Turkey found itself in a tight corner, not mentioning the presidential elections
The more Ankara speaks against the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, the more countries and organizations are interested in real facts.
Most likely Turkey is being through one of its hardest times. Exacerbations of the situation with Kurds on the border with Northern Iraq and presidential elections to be held on April 22 are very untimely for Turkey to face, taking into account that at present Turkey has to find methods of fighting against passing Resolution N 106 about the recognition of the Armenian Genocide too. In the issue of the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, Turkish government seems to be ready to use any means to prevent not only the recognition of the Genocide but also its mentioning at all.
The story of closing the exhibition in UN, which was dedicated to the Genocide in Rwanda, became a disgrace not only for Turkey or UN itself but a slap on the face of the whole civilized world too. "Turkish government's attempts to conceal the history from own nation wasn't enough. At present campaigns against the recognition of the Genocide has gone so far, that the initiative of opening an exhibition on Genocide with the title: "Lessons Learned in Rwanda" is being considered," announced the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanyan regarding the postponement of the dates of the exhibition dedicated to the Genocide in Rwanda, which was to be organized in UN headquarters. One may only guess what brought the Organization to this decision, but the fact that UN backs out more and more of its principles adopted in 1945, is beyond doubts. The world has certainly changed in 60 years, but not so much as to obey the country having perpetrated a massacre. The nuance Turkey fails to notice is that the more it speaks against the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, the more countries and organizations are interested in real facts. Consequently, the truth which the Turkish government is trying to deny so persistently is being revealed by the actions of the same government. Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which spends great sum of money for campaigning against the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, hardly expects such results.
As for Kurdish issue, here Turkey is in a much more difficult situation. No matter how stubbornly Turkey tries to prove that Kurds are terrorists and separatists, and possibly there is some truth in these qualifications, the Kurdish Labor Party indeed can make troubles for the Turkish government. On April 9 Turkey sent a note to Iraqi authorities, which called to take decisive measures to resist Kurdish Labor Party and recognize it as a terrorist organization. "Turkey is about to lose its patience for the increasing number of terrorist attacks organized by the Party militants, having their bases in Northern Iraq. If the Iraqi authorities do not take decisive steps to counteract terror, Turkey may apply to the rights given to Turkey by the international law regarding terror response," was mentioned in the note. The leader of the Iraqi Kurds Masud Barzani promised in answer, that if the Turkish Army launches an operation in Northern Iraq, his militants will start work actively in Turkey's territory. In answer to this threat Turkish Prime-Minister Erdoghan advised Barzani "to be more careful with his words and not to utter words which will later be difficult to be responsible for." Abdullah Gul in its turn made a phone call to Condoleezza Rice and called the US Secretary of State to condemn Barzani's announcement. It is not very difficult to guess how all this will end; Turkey will enter Northern Iraq with the excuse of finding and annihilating terrorists, Kurds will start organizing explosions in Turkish towns, particularly in Istanbul and Ankara, and plane hijackings will be organized just as it happened the other day. In short the whole story has a 30-year-old history, and doesn't seem to be coming to an end. Turkey will never give away the territory under the control of Kurdish autonomy, though it can be fulfilled by Iraq with the assistance of Iran, and just another unrecognized state of "Iranian Kurdistan", which will have its share of tension in the already troubled region, will appear on the world map. As for Turkey itself, it will be used as a tool in the realization of these plans.
As for Kurdish issue, here Turkey is in a much more difficult situation. No matter how stubbornly Turkey tries to prove that Kurds are terrorists and separatists, and possibly there is some truth in these qualifications, the Kurdish Labor Party indeed can make troubles for the Turkish government. On April 9 Turkey sent a note to Iraqi authorities, which called to take decisive measures to resist Kurdish Labor Party and recognize it as a terrorist organization. "Turkey is about to lose its patience for the increasing number of terrorist attacks organized by the Party militants, having their bases in Northern Iraq. If the Iraqi authorities do not take decisive steps to counteract terror, Turkey may apply to the rights given to Turkey by the international law regarding terror response," was mentioned in the note. The leader of the Iraqi Kurds Masud Barzani promised in answer, that if the Turkish Army launches an operation in Northern Iraq, his militants will start work actively in Turkey's territory. In answer to this threat Turkish Prime-Minister Erdoghan advised Barzani "to be more careful with his words and not to utter words which will later be difficult to be responsible for." Abdullah Gul in its turn made a phone call to Condoleezza Rice and called the US Secretary of State to condemn Barzani's announcement. It is not very difficult to guess how all this will end; Turkey will enter Northern Iraq with the excuse of finding and annihilating terrorists, Kurds will start organizing explosions in Turkish towns, particularly in Istanbul and Ankara, and plane hijackings will be organized just as it happened the other day. In short the whole story has a 30-year-old history, and doesn't seem to be coming to an end. Turkey will never give away the territory under the control of Kurdish autonomy, though it can be fulfilled by Iraq with the assistance of Iran, and just another unrecognized state of "Iranian Kurdistan", which will have its share of tension in the already troubled region, will appear on the world map. As for Turkey itself, it will be used as a tool in the realization of these plans.
