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-- Cool Cat Talk| @ 20:24, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
Security forces in Turkey forcibly displaced Kurdish rural communities during the 1980s and 1990s in order to combat the Kurdish Workers’ Party ( PKK) insurgency. By the mid-1990s, more than 3,000 villages had been virtually wiped from the map, and, according to official figures, 378,335 Kurdish villagers had been displaced and left homeless.(see [1], [2] and [3].
In 1994 Leyla Zana--who, three years prior, had been the first Kurdish woman elected to the Turkish parliament--was sentenced to 15 years for "separatist speech". At her inauguration as an MP, she reportedly identified herself as a Kurd. Amnesty International reported "She took the oath of loyalty in Turkish, as required by law, then added in Kurdish, 'I shall struggle so that the Kurdish and Turkish peoples may live together in a democratic framework.' Parliament erupted with shouts of 'Separatist', 'Terrorist', and 'Arrest her'". In 1994, after she and three other Kurdish MPs (Hatip Dicle, Orhan Dogan and Selim Sadak) joined the newly formed Democracy Party, which was quickly banned by the authorities, her immunity was lifted, and she and the other three were arrested. They were accused of treason and promptly jailed. [4], [5]. She was recogized as a "Prisoner of Conscience" by Amnesty International. When she was awarded the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize in 1995, she had been jailed for one year of a 15-year sentence. In 2002, a movie named The Back of the World [6] examined her case. In 2004, after she had spent 9 years in prison, the European Court of Human Rights found shortcomings in her 1994 trial. Under pressure from the European Union [7], she was allowed to collect her Sakharov prize in 2004, while awaiting a new retrial. [8], [9], [10], [11], [12] While in prison she published a book titled Writings from Prison [13]
In 1999, a joint operation by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Turkish National Intelligence Agency (MIT), and the Israeli Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks Agency (Mossad) located and arrested the leader of the Kurdish paramilitary group PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, in Kenya. The Turkish Intelligence Agency later declared that he was staying in the Greek embassy in Nairobi with a Greek Cypriot passport, issued in Greece. The Greek bureaucrats responsible were forced to resign, and Abdullah 'Apo' Ocalan was tried and sentenced to death, later commuted to life imprisonment in the island of Imrali. This is the only proven case of Western assistance to the PKK. Earlier, PKK had support from Syria, Iran and various Kurdish clans in Iraq. Ocalan was originally based in Syria but was forced to leave in late 1998 following Turkey's deployment of large numbers of troops on the Syrian border. Remnants of the PKK are based in Northern Iraq who from time to time cross the mountains border into Turkey for attacks.
PKK/ KADEK has been described as a terrorist group by the United States since 1997 and more recently in 2004 by the European Union.
Meanwhile over the last decade, to comply with the European Union's standards to start membership accession talks, the Turkish Government has lifted almost all the bans on Kurdish speech, press, visual/audio production, and education, and also started broadcasting Kurdish language programs in the government TV and radio channels. This, however, did not stop the PKK from breaking its ceasefire of 1999 later in 2001 and in 2005. The PKK has come under pressure fom Kurdish leaders recently to end its campaign, following overtures from Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan.
Anfal--"the Spoils"(of War)--is the name of the eighth sura of the Koran. It is the name of a operation carried out against Kurds from March 29 1987 until April 23 1989, by the former Iraqi regime under command of Ali Hassan al-Majid (also known as "Chemical Ali"). It was characterized by the following gross violations of human rights:
( [14] by the Human Rights Watch)
Since the Persian Gulf War of 1991, the Kurdistan Democratic Party under the leadership of Massoud Barzani, and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan under the leadership of Jalal Talabani have controlled much of Southern Kurdistan. The capital of the Kurdistan Autonomous Region is Arbil (also known as Hewlêr in Kurdish), although the main Kurdish parties have indicated their preference for Kirkuk as the capital of an eventual Kurdish state. The latter city is currently hotly contested by Kurdish, Arab and Turkmen factions, and there is a strong and vocal opposition of Turkey to permanent Kurdish control of the city.
