Turkish official objects to Kurdistan independence referendum

[Uzarel]

Turkish official objects to independence referendum for Kurdistan Region
http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/310320175


Ibrahim Kalin, the spokesperson to the Turkish presidency, speaks during a press conference in Ankara on Friday. Photo: AA

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — A top aide to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said a referendum for the people’s future in the Kurdistan Region would be a “wrong step.” The remarks from Ibrahim Kalin come a day after in Erbil, Kurdish President Masoud Barzani emphasized during a meeting with Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres that “in the near future” a referendum will be held.

“We think this [referendum] would be a wrong step,” Ibrahim Kalin, the spokesperson to the Turkish presidency, said in a press conference on Friday.

"We do not think bringing this issue to the agenda is correct, at a time when there are several security risks at the highest levels," Kalin said, according to Anadolu Agency, which added that he said Iraq is going through a fragile period and the fight against Daesh [ISIS] is ongoing, noting that Turkey’s fight against the Iraqi-based terrorist PKK [Kurdistan Workers’ Party] is also continuing.

The Kurdistan presidency confirmed in a statement that the issue of a referendum on independence had been raised during the Guterres-Barzani meeting on Thursday evening.

“About the future of Kurdistan Region President Barzani emphasized that in the near future, a referendum will be held so that the world will be aware of the wish and the decision of the people of Kurdistan regarding its future,” the statement read.

Hemin Hawrami, the senior assistant to Barzani, has stated the official line that Kurdistan may not declare independence immediately after the referendum, but emphasizes the vote would be considered a mandate from the Kurdish people.

Kurdish leaders have not officially opened dialogue on this issue with Turkey yet, said Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Spokesperson Safeen Dizayee recently in an interview with the Turkish Hurriyet Daily News, explaining that Erbil hopes to start such a conversation with the Ankara after Turkey’s April 16 referendum.

[Uzarel]

Kurdish leaders have not officially opened dialogue on this issue with Turkey yet, said Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Spokesperson Safeen Dizayee recently in an interview with the Turkish Hurriyet Daily News, explaining that Erbil hopes to start such a conversation with the Ankara after Turkey’s April 16 referendum.

I eagerly await the day that the Kurds control a coastline in northern Syria and use it to trade with the world. Then there would be no need to have any kind of 'dialogue' with Turkey about anything at all, then they could shove their 'objections' straight up their ass.

[Böri]

Its Iraqi stuff Not Turkish. Another Mena country born anyway we focused on Erdogan presidency nowadays like fun.

[Shah-Jehan]

I eagerly await the day that the Kurds control a coastline in northern Syria and use it to trade with the world. Then there would be no need to have any kind of 'dialogue' with Turkey about anything at all, then they could shove their 'objections' straight up their ass.

Kurds don’t even inhabit the coast of syria.

[Charles Bronson]

I wait of them:

[Pennywise]

Kurds don’t even inhabit the coast of syria.

Kurds already cleansed Arabs from the region so they can justify their existence in there. Do you think they care?

[Uzarel]

Kurds don’t even inhabit the coast of syria.

The importance of that coastline trumps all other considerations. Without it, the Kurds are landlocked and dependent on the countries around them for trade. Everyone of us, including the PYD leaders, is aware of this.

Kurds already cleansed Arabs from the region so they can justify their existence in there. Do you think they care?

If we don't care, it's because we have learned that from you, and the other occupiers of our homeland. You should feel flattered by it.

[DarkSecret]

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[Danaan]

The importance of that coastline trumps all other considerations. Without it, the Kurds are landlocked and dependent on the countries around them for trade. Everyone of us, including the PYD leaders, is aware of this.

If we don't care, it's because we have learned that from you, and the other occupiers of our homeland. You should feel flattered by it.

So, what will you do with the natives?
(who are mostly Arab I guess).

What's your moral advantage then, if there's any?