Latif Serhildan
The latest joke I heard from the US international TIME magazine when they declared Erdogan as one of the TIME person of the year nomination. While I was trying to newspaper I couldn’t help myself noticing the front cover of the TIME magazine had Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s photo.
I have to say that photo made me angry on that day. I was wondering myself why on earth TIME magazine would give this man all the credits regarding the Arab Spring? The article about Erdogan was praising him, as he was the champion of the Middle East role model. Role model? That is new phrase by US foreign policy. The latest movement by both USA, Britain and France has been support for these type of Islamic minded, yet very backward thinking Muslim brotherhood, or “Justice, development parties” in middle-east. Some of these examples are newly formed Libya has strong Islamic, Al-Qaiide thinking people now in power in Libya.
The same goes newly elected “Justice, Development party in Tunisia, latest election result also shows similar movement has won the lection in Egypt. Lastly the new so-called “National Transitional Congress” against Syria is full of Sunni Muslim brotherhood. So why is it that both EU member states, USA have all of suddenly supported these Muslim fanatic minded parties or movements? I think there is one explanation. Both these US, EU knows very well that these movements soon or later are going to be in conflict with one another, the result will be these countries in the west will have very successful arms dealings very near future. We have seen that in Iran when Ayatollah’s took power there.
So let’s get back to Erdogan. This man’s main objectives were to get rid of the secularism in Turkey and declare Sharia law type of country. He has spoken in record that women should not work and stay at home. Surely that was also thinking of Taliban in Afghanistan. Since Erdogan came to power in Turkey according to a figure published by IHD, (Children Rights Institution), 152 Kurdish children have been killed in Turkey during the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) led By Recep Tayip Erdogan. The AKP has killed 152 Kurdish children in Amed; over the course of last 24 years they have killed 530 children. Thousands of Kurds, their leaders are in jails across Turkey. Turkey uses chemical weapons against Kurds like Saddam Hussein of Iraq did.
This man has blood in his hands just like Mahmout Edmedinijad, Muammer Kadafii, Beshal al Esad of Syria. He is no different to other dictators in Middle East. Why TIME magazine chosen this murderous man as the Time’s man of the year nomination? I am very disappointed as a Kurd as a human being that they would even let an intellectual magazine to be used by these racist, fascist Turks and those who represent him. I hope the TIME magazine will acknowledge that by allowing this man to be in front page of the magazine was a mistake. Hope they will send some of their journalists to Kurdistan and witness these crimes that are committed by Erdogan, they will be brought to the world opinion.