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Prospects of a Kurdish state and what it means for Armenia

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  • kurdman
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    Do I look like an idiot? I know for a fact that most Yazidis in Armenia are un-educated and as I've stated before, these people are very religion orientated. I mean if they fall for things like: Quoted from Hasan Tamoyan their so called leader.
    I don't know anything like that. I only know that my ethnicity
    is Yezidi, my religion is Sharfadin, and my language is the Yezidi
    language which we call Ezidiki. There is so much distorted material
    published about Yezidis so this is the reason that our meeting started
    with my questions to you.
    So this guy considers himself to be above the emir of the Yazidi people, and above the prince of their people? also he sais 'Yezidi is my language' what is that a joke? they speak Kurmanji, lol! this is so funny! it's obvious that the uneducated Yazidi of Armenia are completely blocked away from the reality.

    He is then told by the interviewer:

    Amarik Sardar, Editor of Riya Taza [the oldest surviving Kurdish
    newspaper in the world], is a Yezidi though, right? Yet he also
    considers himself a Kurd.
    I've never asked him.
    He's a Yezidi.
    I am thinking like the majority [of Yezidi].
    Yet you said that all the Yezidis in Armenia feel that way.
    That's right. All.
    'All, not all, yes all' what the hell? where did you find this clown?

    Full of lies and stuff that even my little brother would laugh at.

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  • TomServo
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    Here is a series of interviews on the Yezidi community in Armenia.

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  • kurdman
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    This is my dialect, much better than kurmanji

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  • Mos
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    Originally posted by Artsakh View Post
    Kurdman, what do you think? one of our Yezdi Brothers, very popular in Armenia:

    լավն էր, իսկական քեֆի երաժշտություն....

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  • kurdman
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    Sounds cool

    I'm sure you'll recognise this song

    Last edited by kurdman; 06-11-2011, 02:35 PM.

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  • Artsakh
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    Kurdman, what do you think? one of our Yezdi Brothers, very popular in Armenia:

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  • kurdman
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    Originally posted by Artsakh View Post
    You are wrong Kurdman. Who inside the Islamic world are you setting your hopes on for getting help from? Would that be "Muslim" Turkey, Islamic Iran, or Syria? O, right, those are the very "Muslim" countries at the forefront of suppressing Kurds. The reality is that "Islamic" forces are behind the policy aimed at squeezing, suffocating, and destroying the Kurds hopes for statehood. Religion has noting to do here. Just look at how the Russians slap the Polish around, despite them being Christian, look at what they did to the filthy backstabbing Georgians.

    Turkey is becoming increasingly worrisome for Israel and the US. It now appears that Israel/US have given up on Turkey, it is drifting further and further away. Israel is now looking to the Kurds as allies, and with a state in the region of their own, that will serve as a base also to keep an eye on anti-Kurdish Iran. I am very happy about these developments. Anything that weakens the positions of Turkey is in Armenia's interests.
    One of the first rules of politics: Public opinion matters! you misunderstood me, I don't believe that secret ties with Israel or any other nation is bad, however what I am concerned about is the growing idea in the Islamic world that 'Kurdistan is the new Israel' you see if people in the Islamic world hate Kurds, then there will be more frequent terrorists attacks. Listen to an interview of President Barzani: (He is constantly asked about our ties to Israel, which is quite annoying)



    In regards to Turkey, it's all BS... nothing has changed! the Turks wanted 'peace with neighbors' and 'zero problems with neighbors' and to achieve that the Turks pretended to be more Islamic and did some stunts were they sent a flotilla and what not, and what are the results? Turkey is loved in the Islamic world, and Turkish trade is booming, while Israeli-Turkish trade is at all time high!

    Turkey-Israel trade volume rises by 135 pct under AKP government
    (http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/finance/10898837.asp)

    Israel-Turkey trade on the rise (http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=215089)

    The Turks have not changed their policy at all, but they understand that to have ties with other states in the Islamic world you need to portray yourself as an enemy of the west and Israel, I mean look at saddam, the dog murdered thousands of Muslims, and yet he is still loved in the Islamic world, and why? becuase he stood up to America, and that is why I said that news of that sort is not to our benefit, not even one bit.

