New documents reveal #Turkey' founder Ataturk buys chemical warfare from Nazi Germany (1937) to use against Kurdish Alevi civilians of #Dersim. Turkish dictator Ataturk killed ten thousands of civilians in Dersim, Kurdistan in 1937-38 #twitterkurds #Kurdistan #Turkey #Istanbulpic.twitter.com/pdSsGTozTI
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Ataturk’s adopted daughter, one of the pilots that flew over
#Dersim as the Turkish air force dropped gas on the Kurdish population. She has an Istanbul airport named after her in honour of her role as Turkey’s 1st woman fighter pilot.#twitterkurds#Kurdistan#Turkey#Genocidepic.twitter.com/qJAlihfto1Show this thread -
Dersim Massacre of 1937-38 has been described as a genocide with more than 40,000 killed. 1000s were forced from their homes&children were taken from their families,given to foster parents across Turkey cutting them off from their roots as part of an ethnic cleansing initiative.pic.twitter.com/uMfsoxRKVo
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