First radio station of homosexuals to start a
rhm - 27.03.2005 12:55
Homosexuals in Turkey have begun radio broadcast on a web site, under the name of 'Radyo Direniş/Radyo Berxwedan (Radio Rebel)', to put their voice on the map.
"Radio Rebel" has begun broadcasting musical programs including Turkish, Kurdish, English, Syriac, Lazce, and Armenian melodies with a taste of Anatolian and Mesopotamian performance on the web site "www.direnis.radyosu.com". They, the labouers of the radio station, state those activities are the evidence for homosexual existence, which have been realized on the line of resistance decree taken against the exploiting system, and, that they will carry on resisting to put their voice on the map all over the world.
Kurdish news
In addition to a multi-language music broadcast, the radio station airs Kurdish and Turkish programs entitled "Ezilenlerin Ezgileri (The melodies of the Oppressed", "Nuche-Haber (News)", "İstekler-Dixwazin (Requests)", "Lazistan Dağları'nın Sesi (Voic of the Mountains of Lazistan ", "Direnişçilerin Cevabı (Response of Resisters", "Enternasyonel-Kapanış (International- Closure). The radio, the first and only radio owned by homosexuals to air to date, attaches a great significance to items of news relating with whether the interviews that the attorneys of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Ocalan hold every week with their client are made or not. The homosexual community, one of the most oppressed social sectors, is aiming to disclose the homosexual existence, which has usually been reflected via written literary works, by means of radio waves as well. The employees of the 'Radio Rebel' invited all of the homosexuals who are suppressed, exploited or enslaved to labour for the broadcast.
'Our aim is not to reach a large number of people'
Sanem Yurttaş, one of the founders, noted that they decided to start radio broadcasts after the decrees taken at ''The 22- 23 Meeting of Homosexuals from Turkey and Kurdistan" and, they had not faced any obstacles because of airing on through internet "But, of course, we were attacked by some homophobic persons as were we in the past. We have been experiencing the same since the establishment. That is the reason why we name the radio station 'Direniş-Berxwedan (Rebel)'. Our aim is not to reach a large number of people. Our main target is to provide the sound of the homosexuals to be put on the map. We are responding to the dominant system which tries to cut off our voice. There became some homosexual and heterosexual friends who got into contact with us after the airing on the web-site. They pointed out they had understood us better and wanted to struggle with us, which evidences we have arrived at our two-dimensional aim. We have been witnessing an increasing number of listeners, since we began airing. Our programs have been followed by a grade many of people in almost every sectors"
'We are targeting a joint project with women'
Expressing the reason why they prefer ethno-musical programs most is that they are Anatolian and Mesopotamian homosexuals and their languages are Turkish, Kurdish, Lazca, Circassian, Armenian, Syriac and Arabic, Yurttaş said "So our programs are in the languages. In addition tour musical melodies are in those languages. A second reason is that we live a same fate these languages of historic heritage of Anatolia and Mesopotamia do, and also the same oppression, being made to concert to the other"
Sanem Yurttaş said they were also going to air in the other languages as to listeners' demands and, they desired to conduct a common project with the women who are exposed to an identical denial as well as programs telling the homosexual entity." As the Radio Rebel is one that belongs to homosexuals, it is necessary to give place to the needs and requests of other homosexual organizations and formations" indicated she.
 Website: http://www.direnis.radyosu.com
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