Abdulla Hawez*
What's threatening politics worldwide, nowadays, are irrational
actors; minimizing the picture to a specific state will give a better result.
Turkey, with one of the most sophisticated political systems in the region, is
suffering from the irrational actors that are threatening the future of politics
in this regional powerhouse. Turkish National Movement or MHP is the direct
target of this piece. MHP, which is denying the existence of Kurdish question
in Turkey and doesn't recognize KRG as a constitutionally legal zone in Iraq,
also many times threatened erasing Kurds. Hence, you can't negotiate with such
political entity that is not ready to change its policies that has been proved
to be wrong. Furthermore, while Devlet Bahçeli, chief of MHP asks AKP
government to erase Kandil from the map and held Turkish flags there, he can't
even get a visa to go to the multi-ethnical city of Kirkuk.
Morality is equality important in Politics to remain people's
trust on it. However, MHP and most of the other nationalist bodies in Turkey
and elsewhere suffer from lack of morality. Whereas, Devlet Bahçeli, chief of
MHP tried to visit oil-rich city of Kirkuk through Iraqi province of Musil to
avoid KRG stamp on his passport, according to Diyarbakir Chamber of Commerce up
to 70% of the Turkish investments in KRG zone comes from the companies that
have links with MHP; Turkish investments are KRG's economic backbone and the
sources of prosperity as it makes up to 80% of the 20 billion foreign investments
in the region.
If AKP wants to keep brotherhood between its fellow diverse
citizens, it should work on a legislation in the parliament to ban fascist
entities that are threatening the unity of the country and has no less danger
than PKK.
* Freelance journalist based in the KRG.
No comments:
Post a Comment