On July 9 2005, a Kurdish opposition activist, Shivan Qaderi [15] (a.k.a Shwane Qadri or Sayed Kamal Astam) and two other Kurdish men were shot by Iranian security forces in Mahabad. According to witnesses, the security forces then tied Qaderi's body to a Toyata jeep and dragged it through the streets. Iranian authorities confirmed that Qaderi, "who was on the run and wanted by the judiciary", was shot and killed while allegedly evading arrest.
For the next six weeks, riots and protests erupted in Kurdish towns and villages throughout Eastern Kurdistan such as Mahabad, Sinne ( Sanandaj), Sardasht, Piranshahr ( Xanê), Oshnavieh ( Şino), Baneh, Bokan and Saqiz [16] (and even inspiring protests in southwestern Iran and in Baluchistan in eastern Iran) with scores killed and injured, and an untold number arrested without charge. The Iranian authorities also shut down several major Kurdish newspapers arresting reporters and editors.
All the above paragraphes that you have deleted, are important. These are part of the history of the region. Anfal, Forced Relocations in Turkey and Leyla Zana are all issues that have occurred in the geo-cultural region of Kurdistan and should be mentioned. Heja Helweda 21:43, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
If all the deleted material by Cool Cat were irrelevant, then he/she should have removed "Ocalan" section too. Obviously, Cool Cat has a strong POV on this article. Heja Helweda 22:27, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
Following pictures might offend some visitors! Viewer discretion is advised!
Image:resim1.gif Image:resim2.gif
24 January 1987 Mardin-Midyat / Basyurt Efeler Village in south Eastern Turkey
11 Innocent civillian people( 7 children, 1 women, 3 men) were murdered by PKK
Image:resim3.gif Image:resim4.gif
07 March 1987 Mardin- Nusaybin / Açikyol Village in south Eastern Turkey 8 Innocent civillian people( 6 children, 2 women ) were murdered by PKK
Image:resim27.gif Image:resim28.gif
18.July.1993 Van-Bahçesaray Sündüz village in south eastern Turkey 26 Innocent civillian people(14 children, 8 Women, 4 Men) were murdered by PKK
And thousands of people murdered by PKK. PKK sells narkotic and buys weapon to kill guiltless civils. Is this independence war? Does the baby that in the cradle give them independence. Everybody must be learn their native language but using guns? or killing babies.
TRUTH ABOUT THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT
http://fstav.tripod.com/photos2.html
The PKK have only done what has been done to them and their brothers!
Nobody is denying the fact that PKK has been a terrorist group. But one cannot equate the complex ethno-cultural Kurdish question with just one political group like that. If you have information about the atrocities of the PKK, then contribute to the page, not complain. Not all Kurds are seeking their rights through violence. People like Leyla Zana prefer a more peaceful and positive struggle. On the other hand, let's not forget that the Turkish security forces are not also totally innocent. Thousands of Kurdish villages in south-eastern Turkey have been razed to the ground by them in the 90's. However, bit by bit the animosity is changing, and people on both sides are realizing it's time to move on. Even Prime minister Erdoğan has acknowledged that the so called Kurdish Problem should be solved in a positive way. This means improving human rights, Cultural rights, more economic development and investment opportunities. The ties with northern Iraq are improving as well. Take a look at this. Improving Bussiness Ties between Turkey and Iraqi Kurds Heja Helweda 17:41, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
You ( Cool Cat) are entitled to your own opinion when you say Forced Relocations are among standard counter terrorism measures, but Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International surley don't agree with your POV. When Israel was battling the wave of suicide bombings, they didn't try to relocate civilian Palestinians and destroy all of their villages. About the comparison with Blacks in America, you are right about the separatism but not Forced relocation. When the Civil Rights Movement led by Martin Luther King, was fighting injustice in U.S. in 60's, the U.S. government didn't try to relocate Blacks from Alabama,Georgia, Louisiana!!! (Even though there were armed groups among them like the one lead by Malcolm X). Your Logic is flawed. Heja Helweda 18:02, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
The history of something in my opinion still comes under it however a link to that and a mention in the article is always a good thing. I would like to suggest that it is moved up on the see also list --
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Hi!
