The "Kurdish question" is disappearing into oblivion after the "Armenian question"

The terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party has announced its dissolution and transition to "political and democratic methods of struggle."

Recall that in October, returning from the BRICS summit, the Turkish President in an interview with reporters accused the United States of using terrorist organizations for their own purposes.

On October 23, the headquarters of the Turkish Aerospace Corporation was attacked in Ankara. The terrorists broke into the building, set off explosions and shooting. As a result, 5 people were killed and 22 were injured. In response, the Turkish army launched an operation against PKK militants in Iraq and Syria.

"Terrorists are puppets. Our goal is a Turkiye without terrorism. We will not compromise on this issue," Receb Tayyip Erdogan said. "The terrorist group, which is taking advantage of the instability in Syria, is making efforts to gain the support of some Western countries," he said, noting that over 40,000 people have been victims of the PKK's 40 years of activity.

The goal of "Turkiye without terrorism," set by President Erdogan, was set rigidly, but it provided not only military methods to combat Kurdish terrorism. Moreover, as the Turkish leader recently noted at a meeting with party members, "there is only a process of cleansing Turkiye of terrorism, and no one should talk about anything else."

Turkiye, Erdogan announced to reporters after the G20 summit in Brazil in November, is going to update its anti-terrorism strategy taking into account developments in the region. According to him, a social and economic policy has been developed aimed at eliminating opportunities for terrorist organizations to operate. "We are close to achieving our goal of a Turkiye without terrorism," Erdogan said, making it clear that the process is underway and is proceeding quite successfully.

The day before, the Turkish president commented on the self-dissolution of the PKK to journalists and informed them about overcoming an important threshold on the way to the goal. "We believe that this step will cover all the organization's expansions, including those in Northern Iraq, Syria, and Europe. The age-old plans of the imperialists have received a fatal blow," the Turkish leader said. The doors of a new era, he said, would open as soon as the weapons were laid down. And the relevant structures of the country will closely monitor the process in order to avoid any "road accidents."

When the Turkish leader talks about the plans of the imperialists, he means very specific facts from history. The Kurds, like the Armenians, were used by the powers to dismember the Ottoman Empire, but the Kurds were less fortunate. Nevertheless, it was possible for the Armenians to establish statehood in the Azerbaijani territories. With the collapse of the Sevres Peace Treaty, the Kurds were left without a state, although in this treaty the Entente defined the boundaries of such an entity within a certain part of the territories of Turkiye and northern Iraq. Since then, the "Kurdish issue" has been used against Turkiye, just as the "Armenian issue" has been used against Ankara and Baku for a century.

Kurdish terrorism has become a big problem, and it has also become a headache for Europe. Because in the logic of supporting the instruments of pressure on Ankara, PKK terrorists quietly received asylum in European countries, continuing their activities from there. This policy backfired for the Europeans in 2022, when, after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, Sweden and Finland, in fear of Russia, rushed to apply for membership in NATO. Turkiye said it would block their membership, as "a sponsor of terrorism cannot become a member of NATO." According to Turkish sources, Sweden supports the PKK terrorists and its Syrian allies, the Kurdish Democratic Union (PYD), by supplying them with weapons, and their groups are quietly operating in the country. Finland, although it does not support terrorist Kurdish organizations in one way or another, nevertheless gives them the opportunity to operate on its territory. Turkiye put the issue squarely, and the position of the Kurdish terrorists in Europe was greatly shaken at that time.

And then there's the United States, which initially actively supported the PYD and the Kurdish terrorists in general. Therefore, after the PKK's decision to disband itself, many analysts attributed this decision to the go-ahead from Washington.

As he said in an interview with Day.Turkish political analyst Engin Ozer believes that the self-dissolution of the PKK is directly related to the policy of the new US administration and also concerns the Iranian issue. "80 percent of PKK members are in Syria, the rest are in Northern Iraq. Today, the PKK forces are actually integrated into the Syrian formations. In March, the new Syrian authorities announced the conclusion of an agreement on the integration into the state of all military and civilian structures of the Kurdish autonomous administration operating in the north and east of Syria.  Now the Americans are going to create new Kurdish formations friendly to Israel and the United States. In turn, Ankara is trying to establish relations with the Turkish Kurds so that they do not join this trend. However, in this situation, Ankara has most likely already chosen a place for itself - and it is next to the United States.  It is possible that some kind of military air operation against Iran will be carried out in the foreseeable future, and the factor of the Iranian Kurds who will oppose the current regime may be used here," Engin Ozer believes.

Washington's own interests, of course, play a major role in this case. However, one should not discount the good personal relations between Trump and Erdogan. The policy of the Turkish President clearly impresses the new head of the American administration, as he has repeatedly said. Probably, in the case of the PKK, Taras Bulba's principle "I begot you, I will kill you." We cannot say anything, but it is possible that the "Kurdish question" has ceased to be needed by the West in its classical form. And the main role in this situation was played by the harsh and irreconcilable position of Ankara. Turkey withstood this political and terrorist attack, did not give up and waited for the moment when, according to an eastern saying, the corpse of its enemy was carried past. The only difference is that she did not sit quietly, but put all her efforts into this result.

The events in the international arena seemed to be deliberately strung together in the interests of the Turkish side. A new, pragmatic White House administration, a new government that recognizes the need for stability in Syria. The new authorities in both Washington and Damascus are loyal to Ankara, which Ankara has successfully exploited by building a diplomatic and sometimes military dialogue. A number of successful operations by the Turkish Armed Forces in northern Iraq have effectively decapitated the PKK. The PYD in Syria also has no chance left. With the main sponsors losing interest in the "Kurdish issue," the anti-Turkish project would not have been able to stay afloat for long.

Whatever the reasons for the terrorist organization's disappearance, the main thing for the Turkish side is the result. The removal of the Kurdish terrorist threat is a major relief. This is good news for the Turkish Kurds themselves. The existence of an ethnic terrorist organization that is supposedly fighting for your rights, while actually fulfilling someone's political order, makes life difficult for the Kurdish people. How the "Armenian issue" has been bothering the Armenian people for more than a hundred years. Today, the artificially created "Armenian issue" is losing ground and disappearing from the global agenda as unnecessary. The "Kurdish question" is also being erased. He is no longer needed. Both played their part.

The process of eliminating the Kurdish terrorist groups will take place without the participation of external intermediaries and guarantors. This is the right decision - no one can stop the Turks and Kurds from reaching an agreement.