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Turkey has told the leader of Syria's Democratic Union Party (PYD) -- an offshoot of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) -- who paid a surprise visit to Ankara at the end of last week, not to go ahead with a fait accompli autonomy, but recognized the Kurds' right to autonomy as long as such a move gets the nod from the Syrian National Council (SNC) fighting the Syrian regime.
“Officials told me Turkey would recognize Kurdish autonomy in Syria if the High Kurdish Council should declare autonomy after reaching a consensus with the SNC,” Saleh Muslim, the PYD's leader, told the website T24.
Muslim, who arrived on the invitation of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in İstanbul on Thursday, reportedly not only had talks with high-level Foreign Ministry officials, but also with Hakan Fidan, head of Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT).
Reportedly, Turkey has agreed to the establishment in northern Syria of a provisional administration in which other ethnic groups in the region such as Arabs, Turkmen and Assyrians would also be included. The provisional administration, which would serve until a final solution is reached in the war-torn country, would cater to the needs of people in the northern part of Syria, as they can get no service from the central government because of the civil war.
To ease people's suffering in the region, Muslim affirmed that Turkey had agreed to provide humanitarian aid to the region through the Turkish Red Crescent and the Prime Ministry's Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD). Turkey's customs gates on the Syrian border will be kept open for humanitarian aid to the region.
The PYD, which presently has control of a large portion of Syria's northern territory bordering Turkey after being involved in clashes against the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front, had recently given signs, such as raising its flag on a building near the Turkish border, that it intended to establish an autonomous administration in the northern part of Syria, which is densely populated by Kurds.
During talks in İstanbul, which Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu did not attend, it was reported that Turkish officials warned the PYD leader that Kurds in Syria should not unilaterally declare autonomy. Turkey, which has been conducting talks with the terrorist PKK to resolve the country's decades-old Kurdish issue, is deeply concerned about the establishment of a de facto Kurdish autonomous region in the northern part of Syria, as such a step may not only pave the way for the break up of Syria, but also has the potential to adversely affect the settlement negotiations with the PKK.
Other than autonomy, Muslim also received warnings on two other issues during his İstanbul visit. The PYD's leader, who has recently been claimed to have talked with Bashar al-Assad in Damascus regarding autonomy for the Kurdish region, has been warned not to act in cooperation with the regime in Syria, but rather to be part of the opposition forces fighting against the regime.
The PYD leader has also been given the message that the PYD should in no way be involved in any activity that would violate Turkey's border security. Two Turkish citizens have already recently lost their lives in Turkey, while several were wounded because of stray bullets and mortar fired from the Syrian territory. Noting that two mortar shells hit Turkish territory on Saturday, the Turkish General Staff said in a statement later that day that the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) retaliated, as part of the rules of engagement, by firing howitzers to the locations from where the shells had come from.
In the interview Muslim gave to the T24, which appeared late on Saturday, he affirmed that he had very positive talks with officials from Turkey, which until some time ago tended to see the PYD as a terrorist organization. “With this meeting [in İstanbul], we can say a new page has been opened [in relations with Turkey]. There is no crisis of confidence with Turkey,” Muslim said.
PYD's Muslim: Ankara agreed to conditional autonomy - Today's Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news
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First north-Iraq, which is used as safe-heaven for PKK. North-Iraq is not even helping us to fight PKK. If you use north-Iraq project as yardstone, what is AKP trying to do in Syria? Do we want another PKK state on our border? This AKP government is a freaking disgrace, all their foreign policies have failed and they don't know what they are doing. Syria will give PKK access to the sea. To solve PKK issue we have to divide and conquer. These AKP morons, will lead us to disaster and make PKK problem even bigger than they already made it. Just look at PKK today compared to 10 years ago. PKK surrender, but today Ocalan is dictating their terms and threatening Turkey with war. Although I was young 10 years ago I couldn't even imagine this.
“Officials told me Turkey would recognize Kurdish autonomy in Syria if the High Kurdish Council should declare autonomy after reaching a consensus with the SNC,” Saleh Muslim, the PYD's leader, told the website T24.
Muslim, who arrived on the invitation of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in İstanbul on Thursday, reportedly not only had talks with high-level Foreign Ministry officials, but also with Hakan Fidan, head of Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT).
Reportedly, Turkey has agreed to the establishment in northern Syria of a provisional administration in which other ethnic groups in the region such as Arabs, Turkmen and Assyrians would also be included. The provisional administration, which would serve until a final solution is reached in the war-torn country, would cater to the needs of people in the northern part of Syria, as they can get no service from the central government because of the civil war.
To ease people's suffering in the region, Muslim affirmed that Turkey had agreed to provide humanitarian aid to the region through the Turkish Red Crescent and the Prime Ministry's Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD). Turkey's customs gates on the Syrian border will be kept open for humanitarian aid to the region.
The PYD, which presently has control of a large portion of Syria's northern territory bordering Turkey after being involved in clashes against the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front, had recently given signs, such as raising its flag on a building near the Turkish border, that it intended to establish an autonomous administration in the northern part of Syria, which is densely populated by Kurds.
During talks in İstanbul, which Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu did not attend, it was reported that Turkish officials warned the PYD leader that Kurds in Syria should not unilaterally declare autonomy. Turkey, which has been conducting talks with the terrorist PKK to resolve the country's decades-old Kurdish issue, is deeply concerned about the establishment of a de facto Kurdish autonomous region in the northern part of Syria, as such a step may not only pave the way for the break up of Syria, but also has the potential to adversely affect the settlement negotiations with the PKK.
Other than autonomy, Muslim also received warnings on two other issues during his İstanbul visit. The PYD's leader, who has recently been claimed to have talked with Bashar al-Assad in Damascus regarding autonomy for the Kurdish region, has been warned not to act in cooperation with the regime in Syria, but rather to be part of the opposition forces fighting against the regime.
The PYD leader has also been given the message that the PYD should in no way be involved in any activity that would violate Turkey's border security. Two Turkish citizens have already recently lost their lives in Turkey, while several were wounded because of stray bullets and mortar fired from the Syrian territory. Noting that two mortar shells hit Turkish territory on Saturday, the Turkish General Staff said in a statement later that day that the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) retaliated, as part of the rules of engagement, by firing howitzers to the locations from where the shells had come from.
In the interview Muslim gave to the T24, which appeared late on Saturday, he affirmed that he had very positive talks with officials from Turkey, which until some time ago tended to see the PYD as a terrorist organization. “With this meeting [in İstanbul], we can say a new page has been opened [in relations with Turkey]. There is no crisis of confidence with Turkey,” Muslim said.
PYD's Muslim: Ankara agreed to conditional autonomy - Today's Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news
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First north-Iraq, which is used as safe-heaven for PKK. North-Iraq is not even helping us to fight PKK. If you use north-Iraq project as yardstone, what is AKP trying to do in Syria? Do we want another PKK state on our border? This AKP government is a freaking disgrace, all their foreign policies have failed and they don't know what they are doing. Syria will give PKK access to the sea. To solve PKK issue we have to divide and conquer. These AKP morons, will lead us to disaster and make PKK problem even bigger than they already made it. Just look at PKK today compared to 10 years ago. PKK surrender, but today Ocalan is dictating their terms and threatening Turkey with war. Although I was young 10 years ago I couldn't even imagine this.