I'm inviting editors to participate in the discussion to move the article 'Syrian Kurdistan' to 'Rojava'. My rationale is: This article is about a region governed by the PYD, which calls the area Rojava. Foreign press also uses this term, for example [17] (BBC) [18] (Guardian) [19] (Independent) [20] (VICE). Other examples on Wikipedia such as Kosovo (not South Serbia), Catalonia (not Catalonian Spain) or Scotland (not Scottish United Kingdom) indicate this article should be called Rojava as per convention. Thanks Genjix ( talk) 19:01, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
commenting here, will have reliable source later when I have time. Possible sources
Will add line later -- Aronzak ( talk) 03:33, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
In the infobox, when mentioning the four main areas of Kurdistan ( North, South, East, and West), three of the flags given are the flags of political or military groups. In the case of Syrian Kurdistan, the use of the PYD flag is widespread in the actual region, so that might be justified, but do Turkish Kurds really fly the flag of Koma Civakên Kurdistan and do Iranian Kurds really use the flag of PJAK? Bulbajer ( talk) 03:35, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
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Kurdistan Does not exist and parts of this map is showing my country (turkey) being split. There is a Terrorist group currently murdering people in that region but no country other than Turkey or officially recognised countries. This page is incorrect and offensive as the region shown in South Eastern Turkey is a area where terror group PKK is active and killing Turkish soldiers. Therefore dividing a country that is not divided is incorrect. 2.121.172.222 ( talk) 02:11, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
The data about Piranashahr are incorrect. Piranshahr is a small city in eastern Kurdistan,Iran, with a population much less than 100000. Piranshahr is a beautiful city in Kurdistan but there are some other larger and more important cities and issues that must be in this article before Piranshahr. Thanks
A move discussion relating to this article is open at Kurdish languages' talk page. Khestwol ( talk) 17:58, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
The initial map is not correct and legal, please replace it for previouse true one and protect the article from vandalism Bazrangi ( talk) 15:23, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
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I don't want to change it alone, but does this article really need seven citations for the ancient name in paragraph 1, of which six are never used anywhere else? 2602:306:32E1:92F0:E81F:4DC0:1246:6C52 ( talk) 03:17, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
I am not a registered user and therefore cannot edit, so I request somebody to correct a few typos in the beginning. It says something like "the Iraqi kurd becom autom and they fight the ISIS" It seems as if somebody did this purposely. 2601:CF:8100:8250:B9A2:10D:1D56:4C27 ( talk) 20:49, 1 November 2015 (UTC)Anonymous
Ezidxan shouldn't redirect here - it should be its own entry. Ezidxan is a land for Yezidis specifically, whether they are or are not included as ethnic Kurds. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Steveodinkirk ( talk • contribs) 13:43, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
I've found the correct redirection, but I don't know how to change it. Ezidxan should redirect to Ezidkhan; it's even described as an alternate name in the article.
I'm just checking in on this again. Sorry I'm not fluent enough in wiki mark-ups to fix it myself. Steveodinkirk ( talk) 08:23, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
I've found a related page and changed the redirect of Ezidxan from Kurdistan to Ezidkhan. I've tried to flesh out the page and add more sources. You can find information about Exidxan there. Super! Steveodinkirk ( talk) 09:02, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
Can someone advise as to whether the Wikiproject Kurdistan banner belongs on the main page or on the talk page. A bot removed it from the main page and said it belongs on the talk page, but I'm sure I have seen many articles with project banners on their main page. Jwslubbock ( talk) 18:37, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
-- Cool Cat Talk| @ 20:24, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
Security forces in Turkey forcibly displaced Kurdish rural communities during the 1980s and 1990s in order to combat the Kurdish Workers’ Party ( PKK) insurgency. By the mid-1990s, more than 3,000 villages had been virtually wiped from the map, and, according to official figures, 378,335 Kurdish villagers had been displaced and left homeless.(see [1], [2] and [3].
