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Talabani: "Autonomy for Turkmens in
Kurdistan"
30.1.2006
By Vladimir van Wilgenburg, Journalist - Netherlands
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Kurds working on plan to
give Turkmens autonomy in areas they're a majority
in new constitution they're drafting for regional
Kurdistan region reported the Turkish newspaper The
New Anatolian.
The Kurdish President Jalal Talabani of Iraq says
the Kurds are considering the possibility of giving
the Turkmens autonomy in regions where they're a
majority in the new constitution that is being
drafted for the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
“Kurdish leaders are discussing the possibility of
granting Turkmens autonomy in the northern regions
where they're a majority,” the Iraqi president said.
In an exclusive interview the president said the new
constitution for the Kurdistan Region is being
drafted in the Kurdish Parliament but did not
elaborate when asked how the Kurds would determine
where the Turkmens are in a majority.
Talabani repeated that
there could be no Kurdish independence, especially
without the blessing of Turkey. “The Arab Shiites
have Iran, the Arab Sunnis have the Arab states and
especially Saudi Arabia. We only have Turkey.”
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Iraqi
President : Jalal Talabani
Photo: Reuters
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The Kurds give a good example to Turkey how the
Kurds should be treated. The Kurds at least give the
Turkmen autonomy, let them speak their own language,
and let them preserve their culture.
Turkey on the other hand keeps the assimilation
policy alive with schools teaching Kurdish children
Turkish, saying that area's with a Kurdish majority
are Turkish.. etc.
In the Kurdistani parliament politicians can
participate with their Turkmen identity. In the
Turkish government, Kurds can participate… this is
true. But only if they express their “Turkish
identity” and deny their Kurdish identity. The
Turkmen minister of sports in Kurdistan even gave an
interview in Turkmen.
I would be surprised to see a Kurdish minister with
a Kurdish identity in Turkey… and even more
surprised to see him give a speech in Kurdish. He
would probable would receive a fine or a punishment.
http://vladimirkurdistan.blogspot.com/
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