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Turkey: PKK leader says Turkey wants to
destroy him
21.1.2006
By Vladimir van Wilgenburg, Journalist - Netherlands
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According to the PKK
affiliated website Kurdishinfo, the life of the PKK
leader Abdullah Ocalan is in danger. Several
demonstrations were held in several countries,
including the Netherlands. PKK supporters
demonstrate, because they fear of Öcalan's health
conditions, so they say.
The lawyer of said that Öcalan is under immense
pressure and is strained to death; like suicide.
According to Öcalan the Turkish Government will be
responsible, not him, if there will be a death."
Ocalan said he was punished, because they [Turkish
government] think he stimulated people to rebellion
and gave instructions to the PKK. But he said:"I
didn't provoke the people, I didn't give
instructions to the organisation, I only defend the
education in mother-language [Kurdish]". |
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan-
Kurdistan-Turkey. |
Öcalan said he thinks education in mother-language
is the basic right of the people and this isn't a
crime. This right is in all international
agreements. " But despite my good will, they give
this punishment to me".
He also accused the Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan and Deniz Baykal (long-time leader of
Turkish CHP party) of working together. "THEY WANT
TO SILENCE ME, DESPITE I HAVE BEEN IN PRISON JUST
FOR PEACE. THEY WANT TO DESTROY ME".
Öcalan expects a new punishment of 3 months because
of this interview. "They want to batter me in
psychological way. Except this, during this time,
all my communication with external world had been
cut off. And my health situation became heavier".
The political game between the PKK and the Turkish
government continues!
And therefore I have some questions for Kurds and
Turks:
One might wonder, how this leader, who supposed to
be isolated in prison and says that his
communication with the "external world is cut off",
can have an one hour interview with his lawyer in
prison in which he can express his views and have
contact with the outside world (through his lawyer)?
If he really was in isolation, then he couldn't
speak to no one!
I must agree with his words about education, but I
don’t think the Turkish government punished him, for
talking about language. What do you think? Off
course, because he is the PKK leader, they would
punish him for everything.
Öcalan is suggesting, that if he suddenly dies, it’s
the fault of the Turkish government and they would
face the consequences for this. What kind of
consequences he meant? Maybe a punishment of the EU
or like Murat Karayilan earlier said, otherwise the
PKK would put Ankara in flames? Isn’t this a sort of
instruction for the Kurds and the PKK? "Help! I am
danger! Demonstrate?"
Öcalan also showed his opposition towards the AKP
party. According to the Dutch politician Joost
Lagendijk, the opposition of the Kurds towards the
AKP is one of the biggest mistakes of the Kurds. He
thinks Kurds must support the AKP party, because
it’s the “road to democracy” (He thinks they are the
most democratic party in Turkey). This maybe is one
of the reasons, that PKK is having harsh words
towards the AKP, because Kurds otherwise supports
them? Or is it, because the PKK wants the AKP to get
more support from the Turkish people, because the
Turks will support any party, that receives
opposition from those so-called “terrorists”. [In
Turkish eyes PKK are terrorists, a lot of Kurds see
them as freedom fighters.
Good Kurds and Bad Kurds?].
And one other important question: Why Kurds would
not demonstrate for Kurdish rights and their cause
in North Kurdistan (Eastern Turkey) rather
than for freedom of Abdullah Öcalan? Öcalan himself
he said he was supporting "education in mother
language". Why not demonstrate for that? Do you
think, if you demonstrate for Öcalan.. he will be
freed? Do you think if you demonstrate for Öcalan
you get more rights? Do you think he won't get
punishments, if you demonstrate for him?
I am not taking sides [PKK or Turkish government],
but I am just curious about what people think. And I
hope my readers or other bloggers will give me a
response or just simply think about this questions
and information.
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