In 1994 Leyla Zana--who, three years prior, had been the first Kurdish woman elected to the Turkish parliament--was sentenced to 15 years for "separatist speech". At her inauguration as an MP, she reportedly identified herself as a Kurd. Amnesty International reported "She took the oath of loyalty in Turkish, as required by law, then added in Kurdish, 'I shall struggle so that the Kurdish and Turkish peoples may live together in a democratic framework.' Parliament erupted with shouts of 'Separatist', 'Terrorist', and 'Arrest her'". In 1994, after she and three other Kurdish MPs (Hatip Dicle, Orhan Dogan and Selim Sadak) joined the newly formed Democracy Party, which was quickly banned by the authorities, her immunity was lifted, and she and the other three were arrested. They were accused of treason and promptly jailed. [4], [5]. She was recogized as a "Prisoner of Conscience" by Amnesty International. When she was awarded the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize in 1995, she had been jailed for one year of a 15-year sentence. In 2002, a movie named The Back of the World [6] examined her case. In 2004, after she had spent 9 years in prison, the European Court of Human Rights found shortcomings in her 1994 trial. Under pressure from the European Union [7], she was allowed to collect her Sakharov prize in 2004, while awaiting a new retrial. [8], [9], [10], [11], [12] While in prison she published a book titled Writings from Prison [13]
In 1999, a joint operation by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Turkish National Intelligence Agency (MIT), and the Israeli Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks Agency (Mossad) located and arrested the leader of the Kurdish paramilitary group PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, in Kenya. The Turkish Intelligence Agency later declared that he was staying in the Greek embassy in Nairobi with a Greek Cypriot passport, issued in Greece. The Greek bureaucrats responsible were forced to resign, and Abdullah 'Apo' Ocalan was tried and sentenced to death, later commuted to life imprisonment in the island of Imrali. This is the only proven case of Western assistance to the PKK. Earlier, PKK had support from Syria, Iran and various Kurdish clans in Iraq. Ocalan was originally based in Syria but was forced to leave in late 1998 following Turkey's deployment of large numbers of troops on the Syrian border. Remnants of the PKK are based in Northern Iraq who from time to time cross the mountains border into Turkey for attacks.
PKK/ KADEK has been described as a terrorist group by the United States since 1997 and more recently in 2004 by the European Union.
Meanwhile over the last decade, to comply with the European Union's standards to start membership accession talks, the Turkish Government has lifted almost all the bans on Kurdish speech, press, visual/audio production, and education, and also started broadcasting Kurdish language programs in the government TV and radio channels. This, however, did not stop the PKK from breaking its ceasefire of 1999 later in 2001 and in 2005. The PKK has come under pressure fom Kurdish leaders recently to end its campaign, following overtures from Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan.
Anfal--"the Spoils"(of War)--is the name of the eighth sura of the Koran. It is the name of a operation carried out against Kurds from March 29 1987 until April 23 1989, by the former Iraqi regime under command of Ali Hassan al-Majid (also known as "Chemical Ali"). It was characterized by the following gross violations of human rights:
( [14] by the Human Rights Watch)
Since the Persian Gulf War of 1991, the Kurdistan Democratic Party under the leadership of Massoud Barzani, and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan under the leadership of Jalal Talabani have controlled much of Southern Kurdistan. The capital of the Kurdistan Autonomous Region is Arbil (also known as Hewlêr in Kurdish), although the main Kurdish parties have indicated their preference for Kirkuk as the capital of an eventual Kurdish state. The latter city is currently hotly contested by Kurdish, Arab and Turkmen factions, and there is a strong and vocal opposition of Turkey to permanent Kurdish control of the city.
