Hawraz Kurdistani:
Kurdish issue in Middle East is one of the ambiguous issue of the region, which has direct and indirect affect of International and regional peace process.
Through the history Kurds enjoyed some kind of self determination, in forms of tribalism ruling or confederation system. However, after the First World War Kurds were offered their rights of self determination under the treaty of Severs 1920, Section 62, which confers evidently right of autonomy to the Kurds and states that “local autonomy for the predominantly Kurdish areas lying east of the Euphrates, south of the southern boundary of Armenia as it may be hereafter determined, and north of the frontier of Turkey with Syria and Mesopotamia, as defined in Article 27, II (2) and (3)”.
Although allied and associated powers were on point of view to recognize Kurdish autonomy, all individual, collective rights of Kurdish people, such as identity, language, culture, political and economic rights were abolished by subsequent Treaty “Lausanne” in 1923.
Severs treaty was ratified and signed between allies in order to exploit Kurdish autonomy as a force to coerce turkey to recognize Musil province as part of Iraqis sovereign territory. Once Turkey agreed to the allies’ request, Sevres treaty was repealed, and was substituted by Lausanne Treaty.
It is very important to notice the purpose behind the Lausanne treaty and why divided Kurds into four different parts, Iran, Turkey, Iraq and Syria.
At that time western countries had their own colonial policies, and they were pursuing them systematically. Middle East contains 60% of world’s energy, particularly in Iran and Iraq. Turkey was also constructively important to be exploited against Communism.
Allies were of knowledge that the Kurds will resist the treaty, and struggle to gain their own legitimate basic rights, independency, self determination, identity, and national flag. Therefore, violence in Middle East was pre-planned by the allies in 1923; in order to utilize it in circumstances were the central governments disobey western foreign policies or in situations where Western believe or think that their national interest in Middle East is in danger.
Periodically Kurdish national struggle was exploited by Westerners against central governments, for instance, during 1970th Kurdish uprising in Southern Kurdistan (Iraq), USA and some other Western states supported Kurdish struggle logistically and financially and politically in order to pressurize Saddam to reconcile with the Shah of Iran over Shat-Al-Arab disputes.
As a result of the provision of support to the Kurdish movement, Saddam was compelled to sign Algeria treaty, which contains certain articles with regards to the Kurdish struggle in all the neighbouring countries.
When US government and Iranian regime imposed their terms on Saddam in 1975, immediately US and Western states withdraw and postponed all their supports to the Kurdish movement, which resulted to the elimination of the movement, and Saddam slaughtered thousands of the Kurdish civilians.
Western states are one of the factors which do not want Kurdish issue to be solved concretely, because democratization of the Middle East limits US and EUs influence and national interest.
Turkey since its existence committed genocide against Kurds and Armenians, but Western countries chose to be silent, and not to provoke Turkish fascist’s rulers. Thousands of Kurdish villages were burnt down, and dozens of Kurdish civilians were buried alive by the Turks but West turned sightless.
Western States never constructively condemned Turkey for the crimes constantly committed against Kurdish people. Because Turkey every time threatened west, and was saying that, if, do not remain quit, Turkey will join the second school, USSR at that time, but, currently it says that it will join, North Korea, China and Russia.
However, Western countries were capable to exploit Kurdish struggle directly and indirectly for decades. As a result of super powers double standard politics, Kurdish new generation have been erudite how to pursue Kurdish aims, and how to establish themselves in order not to be used by super powers.
After the foundation of Kurdistan Worker party (PKK) by Kurdish national leader Abdullah Ocalan, a new epoch of Kurdish politics was emerged, which unreservedly differs from previous Kurdish traditional movement?
PKK re-defined Kurdish personality on the basis of its real history, culture, Social structure, politics, economic, Kurdish role in the process of civilization in Mesopotamia and invention of agriculture, etc.
Western states concerned about the PKKs movement, and considered its ideology against themselves and Lausanne Treaty ambitions. Therefore, provided all logistic, financial and political supports to Turkey in order to crack down Kurdish movement in Northern Kurdistan, but, fortunately all the efforts were useless, and PKK became more popular and stronger with in Kurdish nation.
As soon as US and Western states realized that the PKK differs in notion and nature with other Kurdish traditional movements, and it is in exploitable movement, designated PKK as a terrorist in order to compel it to follow their policies.
It is important to notice that each time when Turkey and PKK attempt to pursue peaceful method to solve Kurdish issue, Western countries and Iran Unite and cooperate with each other aiming to destroy the negotiation.
Banning Roj Tv by Danish government is ingredient of that cooperation and conspiracy against Kurds. It is a sign to Turkey to postpone its negotiation with Kurdish national leader and PKK. Indirectly encouraging Turkey to commit crimes against Kurds. Danish government in its statement claimed that Roj Tv inciting terrorism activities in Turkey, oke. But what about Islamic Press Tv in London, which encourages hatred against Jewish people and incites anti-Semitism. Publicly publishes Iranian officials’ statement in respect of destruction of Israel.
Danish statements are artificial and base less, banning Roj Tv have no connection to what Dansih government claimed, it is part of the cultural genocide, which Denmark publicly expresses its willing to support Turkey to commit further genocide against Kurds.
Kurds today have their own system and ideology, thus, ban of Roj Tv does not mean the end of the world, because Kurdish people in Diaspora will re-open new channel may be on the same day, when Roj Tv will be banned.