PKK NOT TO GIVE UP FIGHT IN TURKEY
By H. Chaqrian
AZG Armenian Daily
02/10/2007
In January – September 2007 191 members of PKK were killied in Turkey,
142 werer detained, 84 were handed to law enforcement institutions of
Turkey. Otherwise, 417 PKK members were neutralized. This information
is taken from CNN-Turk. The nutralization of PKK members, nevertheless,
did not bring forward reduction of impacts between PKK and the forces
of Turkey.
Moreover, Turkey’s negotiations with the USA and the Turkish-Iraqi
agreement on fighting terrorism serve to the escalation of the
struggle.
The negotiations are merely amplifying the difficulties between
Turkey and America, and the Ankara-Baghdad agreement provokes strong
opposition of the de-facto independent Kurdistan, North Iraq. And
the opposition in North Iraq is greatly inspired by the September
27 Resolution of the US Senate, according to which three different
federal regions are to be established in Iraq.
The aforementioned facts are closely attached to one another. It
is quite sensible that on the meeting of Turkish Foreign Minister
Ali Babacan and US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice the issue of
neutralization of PKK members was one of the essential topics. The US
Secretary of State said during the meeting that the PKK terrorism must
be eradicated not only the territory of Iraq, but the entire globe.
On the same day the Senate supports the idea of creating separate
federalm regions in Iraq. On September 28 the Inner Affairs Minister
Of Turkey Besir Atalay signs an agreement of anti-terrorism cooperation
with his Iraqi counterpart, Javad Bolanee.
In despite of Turkey’s demands, the Iraqi side was fiercely opposing
the idea of persecuting the terrorists, which would give Turkey a
cue to start military operations in Iraq.
On October 1 the Vice-President of the parliament of the Kurdistan
region of North Iraq, Kemal Kerkouk, condemned Minister Bolanee,
stating that a minister cannot sign such an agreement without the
consent of the Government and the Senate. Eh declared that the Iraqi
authorities shall never suffer the invasion of foreign forces in
Kurdistan.
It is insensible to think that in these circumstances PKK will give
up the fight. In order to prevent it, the Turkish authorities need to
create pre-conditions for the solution of the Kurdish question. One
of the most important pre-conditions is the involvement of PKK in
the political life.