On July 9 2005, a Kurdish opposition activist, Shivan Qaderi [15] (a.k.a Shwane Qadri or Sayed Kamal Astam) and two other Kurdish men were shot by Iranian security forces in Mahabad. According to witnesses, the security forces then tied Qaderi's body to a Toyata jeep and dragged it through the streets. Iranian authorities confirmed that Qaderi, "who was on the run and wanted by the judiciary", was shot and killed while allegedly evading arrest.
For the next six weeks, riots and protests erupted in Kurdish towns and villages throughout Eastern Kurdistan such as Mahabad, Sinne ( Sanandaj), Sardasht, Piranshahr ( Xanê), Oshnavieh ( Şino), Baneh, Bokan and Saqiz [16] (and even inspiring protests in southwestern Iran and in Baluchistan in eastern Iran) with scores killed and injured, and an untold number arrested without charge. The Iranian authorities also shut down several major Kurdish newspapers arresting reporters and editors.
All the above paragraphes that you have deleted, are important. These are part of the history of the region. Anfal, Forced Relocations in Turkey and Leyla Zana are all issues that have occurred in the geo-cultural region of Kurdistan and should be mentioned. Heja Helweda 21:43, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
If all the deleted material by Cool Cat were irrelevant, then he/she should have removed "Ocalan" section too. Obviously, Cool Cat has a strong POV on this article. Heja Helweda 22:27, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
Following pictures might offend some visitors! Viewer discretion is advised!
Image:resim1.gif Image:resim2.gif
24 January 1987 Mardin-Midyat / Basyurt Efeler Village in south Eastern Turkey
11 Innocent civillian people( 7 children, 1 women, 3 men) were murdered by PKK
Image:resim3.gif Image:resim4.gif
07 March 1987 Mardin- Nusaybin / Açikyol Village in south Eastern Turkey 8 Innocent civillian people( 6 children, 2 women ) were murdered by PKK
Image:resim27.gif Image:resim28.gif
18.July.1993 Van-Bahçesaray Sündüz village in south eastern Turkey 26 Innocent civillian people(14 children, 8 Women, 4 Men) were murdered by PKK
And thousands of people murdered by PKK. PKK sells narkotic and buys weapon to kill guiltless civils. Is this independence war? Does the baby that in the cradle give them independence. Everybody must be learn their native language but using guns? or killing babies.
TRUTH ABOUT THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT
http://fstav.tripod.com/photos2.html
The PKK have only done what has been done to them and their brothers!
Nobody is denying the fact that PKK has been a terrorist group. But one cannot equate the complex ethno-cultural Kurdish question with just one political group like that. If you have information about the atrocities of the PKK, then contribute to the page, not complain. Not all Kurds are seeking their rights through violence. People like Leyla Zana prefer a more peaceful and positive struggle. On the other hand, let's not forget that the Turkish security forces are not also totally innocent. Thousands of Kurdish villages in south-eastern Turkey have been razed to the ground by them in the 90's. However, bit by bit the animosity is changing, and people on both sides are realizing it's time to move on. Even Prime minister Erdoğan has acknowledged that the so called Kurdish Problem should be solved in a positive way. This means improving human rights, Cultural rights, more economic development and investment opportunities. The ties with northern Iraq are improving as well. Take a look at this. Improving Bussiness Ties between Turkey and Iraqi Kurds Heja Helweda 17:41, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
You ( Cool Cat) are entitled to your own opinion when you say Forced Relocations are among standard counter terrorism measures, but Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International surley don't agree with your POV. When Israel was battling the wave of suicide bombings, they didn't try to relocate civilian Palestinians and destroy all of their villages. About the comparison with Blacks in America, you are right about the separatism but not Forced relocation. When the Civil Rights Movement led by Martin Luther King, was fighting injustice in U.S. in 60's, the U.S. government didn't try to relocate Blacks from Alabama,Georgia, Louisiana!!! (Even though there were armed groups among them like the one lead by Malcolm X). Your Logic is flawed. Heja Helweda 18:02, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
The history of something in my opinion still comes under it however a link to that and a mention in the article is always a good thing. I would like to suggest that it is moved up on the see also list --
A
dam1213
Talk
+
12:14, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi!
