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April 21, 2007
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What else is needed to see the real face of Turkey?
Kurdishaspect.com – By Sosun Welat
Is the brutal murder of priest in Trabzon is not enough to see this society's and the Turkish state's in tolerance to other religions? Is the barbaric murder of Hrant Dink is not enough to see the fascist and racist face of this state?
The murder of innocent Christians in the city of Malatya just two days ago is not enough to bring some doubts that we have about this regime that is being pampered and appeased for more than half a century?
When these questions are asked, some would say that these are isolated incidents. When in fact these are not isolated incidents. Since the establishment of this Turkish regime it is been its official ideology to purify the county's soul and mind to Turkishness through different methods. First it began with Armenian Genocide by the young Turks during the last years of Ottoman Empire. After The Young Turks ideology came to power with the establishment of Republic of Turkey it continued up to our times. From 1920 to our times many Kurdish regions went through massacres, internal exiles, evictions, destruction of hamplets, villages etc. The most recent ones in Sivas 32 Kurdish Alevis were burnt in hotel while they were honoring an Alevi saint Pir Sultan Abdal. Through 1970 to 1980 in Sivas, Malatya, Corum, Maras, Erzincan and many other towns Alevi Kurds were massacred by hundreds just because they did not fit into TURKISH identity.
Just few years ago, A book store was bombed in Semdinli to stir up unrest so that military can have a reason to start military operations. But the operation went awry the perpetuators got caught by the people and they were from intelligence wing of Turkish army. After ward the current chief of staff of Turkish army Mr. Buyukanit went further and praised his soldiers for burning the Kurdish book store.
Just recently a Kurdish father and his five year old son were replacing a flat tire on their truck, so that he could go to work and earn bread money for the family, they were murdered while doing their work their buddies riddled with bullets. The policemen that did this horrific crime were acquitted.
Because of being an ally of the west against the old Soviet Union up until the collapse of USSR the west turned blind eye to this regime. In fact Islamic and nationalistic organizations that were teaching intolerance were supported by the state and indirectly by the west.
With the fall of Berlin wall a new world order started to emerge. By the end of first Gulf War it was explicitly brought to our attention by the elder President Bush.
With this new world order came globalization, more freedom and opportunities for the under served and oppressed. Democracy seemed to flourish in Africa; Nelson Mandela came to Presidential palace from prison. States, people and minds changed.
It seems that Turkey is stuck in the past. They are still teaching in their school that the TURKISH race is the best on this earth. Through their official and unofficial KURAN-KURSU (religious seminary) the Whabi Islam does not tolerate any other religion. At the same time through their official or semi official organizations they are opening up mega mosques through out Europe and US.
When Kurds fight either by force or non-violence we are labeled as terrorists. It is the state of Turkey that can not stand an idea of Kurdishness. As just few years back an official from the Turkish government stated that even if Kurdistan was established as far away as Argentina they will oppose it.
If today there is a PKK and it is fighting Turkey it is the product of intolerance of TURKISH state of mind and its policies. Now they want to use PKK presence in Qandil Mountains as pretext to attack South Kurdistan.
They are well aware that dislodging PKK from Qandil does not put an end to PKK. Their aim is not PKK. They are not afraid of PKK. They are afraid of Southern Kurdistan; they want to get rid of Kurdistan Regional Government no matter what it takes because they can not stand it.
The west can not afford by keeping status quo with Turkey. They will not change. Their agenda is to conquer Europe through becoming a member of it. Not the way Ottomans did it.
They are good at one thing, conquer, destroy originality, and rule. Look at Anatolia, it belongs to 3, 4 civilizations from Summerians, Hitits, Arartu, Greeks to Romans and many others. Structures changed to mosques, name of towns, cities, regions changed to hide true identities. As recently supposedly Ax(Ah) Tamar Church in the middle of Van Lake was restored to its originality but its name from Ah Tamar changed to Ak damar. This highlights their intolerance.
As with US there are some circles and especially well paid lobbyists in
Washington sees Turkey as a giant pillar of the region which needs to be kept as any ally at all costs. Unfortunately they have not seeing the real face of Turkey yet, even though Turkey has acted against US interests for some time.
In time we will see more prevailing acts from Turkish State and U.S decision makers would come to the right conclusion that there is no need for an ally such as TURKEY.
Let's hope it will be soon.
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