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AKP parliamentarian Turan Chomez: I will get to Khojali and curse Armenian savagery

17 January 2007 09:54 (UTC +04:00)

He said that Kurdistanâ€™s foundation was laid when after Bay War I, the security region was established in the north of 36th parallel.
â€œAfter 11 September events the US occupied Iraq, under the pretext of â€œdictatorship castleâ€?. As a result of this invasion 650 000 Muslims died, 4 million Iraqis became refugees. Though the US promised democracy and welfare in the region, blood, tears and chaos dominated in here. After Saddamâ€™s execution new stage began in Iraq: I assess the new law on oil and the referendum to be held in Kerkuk as distribution of wealth,â€? he said.
Turan Chomez said that after the invasion, policy assimilating Kurds is pursued in Kerkuk.
â€œOffices and civil departments burnt, the majority of the documents disappeared. The Kurds from different regions of Iraq settled in Kerkuk. When I went to Kerkuk after the war broke out, I saw that Kurds are settled in the camps around the city and their security is ensured. 600 000 Kurds live in Kerkuk now. After the demographic changes carried out by force, the results of the referendum are obvious. We can not accept such a referendum â€“ antidemocratic and opaque process,â€? he said.
Turan Chomez said that Azerbaijanis are indifferent to the processes in Kerkuk.
â€œI have a message to my Azerbaijani brothers. We do not know our history well enough. After the Islam appeared the people spreading Islam first of all resorted to Azerbaijani geography. Seeing Turksâ€™ heroism in Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan Turks of Azerbaijani origin were moved to Baghdad. Azeri Turkish migrating to Baghdad, Kerkuk and Mosul earned so mush love and sympathy that all the states in the region welcomed them. The migration begun in the eighth century lasted for many years. Two centuries before Anadoluâ€™s becoming Turkish the people of the provinces Mosul, Kerkuk, Erbil, Tuzhurmati, Kifri, Garatepe and Altinkorpu were Turkish. We should see and value these facts. We should never forget that Turkmen living in Kerkuk, Iraq and Turkmeneli are of Turkish origin. Turkish Parliament is deeply concerned over the current situation in the region and will not allow any negative process thereâ€?, he said.
Taking a stance on Jalal Telabani and Mesud Berzaniâ€™s blaming Turkish for its interference to Iraqâ€™s internal affairs, Turan Chomez said that Kurdish have never been able to establish a great state.
â€œIt is not logical for a community without historical state traditions to raise such a claim now. They will fail despite the temporary support by others. I assure Azerbaijanis that no structure in the Middle Asia can act without the authorization and support of Turkey. Even if â€œKurdistanâ€? is formed, it cannot exist without Turkeyâ€™s authorization. Let those people continue to talk in this way. Their talks will be of no importance when the USA leaves the regionâ€?, he said.
Turan Chomez noted that Turkey always focuses on the problems of Azerbaijan. He expressed his intention to visit Khojali region on February 26 and see Armeniaâ€™s crimes with his own eyes.
â€œI intend to visit Khojali region on February 26 and curse Armenian savageries after talking things over with my friends in Parliament. After that weâ€™ll go to Baku and embrace Azeri brothersâ€?, he said. /APA/