I'm inviting editors to participate in the discussion to move the article 'Syrian Kurdistan' to 'Rojava'. My rationale is: This article is about a region governed by the PYD, which calls the area Rojava. Foreign press also uses this term, for example [17] (BBC) [18] (Guardian) [19] (Independent) [20] (VICE). Other examples on Wikipedia such as Kosovo (not South Serbia), Catalonia (not Catalonian Spain) or Scotland (not Scottish United Kingdom) indicate this article should be called Rojava as per convention. Thanks Genjix ( talk) 19:01, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
commenting here, will have reliable source later when I have time. Possible sources
Will add line later -- Aronzak ( talk) 03:33, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
In the infobox, when mentioning the four main areas of Kurdistan ( North, South, East, and West), three of the flags given are the flags of political or military groups. In the case of Syrian Kurdistan, the use of the PYD flag is widespread in the actual region, so that might be justified, but do Turkish Kurds really fly the flag of Koma Civakên Kurdistan and do Iranian Kurds really use the flag of PJAK? Bulbajer ( talk) 03:35, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
This
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Kurdistan Does not exist and parts of this map is showing my country (turkey) being split. There is a Terrorist group currently murdering people in that region but no country other than Turkey or officially recognised countries. This page is incorrect and offensive as the region shown in South Eastern Turkey is a area where terror group PKK is active and killing Turkish soldiers. Therefore dividing a country that is not divided is incorrect. 2.121.172.222 ( talk) 02:11, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
The data about Piranashahr are incorrect. Piranshahr is a small city in eastern Kurdistan,Iran, with a population much less than 100000. Piranshahr is a beautiful city in Kurdistan but there are some other larger and more important cities and issues that must be in this article before Piranshahr. Thanks
A move discussion relating to this article is open at Kurdish languages' talk page. Khestwol ( talk) 17:58, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
The initial map is not correct and legal, please replace it for previouse true one and protect the article from vandalism Bazrangi ( talk) 15:23, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
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I don't want to change it alone, but does this article really need seven citations for the ancient name in paragraph 1, of which six are never used anywhere else? 2602:306:32E1:92F0:E81F:4DC0:1246:6C52 ( talk) 03:17, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
I am not a registered user and therefore cannot edit, so I request somebody to correct a few typos in the beginning. It says something like "the Iraqi kurd becom autom and they fight the ISIS" It seems as if somebody did this purposely. 2601:CF:8100:8250:B9A2:10D:1D56:4C27 ( talk) 20:49, 1 November 2015 (UTC)Anonymous
Ezidxan shouldn't redirect here - it should be its own entry. Ezidxan is a land for Yezidis specifically, whether they are or are not included as ethnic Kurds. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Steveodinkirk ( talk • contribs) 13:43, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
I've found the correct redirection, but I don't know how to change it. Ezidxan should redirect to Ezidkhan; it's even described as an alternate name in the article.
I'm just checking in on this again. Sorry I'm not fluent enough in wiki mark-ups to fix it myself. Steveodinkirk ( talk) 08:23, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
I've found a related page and changed the redirect of Ezidxan from Kurdistan to Ezidkhan. I've tried to flesh out the page and add more sources. You can find information about Exidxan there. Super! Steveodinkirk ( talk) 09:02, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
Can someone advise as to whether the Wikiproject Kurdistan banner belongs on the main page or on the talk page. A bot removed it from the main page and said it belongs on the talk page, but I'm sure I have seen many articles with project banners on their main page. Jwslubbock ( talk) 18:37, 26 February 2017 (UTC)