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  • Artsakh
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    Originally posted by kurdman View Post
    Things like that will only worsen the Kurdish issue, becuase we need support from inside the Islamic word.. i.e. our neighbors and not Israel, don't listen to all the propaganda... if anything Israel helped Turkey against the PKK by supplying them with weapons (unmanned drones) and intelligence.
    You are wrong Kurdman. Who inside the Islamic world are you setting your hopes on for getting help from? Would that be "Muslim" Turkey, Islamic Iran, or Syria? O, right, those are the very "Muslim" countries at the forefront of suppressing Kurds. The reality is that "Islamic" forces are behind the policy aimed at squeezing, suffocating, and destroying the Kurds hopes for statehood. Religion has noting to do here. Just look at how the Russians slap the Polish around, despite them being Christian, look at what they did to the filthy backstabbing Georgians.

    Turkey is becoming increasingly worrisome for Israel and the US. It now appears that Israel/US have given up on Turkey, it is drifting further and further away. Israel is now looking to the Kurds as allies, and with a state in the region of their own, that will serve as a base also to keep an eye on anti-Kurdish Iran. I am very happy about these developments. Anything that weakens the positions of Turkey is in Armenia's interests.

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  • Artsakh
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    Originally posted by kurdman View Post
    the decision to invite Turkey's banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to the conference was a "positive" one. PKK "is the largest Kurdish party from the largest part of Kurdistan and excluding it from the national conference is not possible."
    Very nice!!! sticking it to the Turks, I like it!

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  • kurdman
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    Kurdish politicians assert the necessity of a general meeting

    Finally!

    The meeting may take place by the end of the year

    Kurdish parties hope to join together to form a consensus of what the Kurdish people want as the region goes through drastic changes. Political figures enthusiastically proposed a meeting to gather Kurds from Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria by the end of the year.

    Efforts for the nationwide General Conference of Kurds intensified following a visit by Kurdish politicians from Turkey on May 25 in Erbil with Iraqi Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani and other top officials. Rumors of this type of meeting have been circulating for the past two years, but parties are pushing for a meeting this year.

    Plans for a meeting mounted as Kurds in Turkey compete in the country' parliamentary elections on June 12. Recently, activities of pro-Kurdish parties in Turkey have moved into a new phase, especially as the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), led by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, launched the opening for a change that aims to solve the Kurdish question. Erdogan, in a recent visit to Erbil, told President Barzani that it is no longer possible to deny the existence of Kurds.


    Change is on the way for Kurds in the Syrian part of Kurdistan, where demonstrations have continued for the past three months. For the first time, the Syrian government will grant citizenship to Kurds and has called Kurdish party representatives for talks.

    In Iraq, the Kurds enjoy an incomplete federal autonomy, still with controversial territory questions, in addition to the disputed oil-rich Kirkuk province. Meanwhile, Iran is still the hardest area for political activities; there is no pro-Kurdish party in the country and political activists face harsh punishment.

    Until now, Kurds have lacked a roadmap to unify their efforts for demanding their national rights; and Kurdish parties from all four countries have had sporadic relations.

    "This conference is a national must," said Arif Rushdi, a leader in Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. "The importance of this meeting comes as the entire Middle East goes through change."

    A committee has reportedly been formed to prepare for holding the meeting, which is expected to be in Erbil. The committee membership was not announced.

    For Kurds to produce decrees amid current changes in their country, they "need to be supported by major international powers," said Salahaddin Muhtadi, a notable Kurdish politician from Iran. He believes all Kurds must work to redefine their nation and how to do so in the framework of Middle East politics. According to Muhtadi, the next 10 years will be the "era of solving the Kurdish question," and planning a unified roadmap must be addressed at the conference.

    Former leader of the Iranian Kurdistan Democratic party Abdullah Hassanzadeh hails Barzani's initiatives, saying it is a step toward achieving a longtime desire of all Kurdish parties. He said the decision to invite Turkey's banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to the conference was a "positive" one. PKK "is the largest Kurdish party from the largest part of Kurdistan and excluding it from the national conference is not possible."

    Every Kurdish party is impatiently waiting for this historic event to take place.

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