Special for the Armenian Weekly
On Nov. 5, I was among a group of panelists who took part in the European Parliament’s 10th conference on Turkey and the Kurds. It was surely an honor to address such a distinguished crowd, including the widely acclaimed woman Kurdish politician and activist Leyla Zana. But I can happily confess that my greatest joy was to be able to finally meet Saleh Muslim, my co-panelist and the co-chairman of Syria’s most influential Kurdish party, the Democratic Unity
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Turkey is the biggest threat to Kurdish dreams and aspirations, Turkey can’t be trusted.
Turkey is the only party that can provide not just long term security but also economic development to Kurds and Kurdish entities in the whole region. It has already happened in Northern Iraq. The only real democracy Kurds in the region enjoy right now is in Turkey. Yes, that says more about the region than Turkey but that is the reality. What Turks or any other respectable democratic state would not entertain is the demands of separation or autonomy. Once such extreme rhetoric is removed from the discussions everything is possible. Kurds hold the cards.
@Murat. Autonomy would not be “extreme”; it is the only viable and lasting solution to the Kurdish issue, not repression/forced assimilation.