[Debate] The Kurdish Summer

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

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The Arab Spring has transformed into the Kurdish Spring

Our Foreign Minister is reported to be “looking for a place for Bashar
al-Assad.”

You know what, while he is looking for a place, let us, ourselves,
look for a new place for Turkey.

We may or may not support our country’s Syrian policy. That does not
matter in the least. We are all aware of the picture in front us,
aren’t we?

We have a 1,200 km long Kurdish border

ONE:

Only one week ago, we had a 400-kilometer “Kurdish border.” Now, 800
kilometers have been added to this.

Friends, this is the new geopolitical reality that has been drawn by
“our strategic depth”:
As of today, we have a 1,200 kilometer long Kurdish border.

We could not manage 400 km, could we manage 1,200 km?

TWO:

We should consider this.

We could not manage a 400 kilometer Kurdish border. How are we going
to manage 1,200 kilometers? We are awaiting an “in depth” response to
that.

Arabs are fighting, Kurds are winning

THREE:

Are you aware, the “Arab Spring” that we fervently support has
completely transformed into a “Kurdish Spring”?

There is a strange situation both in Iraq and in Syria: Arabs are
fighting each other, people are dying.
The Kurds are taking one more step on their path to an independent
state. Besides, they are able to achieve this without firing one
bullet, without losing one soul.

Here you go, this is true strategic depth.

FOUR:

On the other hand, the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is
fighting and losing lives, but is not able to win.

FIVE:

There is another weird situation present:

In Turkey, the PKK is firing bullets in the name of Kurds but it has
not gained anything up to today.
Let’s stop a minute.

Who can guarantee that the “Kurdish Spring” that has arrived in the
Arab countries will not one day also arrive in Turkey?

Don’t mention Foreign Minister Davutoğlu.

It is enough if he keeps a distance.

The coming era cannot be entrusted to the fantasies of an academic
* This de facto situation achieved by Kurds in two countries will
involuntarily turn eyes to the Kurds in Turkey.

* If one day in the future an intense “Kurdish Spring charge” is
directed in Turkey, how are we going to respond to this?

* By firing bullets?

* Or by a policy that would suit a democratic country?

What happens if an Alevi/Christian massacre starts in Syria?
The situation in the areas under the control of the opposition in
Syria is far from pleasant.

We hears that such creepy slogans as: “Christians to Lebanon, Alevis
to the coffin” are being chanted in those areas.

Concrete information is emerging that Christians are being badly mistreated.

What will Turkey’s stance be if Sunnis attempted a massacre tomorrow?

Are we going to request the Sunni Arabs to “act with decisiveness”?

Look at the map to see the photograph

RESULT: