Whose side will Russia take in Kurdish issue?

PanARMENIAN.Net - As the newspaper Hurriyat writes, for the first time Russia officially qualified the Kurdistan Workers Party as a terrorist organization. In this case Russia's position is a little strange, if we take into account that the Kurdish separatism came into existence in 30's, when the Soviet Special Forces seriously took up the problems of the Middle East. However, Moscow strived to dispose the Kurds not against Iran, with who the Soviet Union was in good terms in those times, but against Iraq and Turkey, who are strategic allies of the West.

Opening the Mejlis Session in 1936, President of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Atatürk mentioned, that among all the problems the country faces, one of the most important one is the Kurdish problem, and called "to put an end to it once and for all". After two years of repressive policy regarding the Kurdish population, the Minister of Home Affairs of Turkey Bayar announced that such a problem in the country stopped existing. "The history of the Turkish issue is formed in one sentence only: Kurds have no national state. It's a very big nation, whose population is from 23 up to 35 million people. The Kurds realize that for the first time over so many years they have the chance to create something of its own. Especially in Iraq the Northern Part, populated by Kurds and presently supported by the Americans, is de facto an independent state. It has oil and a lot more to survive," thinks the Islam and Middle East expert Alexei Malashenko.

From the point of view of the Director of the Institute of Political Research Sergey Markov presently Turkey distances from the USA and Russia should promote this process: "Turkey is a politically unappreciated country, and the thing is that it has always been regarded as the puppet in the hands of the USA, and it has never been taken into any consideration. But it's obvious that Turkey stops being a puppet, since it took no notice of the US request about not bombing Iraq and not invading the country. We must repair our relations with Turkey, and now we have the chance to noticeably improve our relations with Turkey, integrating it into common economic area. By common economic area we understand the countries running similar economy, and which are deprived of the chance of being integrated into EU. This is why we must also tell Turkey, that it should give rights to the Kurds, and that it should show more tolerance of course. And I think, that this is the case when one shouldn't "strike an attitude", but to use that chance for strengthening the influence of Russia".

It should be mentioned, that Turkey doesn't enjoy one of its best moments in its home policy. The power is in the hands of Islamists; in the hands of the President, the Prime-Minister, who are opposed by the Turkish Army. That's why the fight against the Kurds is also a concealed way of expression of the confrontation between secular military men and Islamists. However, this victory may never be sealed. Since 1984 the Kurdistan Workers Party has been fighting against regular units of the Turkish Army and there is no end to this war. And if Russia also gets involved, the Middle East will definitely have a super-state, which will not listen to anyone, neither to Russia, nor to the USA, and moreover not to EU. In future Turkey may follow the example of the Ottoman Empire, but will have less complication in fulfilling its plans, since the number of the Turkish nations is growing. We only hope that the World Community will not give up to blackmail and threats and will finally recognize Turkey the enemy of the whole civilized world.