The 'Yellow Oxen' Given Away by the AKP!...

Ankara had approved the NATO membership of Sweden and Finland on the grounds that they supposedly accepted the PKK-YPG-PYD as a “terrorist organization” and agreed to lift the arms embargo imposed on our country, right?

Look at what happened last week.

A delegation from the region—which Erdoğan describes as a “terroristan”; which the terrorists call the “Rojava Autonomous Administration,” the Barzanis call “Western Kurdistan,” and the US calls the “Self Administration for North and East Syria (SANES)”—visited Sweden.

Sweden was one of the countries that allowed the “Rojava Autonomous Administration” to open a representative office. This delegation from Syria, together with “representatives of the Rojava Autonomous Administration for Europe and Scandinavia,” discussed with Swedish officials the “local elections to be held in Rojava on June 11,” as well as “the attacks carried out by Turkey and the ongoing ISIS threat”!!

Our Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hakan Fidan, was at the NATO Foreign Ministers' meeting in Prague yesterday. It was reported that prior to the visit, at this meeting and in the bilateral talks he would hold, Fidan would “underscore that sanctions, restrictions, and obstacles in the defense industry must be completely lifted in line with Turkey's expectations for its allies to act in the spirit of the alliance, and would once again voice Turkey's expectations regarding the fight against terrorist organizations, primarily the PKK/PYD/YPG, calling for an immediate end to entering into interest-based partnerships with terrorist organizations.”

It seems that the promises made remained on paper, and what was told to our nation was a lie!

We Will Not Allow Fait Accompli

There was an NSC (National Security Council) meeting on Tuesday. In the statement issued after the meeting, after mentioning successful operations against terrorist organizations at home and abroad, it was emphasized that “the PKK/KCK-PYD/YPG, which has turned the lands it usurped in Iraq and Syria into a nest of terror, and the support provided to it, will be eliminated along with all its elements in our region, and no opportunity will be given for any fait accompli contrary to our national security and the territorial integrity of our neighbors.”

This statement was also reported in the media with headlines such as, “Clear message from the NSC to the PKK and its supporters: We will not allow a fait accompli.”

On the same day, along with that statement, such news and columns also appeared in the media:

“The foundation of 'Terroristan' is being laid on June 11... The US's state game for the PKK...”

Yes, as can be understood from these developments, a critical stage had been reached in the Syrian leg of the “Greater Israel” project disguised as “Greater Kurdistan.”

Indeed, while Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of the MHP and partner of the People's Alliance, devoted extensive space to this issue in his speech at his party's parliamentary group meeting on Tuesday, Erdoğan did not say a single word about “terroristan” in his parliamentary group meeting the day before, despite talking about Gaza, the culling of stray dogs, the anniversary of the conquest of Istanbul, and the new constitution.

Erdoğan did not touch upon the subject; however, Ministry of National Defense sources briefing the press on the same day, regarding the PKK's preparations for so-called local elections in Syria, repeated the phrase from the NSC declaration that “no opportunity will be given for a fait accompli” and made the assessment that, “The terrorist organization is trying to legitimize itself with the encouragement and support given by third parties.”

Finally, the development that has been on the country's agenda for the last week with headlines such as, “The terrorist organization's state game... The PKK report in Ankara... The plan to make Israel a neighbor to Turkey is in effect...!” is this:

The terrorist organization will hold local elections in Syria on June 11!..

Before this, on April 30, the “Rojava Autonomous Administration People's Assembly” had approved and put into effect a new so-called “administrative regions law,” announcing that Rojava would consist of 6 metropolitan cities, 40 cities, and 105 towns, but somehow Ankara hadn't heard it!

And now, it is being said that “Our ally the US will first provide the PKK with an autonomous status in Syria, and then put into action a plan to establish an independent state,” and it is being stated that “This is a survival issue for us.”

Because they are supposedly going to divide Syria in the first step, and the turn will be Turkey's in the second step!

In short; “If we give away the 'yellow ox' on June 11, more will follow. Therefore, we must not allow the US to take this step. Tomorrow may be too late”!..

Good morning to everyone!..

The “Yellow Ox” List

Let's start with this “yellow ox” analogy.

The first yellow ox given away by the AKP government is the support for the US invasion that tore Iraq apart and the recognition of “Barzanistan”...

The second is becoming a partner in the US's projects to tear Syria apart...

The third is the halting of the Turkish Armed Forces' operations in Syria after Trump's threat to “destroy your economy”...

The fourth is continuing to call the US an “ally” when it is crystal clear that it equips and trains terrorist organizations...

And the fifth is surrendering to US-NATO lies or threats and approving the NATO membership of Sweden and Finland...

What we are saying is: the so-called election that the terrorist organization plans to hold on June 11 under US protection is not the first yellow ox, and given the government's current trajectory, it will not be the last!

Syria in the CIA's Mind

Let's summarize the stages the US went through to establish a “terroristan” in Syria:

First, it had the PKK establish an army under the name “Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)” and declared it its “ground force”...

Then, it gave the name “North and East Syria Autonomous Administration” to the north and east of Syria that it had the PKK occupy and had a so-called assembly established...

It had this so-called administration open representative offices in various European countries...

While all this was happening, the government did nothing but spout empty statements.

And now, the turn has come to have the terrorists hold municipal elections to establish a full administration and ensure its recognition...

Coincidentally, the following updates were made on the CIA's Syria page a few days ago:

While the PYD and SDF were listed as “major political organizations,” the “North and East Syria Democratic Autonomous Administration - DAANES, Syrian Interim Government - SIG, and Syrian Salvation Government - SSG” were mentioned under the heading of “de facto administrative units.”

Meanwhile, it was also explicitly stated that the “Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)” are “led by Kurdish forces, particularly the People's Protection Units (YPG) militias, that the US has supported the SDF since 2015, that the SDF is the US's local partner in the fight against ISIS, and that the SDF has internal security, counter-terrorism, and commando units.”

In short; the situation is urgent.

If Turkey's survival is truly being considered, the time for Erdoğan to pray with Assad in the Umayyad Mosque has long since passed!..

Müyesser YILDIZ

May 31, 2024