Erdogan: We will bring more improvement for mountain Turks

[Vladimir]

"While they [the PKK] try to capitalize on hatred, we will build more roads, more hospitals, more schools and places of work for the mountain Turks. We will bring more freedom, more democracy, more welfare, more rights and justice."

http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/mi ... tan624.htm

Are KURDS STILL cALLED MOUNTAIN TURKS??!?!

[tomjez]

not in turkish press anyway, and erdogan said "kurd" a lot in the past months

[Diri]

not in turkish press anyway, and erdogan said "kurd" a lot in the past months

Is it true? Did he REALY use that term? "Mountain Turk"??? Realy?

This is scandalous...

[tomjez]

sounds really really really stupid indeed...

[Diri]

sounds really really really stupid indeed...

But, REALY... DID he use it? Or is it just the Kurdish media which has "mis-quoted" him?


Because you know what this means, right? It means; Now if you post this at a forum where Turks are defending their ass, saying "Kurds are our brothers - and we call them Kurd" - they will be ridiculed by non-Turks for LYING... Because their PRIME MINISTER has just officially and publically called KURDS: MOUNTAIN TURKS!!!

THAT is shocking... I NEVER thought they would say that after they started accession talks with the EU!!!

[tomjez]

maybe it was misinterpret by this american journalist who heard that once upon a time kurds were called mountain turks and he thought it would look cool in his article

I know how journalist work...

Stop bashing Erdogan and read your PM!

[cheryl]

This article is from the Washington Post:

http://washingtontimes.com/world/200604 ... -7436r.htm

Addressing economic problems and marginalization in some predominantly Kurdish areas, Mr. Erdogan has promised a series of reforms that would reduce support for PKK militants roaming the mostly barren, wind-swept mountains.

"While they [the PKK] try to capitalize on hatred, we will build more roads, more hospitals, more schools and places of work for the mountain Turks. We will bring more freedom, more democracy, more welfare, more rights and justice."

That shitty Erdogan is certainly the one to talk about hatred, isn't he? Dirty flatland Turk.

More democracy? You can't bring MORE of something until some of whatever it is already exists. Since NO democracy exists in Turkey or that part of Kurdistan that has been totally misruled by Turkey for 83 years, then it is IMPOSSIBLE to bring MORE democracy.

Ditto with "rights" and "justice." They do NOT EXIST in Turkey, especially for Kurds. We have Erdogan's own statement on that, when he told security forces it was perfectly all right to target Kurdish women and children.

More welfare? Oh, brilliant! This means the fascist Turkish state has NO intention of bringing any kind of economic structure to Kurdistan at all. They are going to perpetuate their historic abuse and exploitation of Kurdistan and her people and just give them "welfare." GREAT solution, Adolf Erdogan.

I don't know why this is such a shock to anyone. We all know how Turks think about Kurds.

[tomjez]

Dirty flatland Turk.

actually his native district in Istanbul is quite hilly

[heval]

Dirty Turk.

[dyaoko]

this bitch islamic mogol , erdogan, appereantly is trying to make Kurds more angry by calling them Mountain Turk.

it is a shame that the world is backing such a racist mingol.

[Vladimir]

I think Washington post or the newspaper that made this report, quoted him wrong. (On intention or smth else).

[tomjez]

Dirty Turk.

Does it mean "shut up"

I'm being repressed!

[Piling]

Erdogan is even the first Turkish PM after Turgut Ozal to state openly that there is a Kurdish question (in his speech in Diyarnbakir last year). Then, either he makes a backward steps and it is a very bad signal in policy, or it is a wrong quotation of the journalist. I hope the last is the true one.

[dyaoko]

I think Washington post or the newspaper that made this report, quoted him wrong. (On intention or smth else).

by the way when the name washington post and Kurd comes, there is always a problem...
Washington Post's behaviour toward kurds is so so so so so so so supsectious, I have followed them for 2 years and I am prety sure there is something wrong with them.

[Vladimir]

Erdogan is even the first Turkish PM after Turgut Ozal to state openly that there is a Kurdish question (in his speech in Diyarnbakir last year). Then, either he makes a backward steps and it is a very bad signal in policy, or it is a wrong quotation of the journalist. I hope the last is the true one.

He is in hospital now. Too much tension.

http://www.kurdmedia.com/articles.asp?id=12032

This is about his recent remarks.