No Drones To Turkey!

KURDISH-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AND FRIENDS URGE CONGRESS TO OPPOSE THE SALE OF ARMED AERIAL DRONES TO TURKEY

In December 2011, the Turkish military launched an operation using U.S.-supplied F-16 jets that resulted in the killing of 34 civilian Kurdish boys and young men along the Turkey-Iraq border. As reported by mainstream outlets such as the Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Associated Press, the attack was guided by predator drone intelligence that was provided to the Turkish military. The Turkish government has demonstrated grave irresponsibility by continuing to avoid a public investigation, threatening members of the victims’ families, and disallowing them to file cases with the courts.
The Kurdish Grassroots Advocacy Group, a grassroots group supported by a collection of American and Kurdish-American organizations, communities, and individuals in the United States, strongly encourage Congressional opposition to the sale of armed aerial drones to the Turkish military on the grounds that the proposed deal could put civilians in Turkey at great risk and generate new security problems in the region.

LETTER TO REPRESENTATIVE

PRESS RELEASE