In a Sept. 22 coordinated crackdown, pro-PKK Kurds were arrested in Germany, Britain and the Netherlands.