WRI has welcomed VİCDANİ RET DERNEĞİ (VR-DER) - the Conscientious Objection Association in Turkey - as an associate member.
You can find their details on the list of affiliates here.
This weekend VR-DER issued the below statement, on the situation in Kobane, and the Turkish government's response to ISIS
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Conscientious Objection Association: We have neither a second nor a life to give to war!
The authorities initiated a “peace process” after the Turkish state and military conducted a thirty-year-old war which left thousands of casualties. The process was conceptualized as a step towards constructive dialogue with the Kurdish movement. However, the state did not abandon its long lived habit of providing peace with its arms, tanks and bombs. Families lost their children and funerals never stopped although a ceasefire was announced and armed groups left the Turkish borders.