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IT WAS THE KURDS THEMSELVES WHO DID NOT ASK FOR A KURDISH STATE: TURKISH HISTORIAN
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Tuesday, April 16, 21:36
It was the Kurds themselves who did not ask for a Kurdish state, says
Professor Dogu Ergil, one of the most renowned political sociologists
from Turkey.
Ergil explains that the Kurds "cooperated" with the Turks against
the Armenians to deport them and seized the goods and property left
behind by the Armenians. He says that the Treaty of Lausanne was
crafted with the consent of the Kurds. "They did not want a Kurdish
state for several reasons. But the primary reason was the ambition
of some to create a separate Armenia in the same lands. The Kurds
wanted to prevent this from happening," says Ergil.
Zaman quotes the Turkish professor as saying that the Kurds played
an extensive role in the expulsion of Armenians from Turkey and the
appropriation of their properties.
"Kurds and Armenians used to live together in East Anatolia. They
cooperated with Turkish official circles in the deportation of
Armenians and played a primary role in the redistribution of the
property and land of the deported Armenians. Their return would mean
that everything should be restored and reversed. They converted their
children to Islam and took them into Kurdish families. And, of course,
there was no Turkism back then; there was a state approach based on
an understanding of Islam. This was pretty understandable for the
Kurds. They have lived like this for centuries. No room was left for
Kurdishness when Turkishness in a political sense was invented because
this place was declared as being the land of the Turks," says Ergil.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=761709E0-A6BC-11E2-A3F0F6327207157C
Tuesday, April 16, 21:36
It was the Kurds themselves who did not ask for a Kurdish state, says
Professor Dogu Ergil, one of the most renowned political sociologists
from Turkey.
Ergil explains that the Kurds "cooperated" with the Turks against
the Armenians to deport them and seized the goods and property left
behind by the Armenians. He says that the Treaty of Lausanne was
crafted with the consent of the Kurds. "They did not want a Kurdish
state for several reasons. But the primary reason was the ambition
of some to create a separate Armenia in the same lands. The Kurds
wanted to prevent this from happening," says Ergil.
Zaman quotes the Turkish professor as saying that the Kurds played
an extensive role in the expulsion of Armenians from Turkey and the
appropriation of their properties.
"Kurds and Armenians used to live together in East Anatolia. They
cooperated with Turkish official circles in the deportation of
Armenians and played a primary role in the redistribution of the
property and land of the deported Armenians. Their return would mean
that everything should be restored and reversed. They converted their
children to Islam and took them into Kurdish families. And, of course,
there was no Turkism back then; there was a state approach based on
an understanding of Islam. This was pretty understandable for the
Kurds. They have lived like this for centuries. No room was left for
Kurdishness when Turkishness in a political sense was invented because
this place was declared as being the land of the Turks," says Ergil.