Statement by
Barkın Karslı *
barkinkarsli@yahoo.comAbout the recent discussions on Cyprus Indymedia CollectiveSaturday, January 15, 2011
Dear IMC fellows;
My name is
Barkın Karslı, I'm a member of the
indy - Istanbul Collective since its foundation. I just read about the recent discussions between Cyprus Indymedia and some other groups from Greece and Cyprus. I do not have Greek, so I could only read the English posts in the related websites / lists.
I'm sorry to see that the discussions were taken down to the level of making accusations such as ¨fascist sympathizers¨ and / or ¨nationalists¨ against Cyprus Indymedia group. I know Petros, Maro, Sue, Solon since we founded a solidarity e-group (
kalimerhaba hellenoturkish community ) and many other Cyrpiot Indymedia volunteers, including Greek and Turkish Cypriots since 2001, yes it has been 10 years now…
You can view the archives of our group from
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kalimerhaba_HellenoTurkish_Community/
and decide yourself if Petros or any other friends who are contributors to the group have had any 'fascist' (!) or 'fascist sympathizer'(!) steps so far. I can sincerely say that I have not seen any, if I did, then there would be no need for me or my friends from Turkey to keep on this fruitful relationship that led to many new initiatives in time, including Cyprus Indymedia, Istanbul Indymedia and other bi-communal events among peoples of Cyprus, Turkey and Greece.
I hope not a witch-hunt is ongoing against the current Cyprus Indymedia initiative, for it is easiest to put the blame on some voluntary people, when you do not want to look into the mirror, to see your own or other reflections.
Thanks, (bk)
Barkın Karslıbarkinkarsli@yahoo.com
* Barkın Karslı is a founding member of
IMC-Istanbul /Turkeyhttp://istanbul.indymedia.org , and a founding member of the
KaliMerhaba Turko - Hellenic Bicommunal Dialogue grouphttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/kalimerhaba_HellenoTurkish_Community/His political roots and past are in the
Feminist Ecology branches of
ODP (Freedom and Solidarity Party) and the International
Orgonomy-minded anti-authoritarian, anti-imperialist and anti-militarist branches of the global Liberation Movement.
The above Statement of Support is from the Archives of IMC-Europe:
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-europe/2011-January/0116-fc.htmland IMC-Communication:
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-communication/2011-January/0116-sz.html* * *
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Cyprus IndyMedia Collective Responds to Accusations from Athens and Patra IndyMedia http://cyprusindymedia.blogspot.com/2011/01/cyprus-indymedia-collective-responds-to.html
Regarding the attack against Cyprus Indymedia by the para-state apparatus by Regarding the attack against Cyprus Indymedia by the para-state apparatus
by Efylakas Editorial Team
http://cyprusindymedia.blogspot.com/2011/01/regarding-attack-against-cyprus.html
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