Kurdish Youth Tried in Turkey for Singing in Calif

Kurdish Youth Tried in Turkey for Singing Rebel Songs in Los Angeles

By Goran [Kurdistan/USA], Mideast Youth

As the world turns, injustice continues. And as injustice continues, the Kurds continue to be without a voice…

Last year, a group by the name of The Children’s Voices of Diyarbakir that consists of Kurdish youth aged 8 to 16 years of age, many who are orphaned, received a rare opportunity to participate in a World Music Festival in California. The kids put on a wonderful performance that could - and perhaps did - even put tears of joy to the eyes of non-Kurdish attendees as much as they did for Kurdish attendees.

This Kurdish youth group is composed of mostly orphans and was put together through a program initiated by Kurds in Turkey to help get the youth off the streets by engaging them in positive activities. At the festival in California, the kids sang a wide range of traditional Kurdish folk songs, played instruments, and even danced for the audience.

Now, back in Turkey, a few of them are facing charges by Turkish prosecutors for singing these songs in California…

Note: The Turks have invaded Iraq. They are alleged to be selling US nuclear secrets to the highest bidder.