04.17.2006 Monday – ISTANBUL 16:58
‘Kurds are Falling into the Same Trap Armenians Fell into’
By Osman Asilturk, Istanbul
Published: Monday, April 17, 2006
zaman.com
[dink_b.jpg] The Agos daily’s Editor in Chief, Hrant Dink, said some
Kurds are now being deceived by the same Western trick that Armenians
fell into in the past. Armenians made the mistake in the past of
believing the British, German, French, and Russians, claimed Dink,
who asked the Kurds not to believe the promises made by the US to set
up a Kurdish state in Northern Iraq. A conference on Malatya, an
eastern Turkish province, was held with the participation of famous
people from the city as part of the Malatya Businessmen Association’s
(MIAD) 3rd Intellectual Platform meeting. Dink, noting that he is
from Malatya, maintained that the Armenians fell into a trap when
they tried to get rid of the Ottoman State in the 1915s. “The
British, French, Russians and Germans are repeating the same game
they played on this territory in the past. The Armenian people
believed in them in the past. They thought they would be rescued them
from Ottoman persecution. However, they were deceived because the
superpowers made their own calculations, they encouraged brothers to
kill each other on this territory and then left,” Dink said. The
Editor in Chief claimed that Kurds are now being deceived using the
same trick, and defended that America uses Kurds on the pretext of
establishing a Kurdish state in Northern Iraq. “The US came in order
to set up a Kurdish state in Northern Iraq” the Armenian origin
journalist said, “and we are reminded of the games of the past
that are being played out again today”. “Political calculations
and party differences must be put aside. This is the US. It will
come, deal with its own initiatives and leave as soon as its job is
over. In the aftermath, those left behind will fight against each
other,” Dink said.