New Turkish WRI Affiliate, and their statement on Kobane

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 month they have released a statement - We have neither a second nor a life to give to war! on the situation in Kobane, and the Turkish government's response to ISIS: 'And we say it again out loud: We have neither a second nor a life to give to war. The “peace” which you will supposedly provide with a war against ISIS - which is the result of your own assistance for them - will bring nothing but massacres in the region.'

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