It’s Not About The West

Since the establishment of the modern state of Turkey it has been official Turkish policy, as Inonu said at the Turkish Assembly, to "Turkify the inhabitants of this land". A forced assimilation policy has been pursued by the Turkish regime since then. It is fine to say that there have been Turkish Presidents of Kurdish origin but as long as they deny their Kurdish background they are fine. As soon as they stand up and demand Kurdish human and political rights then the only place for them is the grave or jail. The PKK are only the latest in a long history of resistance to Turkish repression. The Turks burnt over 4,000 Kurdish villages, towns and hamlets in the nineties and continue to repress the Kurds. The majority of Kurds in Turkey support the PKK and the only solution is a political and diplomatic one. Journalists and commentators would be of much more use to turn their attention to find out the reasons why Turkey refuses any political offer of ceasefires and political solutions from the Kurdish side. There is no military solution but the Kurdish Freedom Movement is ready both for peace and war!

Turkey has approximately 80 million population and 30 million of that are the people with Kurdish origin. The country is directed by 550 house representatives and close to 200 of those have also Kurdish descent. Anybody who doesn???t believe this can check previous Turkish president, Turgut Ozal???s background in Wikipedia, who was also of partial Kurdish descent. According to Reuters news released Sun Oct 28, 2007, 12:12pm ET, 30000 people were killed since early 1980s. If a fanatic group calling themselves as a ???party??? and causing so many peoples??? death by bombing the military stations and killing the civilians including Kurdish villagers how much would you believe their ideology that saving 20 million Kurds in Turkey and giving them freedom when Kurds in Turkey can be elected even as a president? Why 2 million Kurds in Iraq are so much interested with 20 million Kurds??? rights in Turkey when more than 3 million of them are living even in Istanbul?

Eveyone should know that Turks and Kurds have been living in Turkey for hundreds of years in peace. Actually there is no prblem between two societies.
Kurds and Turks are brothers, neighours, collegues in every parts of Turkey.
the soldies who die in the attacks are not oly Turks but also Kurds.
But there are some pkk terrorist groups which are supported by some forses against Turkey in te mountains. But everyone must know that Turkey is not Iraq or anothr country. Turkey is the country of Magnificient Suleyman, Mehmet II the conquerer of Istanbul , Atat??rk and all of the brave Tukish people.
Turkey has one of the strongst of armies of the world which can not be defeated by pkk attacks.
We hope that these pkk attacs and other countries' interruptions end , and we hope nobody feels sorry.

Turkey is the most stable muslim country which has been around since the 1300's i.e almost 700 year now.

it's rich history of tolerance for the ethnic and religious minorities kept it togethre for the first 600 years and it must give the kurds their cultural normal rights if it is to prosper.

the kurds must understand that this is not the 1800's when the european powers were cutting turkey into pieces.

Turkey has one of the strongest armies in the world and cannot be defeated by the kurdish militia. the PKK actions can only bring misery to the kurds and the turks.

i just pray that the PKK stops being a pawn of the powers that are proping it.

i, as a pakistani, am torn between my love for turkey and seeing muslim turk and muslim kurds killing each other!

i really hope that turkey adopts the policy of the Ottomans and give cultural freedom to the kurds. the ottoman policy worked for almost 4 centuries so i guess there must be some good thing in it!

What is the difference between Turk and Kurt really? We fought for the independence of this country together. Against whom? The Europeans!

This is the Western culture, who always says that it is based on human rights. What an irony it is! Because of terrorist attacks supported by the very Western culture, Turkish people and soldiers die everyday. Is that the civilization U.S and EU always talk about?

Who can blame Turkey or Turks for turning to east , after being slammed back at every step of the way? The western world need to realize that middle east will always remain boiling. Cause it's western world created those borders on maps. And knowing all that, cold war might be over but we need Turkey as a strong ally and I hope we won't do anything stupid to destroy that.. Thank you for a great artical. Mrs Carl

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We and Kurd'S are brother but unfourtunaelly barzani and talabani want to fight so Turkey is justify turkey resort to protect themselves Turkey and America is allied since many years but I dont understant now why such do it ? we always battled together so my nation loved america nation. america sad Turkish people maybe you will understant really but You late

WE DONT WANT EUROPAN FOR JOIN OR WE US WHO IS US AND EUROPE NEVERMIND THEY CANT LIVEITHOU US I N THE OTEHR CENTRUIES TURKEY WILL BE THE BEST PLACE COZ ITS LAND IS THE MOST RICH PLACE WHO IS US AND EUROPE BYE BYE

KURDS ARE OUR BROTHERS BUT THEY I MEAN ABD AND EUROPE CREATED A TERRORIST GROUP NAMED PKK IN OUR PEOPLE NOW THEY MY BROTHERS WHO ATE MY BREAD AND DRINKED MY WATER COMING AND KLILING MY BABIES WHAT IS THAT? I ASK U ALLL EARTH WHAT IS THAT? U HAVENT HEARD THE TURK's POWER? HAVE U EVER NOT? WE ARE NOT LIKE BITHC LIKE UK OR ABD OR FRANCE OR ARMANIAN WE NEVER KILLED PEOPLE IN THE HISTORY NEVER JUST WE DID WAR BY THE RULES INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO SEEN ? THEY SAY WE WANT LAND WHO WANTS LAND? KURDS WANT KURDHISTAN IT IS MY LAND WHICH IS DRAWEN BY MY GRANDDAD NAMED MISAKI MILLI EVERYBODY SAYS TURKS WANT THAT IN HISTIORY ABD KILLED ARABIANS SIRBISTAN KILLED BOSNA HERSEK ARMANIAN KILLED TURKS ABD KILLLED AGAIN ARABIANS PLS THINK TRUE WHO IS TERRORIST ABD FRANCE ARMANIAN OR PKK ALLLLL IS SAME IF THEY WANT WANT WAR WE READY ALLL TURK PEOPLE I AM READY TO DIE FOR MY RELIGION AND AND LAND BYE BYE

somebody says that kurds are under the pressure and deprived of some rights. I esteem all thoughts but somebody thinks that muslims are under the pressure in west too. then el kaide can kill the american and european.because pkk is killing the people indiscriminating anyone (child,woman,old,young,civil,soldier,teacher,doctor). terrorism is disgusting everytime

hey kurdboy..You have no right to say that . Let me answer and refresh your mind or anybodyelse whose thinking like you by the way of Mustafa Kemal ATATURK 's words.Peace in the World.Peace in the Country.That means shortly..You are our neighbours...Do your duties as soon as possible..

All of the world..Do your duties.Say all together.We are brothers..sisters..Say your's... If you don't ... you will show how strenght Turkish Armed Forces is. I assure you that Turkish Forces will finished all terrossist attacks from The Iraq.

PKK is not rebels or guerillas THEY ARE TERRORIST.Terrorist is terrorist understand me?!

PKK is not rebels or guerillas THEY ARE TERRORIST. Terrorist is terrorist understand me!!