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[GoatsMilk]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2011128705360543807

 

[AlperTunga]

I don't mean to butt in ... But , that is some harsh views . Especially coming from you ...
Then again , i don't know much the dynamic in that particular region .
Supposed to say .... If you / turks have the power/means to annex whole kurdistan land / people . you would prefer to simply let it away ( in a controlled comdition ) rather than to make amend and starting a new ?? Pardon my idiotic question here but i smply curious about your honest answer ... Either the rift are too deep or else ??!i know for sure it was not about a racial hatred . it was simply a cold hard calculated political logical thinking .
I just simply don't understand it .
Salam

99.9% or more of Turks don't have racial hatred. There is a very high quote of Turkish-Kurdish marriages. Mostly Kurdish men marrying Turkish women. We have some previous presidents and many previous and current ministers and parlament members of Kurdish origin. Kurds are everywhere in Türkiye and some very well-off in big cities. Their population is about 15%. The problem is that they want to establish an independent kurdish state in cities where they have some majority, whereas other minorities in Türkiye recognize Türkiye as their umbrella state and are happy with it, even though they may be poorer than Kurds. Kurds have all kinds of freedom and they can speak their own language without problems, last twenty years or so. Also in cities where they don't have majority, they want Kurdish to be an official language. The question arises what to do with other minorities. PKK, a kurdish terrorist organization has committed atrocious crimes. Killed babies, nurses and young teachers Turkish state sent to care for its kurdish population. Most kurds don't like Turks really and don't want to live together, whereas a sizeable portion of the turkish population regards kurds as their "brothers". There were some restrictions in the past regarding the cultural identity of kurds as well as in the more distance past in 1920s and 1940s there were some tribal uprisings which the turkish military at the time oppressed harshly. I don't think this explains the animosity though, as during Ottoman times, pure Turks called Turkmens were subject to much harsher execution but they don't have such animosity. Unfortunately, PKK has a broad support among kurdish people, and this is the biggest problem of Türkiye. This problem is a masterpiece example of divide and conquer strategy of British empire, later adopted by EU, US, and recently by Israel. My estimate is that it will eventually be resolved by granting Kurds the "ownership" rights of Türkiye, whose name will be changed to something like "Turkish-Kurdish Federal Republic". I'd have preferred the solution of keeping Türkiye, but most likely it is too late now for this as the costs of insisting on it would be too high in today's world.

 

[Ravager]

99.9% or more of Turks don't have racial hatred. There is a very high quote of Turkish-Kurdish marriages. Mostly Kurdish men marrying Turkish women. We have some previous presidents and many previous and current ministers and parlament members of Kurdish origin. Kurds are everywhere in Türkiye and some very well-off in big cities. Their population is about 15%. The problem is that they want to establish an independent kurdish state in cities where they have some majority, whereas other minorities in Türkiye recognize Türkiye as their umbrella state and are happy with it, even though they may be poorer than Kurds. Kurds have all kinds of freedom and they can speak their own language without problems, last twenty years or so. Also in cities where they don't have majority, they want Kurdish to be an official language. The question arises what to do with other minorities. PKK, a kurdish terrorist organization has committed atrocious crimes. Killed babies, nurses and young teachers Turkish state sent to care for its kurdish population. Most kurds don't like Turks really and don't want to live together, whereas a sizeable portion of the turkish population regards kurds as their "brothers". There were some restrictions in the past regarding the cultural identity of kurds as well as in the more distance past in 1920s and 1940s there were some tribal uprisings which the turkish military at the time oppressed harshly. I don't think this explains the animosity though, as during Ottoman times, pure Turks called Turkmens were subject to much harsher execution but they don't have such animosity. Unfortunately, PKK has a broad support among kurdish people, and this is the biggest problem of Türkiye. This problem is a masterpiece example of divide and conquer strategy of British empire, later adopted by EU, US, and recently by Israel. My estimate is that it will eventually be resolved by granting Kurds the "ownership" rights of Türkiye, whose name will be changed to something like "Turkish-Kurdish Federal Republic". I'd have preferred the solution of keeping Türkiye, but most likely it is too late now for this as the costs of insisting on it would be too high in today's world.

Firstly....thanks for the response .

So in essence .. our " papua " problems . The papuan unique's outlook is their reluctances to mingles with the rest of indonesians especialy the introverted yet highly opiniated highlanders (! mostly christian and influenced by the prior freeport /CIA covert asset / private contractors ) before the freeport take over and nationalized .
Whereas the coastal areas are mostly egalitarian and mostly moslem revert / marriage convert . And the coastals are highly patriotic and nationalistic one .
Confusing yet it was the reality on the ground .

Salam

 

[GoatsMilk]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2011038150504956034

 

[Passenger]

Some personnel advised to leave US military base in Qatar, diplomats say​

Some personnel have been advised to leave ‍the US military’s al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar by Wednesday evening, three diplomats told Reuters, amid warnings from Washington that it could intervene to protect protesters ⁠in Iran.

The US embassy in Doha had no immediate comment and Qatar’s ministry of foreign affairs did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for confirmation or comment.

Al-Udeid is the Middle East’s largest US base, housing around 10,000 troops.

“It’s a ‍posture change and not an ordered evacuation,” one of the diplomats told ‍Reuters. ‍The diplomat said he ⁠was not aware that ‌a specific reason had ⁠been given for ‍the posture change.

A senior Iranian official told Reuters earlier that ⁠Tehran warned regional countries it would strike US military bases in case ‌of an attack by Washington, after President Donald Trump threatened to intervene in Iran.

Last year, more than a week before the US launched air strikes ‍on Iran, some personnel and families were moved off US bases in the Middle East. After the US attacks in June, Iran launched a missile attack on the base in ‌Qatar.

https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2026/01/14/personnel-advised-to-leave-qatar-s-aludeid-us-airbase-by-this-evening-report

 

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[AlperTunga]

These guys in the video are saying they still dont understand why Erdogan pressured Hamas to release the 20 remaining hostages. This shows how much humanity they have in their souls. A small tip to them: can it be because Erdogan wants the suffering in Gaza to end, that children do not starve any more, or they are not shot by snipers every day? And the reason why Türkiye wants to send soldiers to Gaza is to help people there it is not to conquer Jerusalem. Asking myself whether these people live in a fantasy world or is it an orchestrated campaign by Israel to continue to rely on US military help by inventing enemies. But it also tells me Erdogan should be careful in what he is saying. He is the president of a country. We as normal people can fantasize about conquering the whole world, punishing injustice etc. which helps our frustrations, but the president of a country needs to make more careful statements.