"The pressure that has been brought to bear upon the native people, since the cessation of armed conflict, in the attempt to force conformity of custom and habit has caused a reaction more destructive than war."
~ Luther Standing Bear, Oglala Sioux.
~ Luther Standing Bear, Oglala Sioux.
It's confirmed. The attack against students at Salahaddin University was an operation approved at the highest levels of the KRG. From Nêçîrvan Barzanî:
"We are not going to allow this land to be used against Turkey. Therefore, we stopped the protest held in Erbil [Hewlêr] for the anniversary of Ocalan's capture."
There is nothing here that indicates the students were rioting or otherwise acting in a threatening manner. The only violence came from the regime, something that has been standard operating procedure for protest in South Kurdistan since at least the time of Şîrvan Qaderî's murder by the mullah regime to the east.
More from Nêçîrvan, who responds to the journalist's question about what kind of message the KRG is sending to PKK by allowing the Abant Platform conference to be held in Hewlêr on 15 and 16 February:
"This conference doesn't have anything to do with PKK. Here we are talking about how to solve the problems peacefully. As long as the issue is peace, we accept everything. Besides, we do not care as much about PKK as you think."
If you google Abant Platform, you'll hit a link that directs you to--tah-dah!--Fethullah Gülen's website. Surprise, surprise, surprise! Or maybe not, considering that Hewlêr is also home to one of Fethullah Gülen's colleges. For more on the Fethullahçı invasion of South Kurdistan, check this from a year ago.
Nêçîrvan is also asked if he called any Kurdish artists to "ask" them to appear on TRT 6. Here's what he said:
"Yes. I called Rojîn and told her how important that step was and I encouraged her. I also called some other artists. For instance, Ciwan Haco. I encouraged him as well."
Ciwan Haco did not comply.
It doesn't matter if all the Barzanîs and all the Talabanîs lined up on their knees before Erdoğan, Gül, Gülen, or Başbuğ to play the role of servants to the Ankara regime. They will never accept Kurds as Kurds until a very serious scenario plays out in Turkey. No amount of Turkish propaganda in Kurdish will change that either.
However, as long as the Fethullahçı run the show in South Kurdistan, assimilation will be the fate of Kurds there--at least among the Southern Kurdish elites. Clearly this option is already well underway.
NOTE: There's a new link under the blog roll in the right margin. Welcome Serhat Daran, a member of the Swedish crowd. He writes in Swedish, but English users can visit Google's language tools to get a decent translation. Serkeftin!
2 comments:
I have to state, once again, that it makes little sense to me why this blog is constantly attempting to show Nechirvan Barzani or the KRG as a target for Kurds' contempt.
I've never met a Southern Kurd who didn't proudly own up to his Kurdish identity. It'll be a cold day in the bowels of hell before Turks get to assimilate the Southern Kurds. Therefore I find your concerns are ill founded.
But, I understand that you are being industrious, so you must make due with the material you have in order make the best possible case against the KRG.
Moving right along, and in a more constructive note, I hope you'll also write about Ahmet Turk's ingenious decision to speak Kurdish in the Turkish parliament today. In one simple but Elegant move, he was able to undermine the Turkish state's weak position without resorting to coercion of Kurdish artists or name-calling. Standing ovation to Ahmet Turk!
~nistiman
Nistiman, I have a total of 916 posts on this blog. Counting this post, can you tell me how many times I've written about Necirvan?
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