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U-Öcalan waboshwa ngo-1999 esikhumulweni sezindiza saseNairobi, ngemuva kokushiya iNxusa LamaGreki lapho esebenza ngokuhlanganyela i-MİT kanye ne-Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) ngesipho sase-US.
Ngenkathi uFrancis Ricciardone, inxusa lase-U.S. e-Ankara, ephendula umbuzo omude mayelana nokunikeza usizo olwengeziwe eTurkey (ngaphandle kokwabelana ngobuhlakani, ikakhulukazi ngemisebenzi yezempi ye-PKK esifundeni sase-Iraq esingumakhelwane saseKurdish) njengoba i-U.S. ikwazile ukubulala umholi we-al-Qaeda u-Usame bin Ladin, ePakistan, uthe i-U.S. empeleni yayinikeze uhulumeni waseTurkey umsebenzi ohlanganyelwe ofanayo kodwa i-Ankara yayinezintandokazi zayo.
Kunenkinga yokwethembana esobala phakathi kweTurkey nabambisene nayo; i-U.S. kanye ne-EU, mayelana nokulwa ne-PKK. Ezinye izikhulu zase-Turkey ezisezikhundleni ezinamandla zisola ukuthi ‘Amazwe aseNtshonalanga’ ngokuvamile awafuni ukuqeda i-PKK ukuze kuvinjwe iTurkey ekwenyeni yentando yeningi nenhlalakahle yezomnotho.
Lapho ebuzwa, u-Ricciardone unikeze i-Hürriyet Daily News amazwana anemininingwane ngalesi simo kanje:
• “Ngifuna ukwenza kucace ukuthi i-United States icabanga ukuthi ubuphekula be-PKK kumele buphele. Sibambisene kakhulu nohulumeni waseTurkey ngale njongo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kusekukhulumeni, kwezomthetho, noma ezindabeni zezobunhloli.
• “Eqinisweni asikho isisekelo sezinsolo zokuthi i-U.S. ngandlela thize isekela noma iyayibekezelela i-PKK. Simemezele i-PKK njengenhlangano yamazwe ngamazwe yamaphekula ngaphansi komthetho wase-U.S. Sisekela amalungelo abantu azo zonke izakhamuzi zaseTurkey, kuhlanganise namaKurds. Asilusekeli udlame lwamaphekula kungakhathaliseki ukuthi iziphi izinjongo zalo, futhi ikakhulukazi asikholwa ukuthi i-PKK yenze noma yini ukuthuthukisa imbangela yokulingana nesithunzi sezakhamuzi zase-Kurdish zaseTurkey. Ngokuphambene nalokho, babulala amaKurds amaningi, futhi ngenye indlela bacekela phansi izimpilo zamaKurds amaningi, kunanoma ubani omunye.
• “I-Turkey ingumngane wethu futhi sizoqhubeka nokumela i-Turkey ekulweni kwayo nobuphekula be-PKK kuyilapho i-Turkey isebenza ngokuzikhandla ukuqinisa intando yeningi yase-Turkey yabo bonke. Iziphathimandla zaseTurkey, eziyazi ngempela imininingwane yokusebenza yokusekelwa kwethu ngokumelene ne-PKK, ziyazi ukubaluleka kwayo.
• Ngokusobala angikwazi ukuxoxa ngemininingwane yokubambisana kwethu kwezobunhloli, kodwa sabelana ngakho konke esingabelana ngakho, futhi sizimisele ukwabelana nabanye ngenzuzo yokuhlangenwe nakho kwethu kokuthi singathuthuka kanjani futhi sixhashaze ubuhlakani obunjalo ngokumelene namaphekula ngendlela ephumelela kakhulu. .
• Abasakazi be-PKK mhlawumbe bangase bafise ukuthi abantu baseTurkey bangakholelwa ukuthi i-PKK ijabulela ukusekelwa okukhulu kwamanye amazwe, nokuthi iTurkey ngandlela-thile izimela yodwa ekubhekaneni nabo. Amanga anjalo mhlawumbe awusizo ekubutheni intsha ephelelwe ithemba, engafundile ukuba ibulale abantu bakubo. Kodwa akukho ukuxabana akunasisekelo eqinisweni. Ngakho-ke kuyangidabukisa lapho abaholi bemibono yaseTurkey behlanganyela ‘ekucabangeni uzungu’ osekuphelelwe yisikhathi nokungahloniphi, ngokuphambene namaqiniso.”
Murat Yetkin
(I-Hürriyet Daily News)
