On Mar 4, 2005, Reuters published a news, it was like this:
"ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has renamed some animal species, saying foreign scientists opposed to its territorial integrity had chosen their former names with ill intent, the Environment Ministry has said."
A sheep species previously known as Ovis Armeniana was renamed Ovis Orientalis Anatolicus. A species of red fox (found in the country's Kurdish area) was renamed as Vulpes Vulpes rather than Vulpes Vulpes Kurdistanica.
"Unfortunately there are many other species in Turkey which were named this way with ill intentions. This ill intent is so obvious that even species only found in our country were given names against Turkey's unity," the statement said.”
Not only renaming animal species, but even they tried (and they did of course, not only trying) to kill some species, just because these animal species are related, in this or another way, to Kurdish Culture...
Turkey accused by one of the International Organizations over killing Cats living around Lake Van in North Kurdistan, just because this Cats, related to Kurdish presence in North Kurdistan, read:
“Are Van cats becoming pawns in the politics of eastern Turkey?
Last October, a German animal welfare group issued a report stating Vans were being killed for political purposes throughout the region. Turkish officials vehemently denied the account.
The Duesseldorf group, called SOS Van Cats Rescue Action, charged that Turkish soldiers were killing Vans because of the breeds' association with the Kurds and Kurdish culture. The Kurds of eastern Turkey, including the Lake Van region, have long sought independence from Turkey, and until recently separatist Kurdish rebels in the region waged a 15-year battle with the Turkish army.
"The Turkish state wants to wipe out everything that symbolizes Kurdish culture," said Florian Cremer, a spokesperson for the group. "The cats are Kurdish, and Turkish authorities are unable to digest this."
Although no one is denying the Turks have violently repressed the Kurds, Turkish officials insist there's no effort to exterminate the Vans.
"That the Turkish army would be able to find 200 Van cats, let alone poison them, is utter nonsense," said Zahit Agaoglu, a university professor who is running a state-sponsored program to restore the breed.
He said the main problem was finding sufficient funds to feed the Vans, not protecting them from the Turkish army. "Instead of making fantastic statements, it would be nice if the Germans sent us some cat food," he said.
Just one question, how sick these Turkish are ....?!!
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