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'TURKISH SPRING' HAS COME: KURDS AND ALAWITES MOVE IN THE SAME DIRECTION - IRANIAN EXPERTS
15:15 06/06/2013 " COMMENTS
By Armen Israyelyan, Iranian studies expert
Large-scale protests have been raging in Turkish cities for about
one week. According to reports of Western media, about 2,000 people
have been detained during the protests, dozens have been injured in
clashes with police, and three people have been killed.
Tehran has neutral position on Turkey events. Iran believes that this
is the domestic issue of Turkey. Following the detention of an Iranian
citizen during a protest in Ankara, an attempt was made to represent
that allegedly Iran is involved in the protests, but Iranian Foreign
Ministry spokesman Seyyed Abbas Araqchi told semi-official Fars news
agency in an interview that Iran is not involved in Turkey protests
and that this is the domestic issue of Turkey. Iranian media actively
cover Turkey events, with regional experts and analysts presenting
their views.
Hassan Hanizade, Iranian expert on Middle East and the Iranian-Arab
relations, speaking of the causes of Turkey protests in an interview
with Fars news agency, said that people's discontent with the policy
of Erdogan government, Ankara's stance on Syria, provision of several
Turkish military bases to Syrian Salafist groups, supply of chemical
weapons to terrorists have sparked public anger, leading to large-scale
protests.
Speaking of possible involvement of Kurds in Turkey protests,
the Iranian analyst said, "Erdogan has deceived Turkey's Kurds. He
gave promises to them during recent talks between Kurdish leaders
and Erdogan's government, but has not carried them out. Most of PKK
members, giving away weapons, understood that they were deceived by
Erdogan. Therefore Kurds participate in protests across Turkey."
Hassan Hanizade noted that Kurds and Alawites, whose number reaches
30 million (Turkey's population is about 72 million), move in
the same direction, and have great possibilities to change some
directions of Erdogan's policy. The Iranian analyst, commenting
on the future developments in Turkey, says, '"Turkish spring' has
come. People paid a high price for it, and do not intend to give
up their demands. The non-Islamic and inhumane actions of Turkish
authorities against protesters are evidence of the fact that Erdogan
does not care for public opinion. Certainly, Erdogan's government
should have stepped down, but there is no word like "resignation"
in the political scientific literature of his government. The only
thing Erdogan thinks about is how to strengthen his power."
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2013/06/06/a-israyelyan/
From: Baghdasarian
15:15 06/06/2013 " COMMENTS
By Armen Israyelyan, Iranian studies expert
Large-scale protests have been raging in Turkish cities for about
one week. According to reports of Western media, about 2,000 people
have been detained during the protests, dozens have been injured in
clashes with police, and three people have been killed.
Tehran has neutral position on Turkey events. Iran believes that this
is the domestic issue of Turkey. Following the detention of an Iranian
citizen during a protest in Ankara, an attempt was made to represent
that allegedly Iran is involved in the protests, but Iranian Foreign
Ministry spokesman Seyyed Abbas Araqchi told semi-official Fars news
agency in an interview that Iran is not involved in Turkey protests
and that this is the domestic issue of Turkey. Iranian media actively
cover Turkey events, with regional experts and analysts presenting
their views.
Hassan Hanizade, Iranian expert on Middle East and the Iranian-Arab
relations, speaking of the causes of Turkey protests in an interview
with Fars news agency, said that people's discontent with the policy
of Erdogan government, Ankara's stance on Syria, provision of several
Turkish military bases to Syrian Salafist groups, supply of chemical
weapons to terrorists have sparked public anger, leading to large-scale
protests.
Speaking of possible involvement of Kurds in Turkey protests,
the Iranian analyst said, "Erdogan has deceived Turkey's Kurds. He
gave promises to them during recent talks between Kurdish leaders
and Erdogan's government, but has not carried them out. Most of PKK
members, giving away weapons, understood that they were deceived by
Erdogan. Therefore Kurds participate in protests across Turkey."
Hassan Hanizade noted that Kurds and Alawites, whose number reaches
30 million (Turkey's population is about 72 million), move in
the same direction, and have great possibilities to change some
directions of Erdogan's policy. The Iranian analyst, commenting
on the future developments in Turkey, says, '"Turkish spring' has
come. People paid a high price for it, and do not intend to give
up their demands. The non-Islamic and inhumane actions of Turkish
authorities against protesters are evidence of the fact that Erdogan
does not care for public opinion. Certainly, Erdogan's government
should have stepped down, but there is no word like "resignation"
in the political scientific literature of his government. The only
thing Erdogan thinks about is how to strengthen his power."
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2013/06/06/a-israyelyan/
From: Baghdasarian