Turkey threatens sanctions over Iraqi Kurdish independence vote
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[quote]Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan threatened to impose sanctions against Kurdish northern Iraq over a planned independence vote, piling economic pressure on Kurdish authorities after Turkish troops deployed near the main commercial border crossing.
Turkey, home to the largest Kurdish population in the region, has warned that any breakup of neighboring Iraq or Syria could lead to a global conflict, and is due to prepare a formal response on Friday, three days before the referendum.
Erdogan said the Turkish cabinet and security council would discuss Ankara’s options. They will “put forward their own stance on what kind of sanctions we can impose, or if we will,” he told reporters in New York, according to Anadolu news agency.
“But these will not be ordinary,” Erdogan said. [/quote]
This will just inflame the Kurds not prevent them from voting.
I'm kind of surprised they're only threatening sanctions.
Erdogan would rather fuck a pig than see a free Kurdistan. It isn't surprising that he's against it. Don't worry though, he'll pick up the old Turkish tradition of completely fucking up the kurds trapped in Turkey as a way to blow off some steam. I'd love for him to try and attack a new Kurdistan though.
Can this Sultan wannabe fuck off already?
What exactly a Kurdish independent state would destabilize? And why does it have to end with a global conflict?
Fuck off Erdogan, you irrational cunt.
[QUOTE=The Aussie;52701096]Erdogan would rather fuck a pig than see a free Kurdistan.[/QUOTE]
David Cameron should go have a talk with him :v:
[QUOTE=Mifil;52701448]Can this Sultan wannabe fuck off already?
What exactly a Kurdish independent state would destabilize? And why does it have to end with a global conflict?[/QUOTE]
The Kurds are an oppressed minority in the middle east, pretty much everyone hates them. Forming a Kurdish state would be 1940's Israel all over again.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;52701864]The Kurds are an oppressed minority in the middle east, pretty much everyone hates them. Forming a Kurdish state would be 1940's Israel all over again.[/QUOTE]
Ah yes, indeed. How could I have forgotten that every damn neighbour hates them with passion. I partially blame the decisions of the french and the british on the division of The Middle Eaat after Osmania hit a bucket.
But the diffrence will be in the outcome. While Israel with a non-blocked supply route survived the war, Kurdistan will have no chance of success.
Even then it would be foolish of Turkey to participate in war efforts as they probably would suffer from sanctions.
It's not turskish soil you utter fucking slime, I wish we would all just dogpile on this buffoon in response to his incessant meddling already.
Let them have their freedom you batshit cunt !
[QUOTE=Mifil;52701448]Can this Sultan wannabe fuck off already?
What exactly a Kurdish independent state would destabilize? And why does it have to end with a global conflict?
Fuck off Erdogan, you irrational cunt.[/QUOTE]
The situation is much more complex than it first appears. While I support an independent Kurdistani state, it is easy to see why Turkey would immediately oppose such a motion for independence in Northern Iraq. Turkey's east has a significant Kurdish minority (in fact the Kurds consider that area of the Middle East to be "Northern Kurdistan"). An independence referendum in Northern Iraq will certainly fuel similar independence sentiments in the Kurdish populations of not just Turkey but also Iran (Eastern Kurdistan) and Syria (Western Kurdistan - we already see this with Rojava).
The second issue which is particularly relevant to Turkey is their (claimed) responsibility for the protection of the Turkmen minority ethnic group of Iraq. Whether or not the Turkish government actually has a legitimate concern for Turkmen minorities in Iraq (potentially similar to Russian claimed concern for Russian minorities in Ukraine) is beside the point. There is a valid argument that Kurdish independence in Northern Iraq is bad for other minorities in that region. Kurds (Kurdish muslims in particular) have not had a good track record when it comes to minorities that are even smaller than them. Many Kurdish groups participated in the Armenian and Assyrian genocides waged by the Ottomans in the final years of the Ottoman empire. As such, can we trust that an independent Kurdish state will protect the freedoms of minorities? Iraq is home to many minorities: Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks, Turkmen and Yazidis alike - will they fare better under an independent Kurdistan or will the Iraqi constitution provide better protection for them?
This issue hits particularly close to home: I'm part Assyrian and have many Assyrian and Armenian relatives, much of whom have been directly affected (and are still affected) by the genocides and the strife in Iraq. I believe an independent Kurdistan (and maybe Rojava) paves the way for autonomy for the Assyrian community and a right to return to the ancestral homelands. Maybe even one day an independent Assyrian state. However, not everyone is going to see it like this - everyone has their own interests to protect and it is not abnormal that Turkey wishes to do so (regardless of how bad Erdogan really is [and he is quite bad] ).
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