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No Hand-over of PKK Leaders to Turkey
24.5.2007
By Ako Saeed. Contributing Writer |
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May
24, 2007
It lately surfaced in Kurdish press that the
president of South Kurdistan (Iraqi Kurdistan
region) intends to trade some high-status PKK
leaders with the dictator Turkish government in
return for private concessions and pledges of no
military incursion into the territory under his
rule.
No qualm that he participated in a very crucial part
that merely served and furthered Turkey's interests
in North Kurdistan during his rivalry with PKK. With
putting vast amount of political and military
information at the disposal of Turks about PKK
bases, he was once the dearest, most trusty and
number one recipient of Turkish funds.
But seemingly over the last few years, the
Barzani-Turkish bonds has declined markedly, and it
is no longer a forgone conclusion that Turkey will
bolster his policies and even be eager to recognize
him in the capacity he claims.
The rupture in ties between the two emerged mainly
following the tumble of Saddam's regime by American
forces, principally when his officially autonomous
region was not acknowledged by Turkey. This enraged
Barzani and in response he made Turkey's worst
nightmare materialize.
President Barzani candidly lays blame on Turkey for
directly intruding into the internal affairs of
Kirkuk city, boisterously supports the notion of an
independent Kurdish state and heroically warns
Turkey of even incendiary responses. He made the
Turks real perplexed by his astounding remarks.
Our leaders are not willing to admit the realities
that the neighboring powers are not benevolent and
genuine fiends of us. The Turkish position regarding
South Kurdistan is not discrete from other parts of
Kurdistan.
Ankara has consistently been against the emergence
of an independent Kurdish state and its ultimate
longing is to first destroy the PKK and then to go
all-out for rest of muscular Kurdish parties.
It was just while ago that both Turkey and Iran
agreed on a Memorandum of Understanding on security
cooperation against the Kurds in general. The two
left behind their entrenched ideological
discrepancies and vowed to only go into battle
against Kurds.
Even tough listed as a terrorist organization by the
US state department, PKK does enjoy wide public
support around the world. It is a legitimate and
influential political movement perceived as a viable
and democratic alternative against Turkey's
totalitarianism.
Any kind of cooperation with the dictator Turkish
military in suppressing or destroying PKK will bear
major shattering effects on the plight of entire
30-million underprivileged Kurds and can make the
emergence of any future independent Kurdish even
more fragile.
Handing over PKK leaders in South Kurdistan to the
Turks should stop immediately and unquestionably it
won't be in the interest of our nation.
Ako Saeed, ou may reach the author via email at:
akosaeed20109 (at) yahoo.com
* South Kurdistan (Iraqi Kurdistan region)
* North Kurdistan (Southeastern Turkey, Armenia,
Georgia)
** 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 over 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 over 25 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.
Before August 2002, the Turkish government placed
severe restrictions on the use of Kurdish language,
prohibiting the language in education and broadcast
media.
The Kurdish alphabet is still not recognized
in Turkey, and use of the Kurdish letters X, W, Q
which do not exist in the Turkish
alphabet has led to judicial persecution in 2000 and
2003
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)
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