KIRKUK IS THE COMMON PROBLEM OF THE TURKMENS AND THE TURKS ALL OVER THE WORLD

Kirkuk…This important city of Northern Iraq is recognized and known since ever as a Turkmen city. The name of this city has been identified with the name Turkmen and historical facts cannot be denied. The developments that are happening today in Kirkuk are a consequence of a massive stealthy plan targeting the Turks and Turkmens all over the world and this plan cannot be ignored.

The Turkmens in Iraq have always been under oppression. This people suffered from the Baath regime during the rule of Saddam. Now this people are under the threat of ethnic cleansing by the Regional Government in Northern Iraq.

The local government of Kurdistan is in an effort to turn the city of Kirkuk into a homogenous and Kurdish city and it is acting in line with the central government of Iraq in pursuit of this aim.

This group, which defines itself as being unjustly treated, has astonishingly turned into a tyrant and has surpassed Saddam and his followers in terms of racism. One cannot attain a right by cruelly violating the rights of others. One should learn its lesson from history, otherwise the actors should pay the price for this.

Throughout history, the Turkmens were the largest population in Kirkuk and its vicinity. However, with the forthcoming referendum stealthy plans are being shaped to separate Kirkuk from the Turkmens, which means to separate the heart from the body. In line with these stealthy plans, thousands of people from other regions who were not the local inhabitants are migrated to Kirkuk, many Arab inhabitants of Kirkuk are migrated to other regions, Turkmens are killed and threatened to be killed…

In great amazement, it is observed that the central government of Iraq awards the Arabs to force them to leave Kirkuk instead of protecting the union and territorial integrity of the country. This event, first of all, manifests that regional and ethnic interests surpass the national interests of Iraq. The Iraqi state is being directed by the Kurds. Would a state otherwise close its eyes to the breaking down of the country?

We are all responsible for Kirkuk; all of us who own Kirkuk on behalf of all the Turks and the Turkmens…Whether be a Turkmen or an Azerbaijani or a Turkish Turk; one should not stay aside and just watch the happening of another disaster in the Turkmen region. We should have taken our lessons from history. It is not only the duty of the Iraqi and Kirkuk Turkmens to protect the ancestral territories of the Turkmens. This is perhaps the duty of all the peoples that have in their veins Turkish and Turkmen blood…

Not only Turkmenistan who is considered as the main territory of the Turkmens, but all the countries should resort to diplomatic means to prevent the victimizing of our Turkmen brothers in Iraq.

The Turkmens of Kirkuk should not feel themselves alone and friendless. While the USA at the other side of the world is resorting to all legitimate and illegitimate means to protect the interests of the Kurdish local government, why is a country like Turkmenistan not able to protect the rights of its own cognate brothers.

The regional games of the United States are not only confined with Iraq. It is the aim of the United States to provide the separation of Northern Iraq from the country and to obtain interests from the neighboring countries for Iraq. Unfortunately, today the Regional Government in Northern Iraq has become the pawn of the USA. In this way, the United States is able to maintain its influence in the region. For this reason, no matter whether you are a Sunnite, a Shiite, an Arab, a Turkmen or any other; all the Iraqi people should be vigilant and prevent the demolition of the country’s territorial integrity for the interest of one ethnic group. Now the Iraqi people have to align with each other and destroy the stealthy plans of international powers and subversive elements.

The current situation of Kirkuk constitutes a threat for the regional countries and especially for Turkey. Turkey is the nearest country to Kirkuk. This country which is the biggest and strongest Turkish state on the world is closely witnessing the pain and sorrow of the Turkmen people.

Meanwhile, the ethnic cleansing activity in Kirkuk should be considered as a serious signal of threat in terms of Turkey’s territorial integrity. Turkey should take this situation very seriously. Not any negligence of this country is acceptable. Otherwise, the current politicians shall be cursed by the future generations and these generations shall never forgive them. Unfortunately, by entering the EU and not opposing the USA, the subversive elements of Iraq have been presented many opportunities to take action. They have even gone so far to covet the territorial integrity of Turkey and they have threatened Turkey to interfere with its internal affairs.

One can not hold the hand of somebody who is in an effort to take forcefully possession of territory and drive away his brother from his home. When one takes aim at your heart to strike with his knife, you cannot talk about peace and friendship. One can not give up one’s rights and territorial integrity just for the will of any country.

It is the main priority of any country and nation to protect its territory. In this aspect, not any negligence is acceptable. Because those who today covet the territories of Kirkuk and the Turkmens shall tomorrow definitely pursue the goal of taking over other places.

Keeping your silence today means that you betray the future generation and that you give up their rights in the future. Kirkuk is today the symbol of honor and dignity for the Turkmens. The brave Turkmen people have written with their lives and blood in the pages of history that Kirkuk is Turkmen territory. Today it is the duty of Turkmenistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan and all the other Turks and Turkmens on the world to rise up and defend the rights of the Turks. It is the duty of all the Turks to stand up and eliminate these stealthy plans. Only brothers can understand the sorrow of each other. The Turk shall not have any other friend than a Turk and no one can take our rights from us…

سازمان آزادیبخش ترکمن صحرا – تورکمن صحرا آزادلیق قوراماسی

TURKMENSAHRA AZADLYK GURAMASY

TURKMENSAHRA LIBERATION ORGANIZATION