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Interview of Dr Jawad Mella, President of
the Kurdistan National Congress on Al-Jazeera TV
26.2.2007
Al-Jazeera TV, 17-2-2007
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February 26, 2007
The presenter: How can we ask the Turkish
Government to have normal relations with those who
carry out terrorist actions on its territories? Is
it possible that the Turkish Government would allow
that and what were the reasons behind this kind of
offer?
Dr. Jawad Mella:
In reality the Turkish government is not hostile to
the Kurdistan Workers Party or any other Party, but
the Turkish state since its foundation is hostile to
the Kurdish people and has executed several Kurdish
leaders never allowing the Kurdish people to
practice any of their rights even before the
Kurdistan Workers Party was born.
The fact is that they are hostile in a disgusting
racist manner to all the Kurdish people with all its
factions, parties and institutions. If they claim
that Kurdistan of Iraq or Kirkuk were one day parts
of the Ottoman Empire, then Syria, Egypt and Saudi
Arabia were also parts of that Empire. |
Dr. Jawad Mella
President of Kurdistan National Congress - KNC |
This is something that no one can believe, to claim
that if they have occupied some country in the past
so it stays, belonging to them. According to the
same logic Italy and Greece can claim Istanbul back
as it was Constantinople, when 500 years ago they
turned its churches into mosques.
The presenter: How can we ask the Turkish
Government to establish normal relations with those
who carry out terrorist acts and how can we believe
that the 3 thousand persons from Turkey inside the
Iraqi territories do not cause any trouble?
Dr. Jawad Mella:
The Turkish Government is not hostile towards the
Workers Party and those 3 thousand Kurds inside the
Iraqi Kurdistan, as if they really want to negotiate
and have a dialogue with Iraqi Kurdistan and its
government, they have to give the rights to 20
million Kurds in Turkey whom they do not recognize
as Kurdish people in Turkey. The Kurdish people
there are more than 20 million, are they all
terrorists, this is a complete nonsense and hence a
clear lie.
The presenter: The Turkish Head of Staff says
that he has damning evidence in regard of the
involvement of the Kurdish factions in Northern Iraq
in supplying the Kurdistan Workers Party with arms,
explosives and ammunition, can we deny that?
Dr. Jawad Mella:
Of course this is not true because the Kurdistan
Workers Party has power much more than the Southern
Kurdistan Government, the Iraqi Kurdistan
Government. As while the Iraqi Kurdistan governs
some 5 to 6 million Kurds, the Kurdistan Workers
Party has more than 20 million Kurds in its
disposal, that is a huge human potential, and
instead of one TV station, it has several.
As for the claim that the Kurds are terrorists, it
has been proven to be false because they regard any
party or people hostile to them as terrorists. They
have killed millions of Armenians and today they
claim that the Armenians are terrorists, they kill
the Kurds and claim that they are terrorists and
that is not true.
The presenter: Do the Kurdish factions in
Northern Iraq appreciate this step and welcome it?
Dr. Jawad Mella:
Actually before I answer that question I would like
to say something about this terrible accusation of
Kurdish terrorism. In reality Kurdistan was divided
and became an occupied part of Turkey, Syria, Iran
and Iraq. Some of these colonizers of Kurdistan are
allies with America and some are hostile to America,
accordingly the Kurds of Turkey are “terrorists” but
the Kurds in Iraq, according to the imagination of
others, are agents of America. In reality the Kurds
are neither agents of America nor terrorists, but
the Kurdish people has been a victim for 80 years of
a dirty conspiracy as result of imperialist treaties
that happened at the beginning of the last century.
The presenter: Do Kurdish leadership in Iraqi
Kurdistan welcome Erdogan’s initiative?
Dr. Jawad Mella:
The Kurdistan Regional Government shall welcome any
Kurdish demand or any other demand as long as it is
a peaceful demand because the Kurds are a peaceful
people and until now we have not seen any violent
actions against any person in Iraqi Kurdistan.
The Turkmen in Kirkuk are enjoying maximum freedom
as the Assyrians, Arabs and all the rest.
Although Kurdistan today has power not to let any
Arabs stay in Kirkuk but they allow all and using
democratic and lawful methods, so they welcome the
Turkish demands and any other peaceful demands.
Kurdistan National Congress-KNC
WKA, Palingswick House, 241 King Street, London W6
9LP
Tel: 0208 748 7874, Fax: 0208 741 6436, Mobile:
07768 266005
websites:
www.knc.org.uk
www.jawadmella.net
e-mail: wka @ knc.org.uk
knc @ ribrahim.de
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The use of the term "Kurdistan" is vigorously
rejected due to its alleged political implications
by the Republic of Turkey, which does not recognize
the existence of a "Turkish Kurdistan"
Southeast Turkey. The Kurds have no rights in
Turkey.
Others estimate as many as 40 million Kurds live in
Big Kurdistan (Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Iran, Armenia),
which covers an area as big as France, about half of
all Kurds which estimate to 20 million live in
Turkey.
The Kurdish flag flown officially in Iraqi Kurdistan but
unofficially flown by Kurds in Armenia. The flag is
banned in Iran, Syria, and Turkey where flying it is
a criminal offence"
Southeastern Turkey:
North Kurdistan (
Kurdistan-Turkey) wikipedia
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