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Turkey: DTP invites Kurdistan politicians
for Newroz
20.2.2007
By Vladimir van Wilgenburg, is a non-Kurdish writer
from Netherlands
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February 20, 2007
The Newroz Committee which consists of prominent
Kurdish politicians invited the Kurdish president
Massoud Barzani and Jalal Talabani to celebrate
Newroz in Amed. They also invited the Turkish
premier Erdogan and Turkish President Ahmet Sezer.
On 21 March Kurds celebrate their national holiday
in various countries and in the diaspora. Every year
thousands of Kurds celebrate Newroz in Amed. In the
past it was still dangerous to celebrate Newroz, but
since the reforms and improved political climate in
Turkey it’s more accepted.
Last year the Kurdish party also invited these
Kurdish and Turkish leaders. As well Talabani and
Barzani didn’t attend the Newroz party in 2006 due
to political activities. But president Barzani of
the Kurdistan region congratulated the Kurds in
Turkey with their Newroz celebrations. DTP officials
also visited Iraqi-Kurdistan and met Kurdish
officials. It seems the Kurdish unity is growing
among Kurds. |
DTP invites politicians for Newroz |
DTP to invite Barzani, Talabani to Nevruz
Hilmi Aydogdu, the local chairman of the pro-Kurdish
Democratic Society Party (DTP) in the southeastern
province of Diyarbakir, said on Monday that the DTP
was planning to invite Iraqi president of Kurdish
origin Jalal Talabani and leader of the
semi-autonomous Kurdish region Massoud Barzani to
this year's celebrations for Nevruz, a new year's
festival traditionally celebrated by Kurds in March.
The DTP announcement comes amid a political
controversy in Turkey over whether Ankara should
have political dialogue with the Iraqi Kurdish
groups headed by Barzani and Talabani on measures to
combat the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK),
which has bases in northern Iraq.
Aydogdu said the DTP wanted this year's Nevruz to
help everyone look at the future with hope and
accept one another through common sense and
tolerance. He added that Nevruz was particularly
important in regard to establishing friendlier ties
with Iraqi Kurds.
"The representatives of some political parties'
remarks that insulted Kurdish statesmen in northern
Iraq and the Kurdish people saddened us deeply. The
respect to be shown to Kurdish politicians and
statesmen will be the respect shown to the Kurdish
people," Aydogdu said.
He added President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ambassadors and other
statesmen would also be invited to the Nevruz
celebrations.
In his speech in the meeting, Diyarbakir Mayor Osman
Baydemir said Nevruz did not belong to an exclusive
political inclination but instead was a festival to
be enjoyed by all. He recalled that it had been
celebrated in accordance with its content and spirit
in Diyarbakir since 2000.
vladimirkurdistan.blogspot.com
** 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.
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.
Turkey is home to some 20 million ethnic Kurds, some
of whom openly sympathise with the Kurdish PKK for a
Kurdish homeland in the country's mainly Kurdish
southeast of 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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