Today's Zaman, Turkey
Jan 2 2012
Turkey is being forced into isolation
HASAN KANBOLAT
Turkey's natural resources are limited. As it does not have an
exploitative background, it has little capital accumulation. The only
capital it has is its educated manpower, willing to take initiative.
With its well-managed manpower capital, Turkey has been growing for 10
years. Especially noticeable are the huge steps it has taken in
democracy and the fields of communication, transportation, health and
education everywhere from its cities to its villages.
Just like the steps taken inside the country, Turkey also took huge
steps in the surrounding regions. It went beyond its borders and
embraced its brothers once more. It began to stand against
dictatorships. It embraced communities. It gained their trust. In this
way, in the most challenging nations, such as Afghanistan, holding a
Turkish flag became better protection than wearing the thickest armor.
Now some say, `You are too much, Turkey.' Turkey is being forced into
becoming an isolated country. Others want Turkey to consume its energy
within its borders. They want Turkey's self-confidence to be filed
down. To this end, a move regarding the Armenians was made in Paris.
The Kurdish issue was put forward again. If I am right in my analysis,
new issues need to be put forward. New steps that will demoralize the
Turkish people and drive the country into loneliness may come.
Within this scope, the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) carried
new strategies into action.
In the first strategy, it started to point out that Kurdish people
don't acknowledge state authority and that they legitimize violence.
For this reason, Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Ä°stanbul deputy
Sabahat Tuncel daringly and without any fear slapped Chief Inspector
Murat Ã?etiner and insulted him.
The quid pro quo for this slap and insult was TL 10 worth of
compensation for pain and suffering. BDP group Vice President Hasip
Kaplan broke a glass in Parliament and threw it onto the Justice and
Development Party (AK Party) group. BDP MuÅ? deputy Sırrı Sakık tried
to crush the microphones in the parliamentary bench. Uludere District
Governor Naif Yavuz was nearly lynched on a condolences visit.
However, according to Kurdish traditions, a guest is untouchable.
Those who visit to express condolences are guaranteed safety. The
lynch attempt that occurred in spite of this fact actually carries
traces of the new strategy.
In its second strategy, Kurds and the state were brought face-to-face
in an effort to disable the authority of the state. To this end, the
children of Uludere were used ruthlessly. A blind eye was turned to
the deaths of 35 civilian villagers in the bombing. That being said,
the fact that inexperienced children were allowed to go into an area
under the control of the PKK, despite the fact that entering that land
as a group would not be safe, could be seen as an indication there was
a different strategy at play. And, in line with this plan, the people
who died were buried under the control of the PKK in coffins wrapped
in cloth in Kurdish colors and, thereby, were monumentalized.
The ability of the Turkish military to carry out new operations in the
region was restricted. Smuggling was legitimized. Above all, the lack
of recognition of state authority by the civilian Kurdish masses was
brought vigor. Uludere will try to become a new milestone for the
Kurdish movement in Turkey. From now on, we will observe the Kurdish
movement as `the power that controls the streets and squares.' Maybe
we will encounter acts of unarmed civil violence against the state
authority in regions where the Kurds are many in number.
As a result, in the Middle East, the construction of politics is
different. There is another game inside a game. It is pointless to try
to find the bottom of the ocean in the Middle East. What matters is
being able to swim. While Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad clears out
pro-Turkey Arabic politicians, while Israel gets ready to bomb Iran
and while the governors of Syria nurse a grudge for Turkey, how
correct is it to explain Uludere as a deficiency in intelligence?
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Jan 2 2012
Turkey is being forced into isolation
HASAN KANBOLAT
Turkey's natural resources are limited. As it does not have an
exploitative background, it has little capital accumulation. The only
capital it has is its educated manpower, willing to take initiative.
With its well-managed manpower capital, Turkey has been growing for 10
years. Especially noticeable are the huge steps it has taken in
democracy and the fields of communication, transportation, health and
education everywhere from its cities to its villages.
Just like the steps taken inside the country, Turkey also took huge
steps in the surrounding regions. It went beyond its borders and
embraced its brothers once more. It began to stand against
dictatorships. It embraced communities. It gained their trust. In this
way, in the most challenging nations, such as Afghanistan, holding a
Turkish flag became better protection than wearing the thickest armor.
Now some say, `You are too much, Turkey.' Turkey is being forced into
becoming an isolated country. Others want Turkey to consume its energy
within its borders. They want Turkey's self-confidence to be filed
down. To this end, a move regarding the Armenians was made in Paris.
The Kurdish issue was put forward again. If I am right in my analysis,
new issues need to be put forward. New steps that will demoralize the
Turkish people and drive the country into loneliness may come.
Within this scope, the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) carried
new strategies into action.
In the first strategy, it started to point out that Kurdish people
don't acknowledge state authority and that they legitimize violence.
For this reason, Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Ä°stanbul deputy
Sabahat Tuncel daringly and without any fear slapped Chief Inspector
Murat Ã?etiner and insulted him.
The quid pro quo for this slap and insult was TL 10 worth of
compensation for pain and suffering. BDP group Vice President Hasip
Kaplan broke a glass in Parliament and threw it onto the Justice and
Development Party (AK Party) group. BDP MuÅ? deputy Sırrı Sakık tried
to crush the microphones in the parliamentary bench. Uludere District
Governor Naif Yavuz was nearly lynched on a condolences visit.
However, according to Kurdish traditions, a guest is untouchable.
Those who visit to express condolences are guaranteed safety. The
lynch attempt that occurred in spite of this fact actually carries
traces of the new strategy.
In its second strategy, Kurds and the state were brought face-to-face
in an effort to disable the authority of the state. To this end, the
children of Uludere were used ruthlessly. A blind eye was turned to
the deaths of 35 civilian villagers in the bombing. That being said,
the fact that inexperienced children were allowed to go into an area
under the control of the PKK, despite the fact that entering that land
as a group would not be safe, could be seen as an indication there was
a different strategy at play. And, in line with this plan, the people
who died were buried under the control of the PKK in coffins wrapped
in cloth in Kurdish colors and, thereby, were monumentalized.
The ability of the Turkish military to carry out new operations in the
region was restricted. Smuggling was legitimized. Above all, the lack
of recognition of state authority by the civilian Kurdish masses was
brought vigor. Uludere will try to become a new milestone for the
Kurdish movement in Turkey. From now on, we will observe the Kurdish
movement as `the power that controls the streets and squares.' Maybe
we will encounter acts of unarmed civil violence against the state
authority in regions where the Kurds are many in number.
As a result, in the Middle East, the construction of politics is
different. There is another game inside a game. It is pointless to try
to find the bottom of the ocean in the Middle East. What matters is
being able to swim. While Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad clears out
pro-Turkey Arabic politicians, while Israel gets ready to bomb Iran
and while the governors of Syria nurse a grudge for Turkey, how
correct is it to explain Uludere as a deficiency in intelligence?
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress