Fascist group attacks students for dancing halay to Kurdish music in southern Turkey

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Members of the fascist group Greywolves have attacked a group of university students for listening to Kurdish music and performing the traditional halay folk dance in the southern province of Karaman. HDP MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has brought the issue to parliament’s agenda, while the Diyarbakır Bar Association demanded an effective investigation.

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• When it comes to speaking, they say, 'We have solved the Kurdish problem in the country.' But look, a young man left his university and went back to Diyarbakır because he danced halay to a Kurdish song. Has the Kurdish problem been solved in the country; is this possible? This explicitly shows that the issue has not been resolved.

  — Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu

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• https://stockholmcf.org/students-dancing-to-kurdish-folk-songs-beaten-by-far-right-group-in-turkeys-karaman-provincea-group-of-university-students-in-turkeys-southern-karaman-province-were-attacked-by-the-far-right-ultra/

• https://www.evrensel.net/haber/459054/kurtce-muzik-dinleyip-halay-ceken-ogrencilere-yonelik-ulkucu-saldiriya-tepki-yagdi

• https://www.indyturk.com/node/494921/haber/k%C3%BCrt%C3%A7e-m%C3%BCzik-dinleyip-halay-%C3%A7eken-%C3%B6%C4%9Frenciler-darp-edildi%E2%80%A6-korkutulan-kimi