Barzani urges Turkey’s Kurds to support gov’t initiative

Reiterating his strong support for the democratization initiative launched by the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government last summer, Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani has encouraged Kurdish people of Turkey for supporting the initiative which seeks to settle Turkey’s decades-long Kurdish problem by expanding the democratic rights of its Kurdish citizens.

Barzani, the head of the autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq, held talks in Washington earlier this week. He held talks with both US President Barack Obama and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during the visit which came ahead of key parliamentary elections to be held in Iraq in March.

His remarks on Turkey’s Kurdish issue came on Wednesday as he delivered a speech at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings Institute in Washington.

There is need to focus on the democratization policy assumed and efforts exerted by Turkey at the moment in order to resolve the Kurdish issue, Barzani firstly noted, when asked whether the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which also has bases in northern Iraq, continues its terrorist activities against Turkey and whether Turkey eventually continues its military operations against the PKK.

Barzani stated Iraqi Kurds’ strong support for the Turkish government’s efforts for resolving of the issue through peaceful means, adding: “We have all been convinced that military means or political pressures never bring solution, but if this option is preferred we will not be a part of it.”
The democratization process helps improvement of bilateral relations between Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan region as well, Barzani noted, arguing that Turkey no longer perceived the regional administration in northern Iraq as a threat against itself.

“We don’t find the Constitutional Court’s ruling appropriate,” Barzani was quoted as saying by the Anatolia news agency, referring to a December ruling by Turkey’s Constitutional court for shutting down the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) on charges of ethnic separatism.
“We don’t believe that this [ruling] will serve for the peace process which has been launched. It is a decision against democracy,” Barzani went on saying. “My advice to my Kurdish siblings in Turkey is to assume a positive manner and make cooperation with the Turkish government so that, by this means, let’s not miss this opportunity, let’s follow up the peaceful process,” he, however, added.

Relations between Iraqi Kurds and Turkey deteriorated sharply following the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Turkey accused the Kurdish administration of harboring the PKK, which launched attacks on Turkish targets from its bases in northern Iraq, and threatened to declare war if the Kurds attempted to seize control of the disputed city of Kirkuk -- home to a sizable Turkmen population.

But tension is now being replaced by a dramatic rapprochement, and the government’s Kurdish initiative is further strengthening the positive trend in ties. In a speech delivered to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament in November, Barzani had welcomed the progress made in Turkey’s relations with the Kurdish administration and described Turkey’s initiative to solve its decades-long Kurdish issue as “Prime Minister Erdoğan’s brave Kurdish peace initiative.” Barzani further added that the Kurdish authorities will support Turkey in its efforts to end the conflict with the PKK.

29.01.2010
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Barzani's son arrested in Austria on murder attempt charge

Roads to Iraq

February 20, 2008

Kurdistan Post reported that the Austrian police arrested Soroor Barzani, son of Massoud Barzani and his five bodyguards after shooting Austrian - Kurdish origin - opposition writer and Human rights activist Kamal Sayid Qadir.

The newspaper reporter tried to contact the hospital, the information is that Mr. Qadir is seriously wounded and he right now in a critical condition, unable to speak.

Mr. Qadir was arrested and imprisoned in Kurdistan' Iraq, for criticizing Massoud Barzani, his case is registered in Amnesty International "Incommunicado detention/fear of torture or ill-treatment: Kamal Sayid Qadir".


www.roadstoiraq.com/2008/02/20/barazanis-son-arrested-in-austria-on-murder-attem pt-charge/

Barzani Yahudi çıktı!

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Araştırmacı Tarihçi Yazar Cezmi Yurtsever, Kuzey Irak Kürt Yönetimin Başkanı Mesut Barzani'nin Kürt değil Yahudi asıllı olduğunu ileri sürdü. Osmaniye Cumhuriyet Meydanı'nda "Çukurova'nın Soy Ağacı" adlı sergi açan ve burada aralarında Yaşar Kemal Prof. Dr Murat Belge, Hülya Avşar, Devlet Bahçeli ve Necmettin Erbakan gibi ünlülerin soy ağaçlarını çıkaran Yurtsever'in Mesut Barzani ile ilgili açıklamaları dikkat çekti.

Sergide Mesut Barzani'nde kökenlerine yer veren Tarihçi Cezmi Yurtsever, Osmanlı arşivlerinde yaptığı incelemede Barzani'nin dedesinin Musul'da Yahudi din adamı olduğunu söyledi. Arşivlerde Barzanilerin kökenlerinin Yahudi olduğunun belgelendiğini savunan Yurtsever, "Barzani Kürtlerin temsilcisi olduğunu söylüyor. Ancak kendisi bir kere Kürt değil.
1915'te Türkler K. Irak bölgesinden çekilirken Ermenilerle birlikte Barzaniler de askerlerimizi vurdu." dedi.

Barzani sülalesinin köklerinin 1850'de Musul şehrinde hahamlık yapan Sallum Barzani'ye dayandığını aktaran Yurtsever, Barzani sülalesinin Osmanlı Devleti'nin çöküş sürecinde adının ihanetlerle anıldığını ifade ediyor.

Barzani'lerin 1920'ler İngilizlerle işbirliği yaptığını 1949 yılında Mesut Barzani'nin babası Molla Mustafa Barzani'nin Rus gizli servisi KGB kampında yer aldığını ve Saddam Hüseyin ile güzel diyaloglar kurduğunu belirten Tarihçi Cezmi Yurtsever, 1970'ler sülalenin ABD ile yakınlaşmaya başladığının altını çiziyor.

Kürt halkına hizmet ettiğini her defasında ifade eden Mesut Barzani'nin aslında dış güçler çalıştığını aktaran Yurtsever, "Amacı bölgedeki terör olayları ile Türkiye'yi zayıflatmak. Yani amacı Kürt halkına hizmet emek falan değil. Bugün Türkiye'ye karşı çıkışları da dış güçlerin yönlendirmesiyle yapılıyor." dedi.

Bu arada sergiyi gezen emekli öğretmenlerden Mehmet Erkoçak da, Yurtsever'e Barzani ile açıklamalarında destek verdi.

1966 yılından bu yana Yahudiler üzerine çalışmalar yaptığını belirten Erkoçak, "Barzani Yahudi'dir. Bölgeye Nakşibendî tarikatı aracılığıyla girmiş ve asıl kimliğini gizlemeye çalışmıştır. Bugün ise Kürt'üm diyerek kendini gizliyor ve dış güçlere hizmet ediyor." diye konuştu.