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Iraqi Kurdistan PM describes the PKK as an
internal issue for Turkey
26.6.2007
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June
26, 2007
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan region (Iraq), -- The
prime minister of the Kurdistan government in Erbil,
north Iraq, Nachirvan Barzani, said that the
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was an internal issue
for Turkey, and that they would not interfere in the
internal issues of any of their neighbors.
Speaking at the prime ministry, Barzani said that
there was no relation between the PKK and the
northern Iraqi Kurdish government and reiterated his
appeal for a peaceful solution to the problems.
Barzani demanded that Turkey showed any proofs of
cooperation between the PKK and Iraqi Kurdistan
government and stressed that they did not and would
not provide any help for PKK.
He also said that any cross-border action of Turkish
Army into Kurdistan (northern Iraq) was out of the
question and criticized the government in Baghdad
for a lack of concrete steps on cooperation between
the Iraqi and Turkish government on countering
terrorism and the integrity of Iraq. |
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister
Nechirvan Barzani. |
Cihan
** 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.
Kurds are not recognized as an official minority in
Turkey and are denied rights granted to other
minority groups. Under EU pressure, Turkey recently
granted Kurds limited rights for broadcasts and
education in the Kurdish language, but critics say
the measures do not go far enough.
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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