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A Nation Is Wanted For Declaration Of Autonomy

20.09.2014 13:14

None of the boundaries drawn in the last century have brought any benefit to Kurds. These boundaries have divided the Kurdish geography, turning Kurds into a nation that is subject to different political processes in Syria, Iraq, Iran and Turkey.Thus, they have had their share of difficulty from the tyrannies and pressures of Kemalism, Baathism, the Shah of Iran and Ayatollah Khomeini.With a population of about 40 million, Kurds constitute a nation without a state and army in the Middle East, and they are now trying to defeat this ill fate.

None of the boundaries drawn in the last century have brought any benefit to Kurds. These boundaries have divided the Kurdish geography, turning Kurds into a nation that is subject to different political processes in Syria, Iraq, Iran and Turkey.
Thus, they have had their share of difficulty from the tyrannies and pressures of Kemalism, Baathism, the Shah of Iran and Ayatollah Khomeini.
With a population of about 40 million, Kurds constitute a nation without a state and army in the Middle East, and they are now trying to defeat this ill fate. But even in today's conflict-ridden atmosphere and despite the imminent threat from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), they are miles away from uniting with each other and they do everything possible to multiply their enemies.
ISIL attacked Ayn al-Arab (Kobane in Kurdish), spelling hard times ahead. Thousands of people fled toward the Turkish border. Turkey has not let them in because of the recently voiced plan to establish a buffer zone. Before flying to Azerbaijan, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu made statements to confirm this fact.
This seems to be a great tragedy in the making.
The Kurds who are kept at the border have relatives in Turkey, especially in Nusaybin and Şanlıurfa. But what is the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) doing in response, having isolated Syrian Kurds from the Syrian opposition and announced a cantonment administration in Kobane? Of course, it does what should be done: Defend the canton.
Murat Karayılan calls on Kurdish people and the youth to defend Kobane, but the PKK's armed groups are raiding villages and setting schools ablaze in Turkey. This situation is really hard to understand. If the PKK needs fighters in Kobane, why is it still keeping thousands of armed fighters in Turkey? Is the PKK planning to fight Turkey after winning the war against ISIL?
Rumor has it that the Democratic Union Party (PYD), an offshoot of the PKK, has about 40,000 fighters. ISIL, on the other hand, has about 20,000 fighters. But ISIL has heavy weapons, including tanks, and the PYD is reportedly going through hard times in fighting ISIL.
The situation in Sinjar region of Iraq is more bizarre. The Yazidis of Sinjar left the region following ISIL's attacks. About 700,000 Yazidis have taken refuge in Kurdistan and Turkey. The war in Sinjar continues, but what are Kurds discussing on the Internet? The answer: Should Sinjar be autonomous or a cantonment region?
There is no nation around, but Yazidi intellectuals are discussing Sinjar's autonomy. The PKK is obviously making great contributions to this debate. This idea belongs to the PKK: Yazidis will return to Sinjar and then Sinjar will be declared autonomous or a cantonment region.
Why are Kurds so obsessed with the idea of autonomy, even at times of war? This one of the weirdest political and historical situations on earth. There are no people around as they fled from tyranny, but someone is discussing whether their geography should be autonomous.
I do not think anyone -- not even Scots, who have been invited to vote for secession from the United Kingdom even though they live in prosperity -- can understand this weirdness.

ORHAN MİROĞLU (Cihan/Today's Zaman)



 
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