When Kobani wears a tie, will he become “Mr. Ferhat Abdi Şahin”?

With the fall of Assad, everyone has become an angel!.. They claim they will bring stability to the region, and democracy, human rights, and justice to Syria...

Especially Ankara’s efforts; it is said that they will take action on three fronts for Syria, namely “diplomacy, the restoration of the state system, and development”...

While these are being discussed, we heard just yesterday that a 16-year-old high school student was sentenced to prison for insulting Erdoğan, that an investigation was opened against BTP Chairman Hüseyin Baş for insulting Erdoğan, and that a prison sentence of 1 year and 6 months to 7 years and 6 months is being sought for journalist Nevşin Mengü, who interviewed Salih Müslim, the head of the PYD, who was once welcomed with a red carpet in Ankara.

On top of that, the new minimum wage hike was announced, which became the hallmark of our development (!).

In short; we are in a situation that perfectly fits the saying, “Preaching virtue while practicing vice.”!..

Ladies and gentlemen, there is a Turkish footprint in the new administration in Syria. Those who have come to important positions have studied or grown up in our country.

Salih Müslim, the head of the PYD, also graduated from the Chemical Engineering department of Istanbul Technical University. And you remember, don't you, that while the TSK (Turkish Armed Forces) called the PYD a “separatist terrorist organization,” the AKP treated the PYD as an interlocutor, arguing that it was “conducting political activities like the HDP,” but that it was only considered a terrorist organization when it refused to cooperate against Assad?!

Another example of our joy regarding Syria; after MHP Leader Devlet Bahçeli, a partner in the People's Alliance, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Erdoğan respectively stated that “they have been on the right side of history from the very first moment.”

Whether it is true or not will be understood in time. They were supposedly on the “right side of history” during the crises in Egypt (Sisi coup), the United Arab Emirates (financing of July 15), and Saudi Arabia (the embargo on Qatar and the massacre of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul). Now they are friends and brothers with all of them. It was the Turkish nation that paid the bill for these decades.

WHEN YOU PAINT THE BLACK TRAIN

The new administration in Syria is led by the terrorist organization that turned from Al-Qaeda to HTS, and its leadership is held by Ahmed al-Shara, who turned from the codename Jolani.

While HTS remains on the terrorist organization lists of the UN and Turkey, MIT Chief İbrahim Kalın got into the car driven by Jolani and prayed at the Umayyad Mosque... Erdoğan announced that “they have started communication with the names involved in the Syrian administration, primarily Mr. Jolani”... Syria's new leader met with Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan as “Ahmed al-Shara”... Ultimately, Erdoğan also said, “Mr. Ahmed al-Shara, the leader of the Syrian revolution.”

“WHETHER IT’S ALI OR VELI, IS THERE ANYTHING CHANGED?”

This picture reminds me of the trajectory of the PKK.

In the 2000s, the EU did not include the PKK on its list of terrorist organizations. In 2002, the PKK changed its name to KADEK, and after that, the PKK was considered a terrorist organization. At one point, it also became the KCK.

The same PKK came to Syria under the name PYD/YPG. Based on the negotiation notes with the terrorist leader in Imralı, we were always writing that the PYD/YPG was founded on Öcalan's instructions. Now we realize; in the report titled “The Syrian Branch of the PKK/KCK Terrorist Organization” published by the Ministry of Interior in 2017, it was openly confessed that “the PYD was founded on October 17, 2003, in line with the instructions given by PKK terrorist leader Abdullah Öcalan from Imralı.”

The name change did not stop there. In 2017, when the US Special Operations Commander advised, “Change your name because Turkey sees the PKK and YPG as one,” the terrorist organization suddenly became the “Syrian Democratic Forces.”

Upon this, Erdoğan said the following:

“Whether it’s Ali or Veli, is there anything changed? No. We know very well who is who, both are the same... They changed their names, no, it is not possible to swallow this. And friends should not deceive each other.”

“Whatever they do now, it doesn't fit in the sack.”

“Even though they know very well that all the organizations that have been or will be established, whatever their name, are the same structure, these people who appear to be friends are lying to us while looking us in the eye.”

“Bless you, we didn't understand, we swallowed this; we know all of these now. These organizations produced in this factory are put into circulation according to need, subjected to modifications when necessary, and destroyed when necessary.”

“Now America is changing the names, right?.. We are no longer swallowing these... By changing names every other minute, America, are you going to deceive us?”

“The name of this organization is PKK, the name of this organization is PYD, the name of this organization is YPG. You know the PKK, which is on the terrorist organization lists of both America and the European Union, that is the very organization they are working with in Syria. Even though they know very well that this is the case, they are doing somersaults to deceive us and the whole world.”

BAHÇELI’S TEST WITH TRUMP

Noting that the US, a “friend” of Ankara, calls the YPG/PYD “our partner in Syria” while considering the PKK a terrorist organization, let us come to MHP Leader Bahçeli, a partner in the People's Alliance.

Bahçeli had reacted to that disgraceful letter Trump sent to Erdoğan regarding the 2019 Operation Peace Spring with the words, “It is certainly indisputable that US President Trump, who aspires to mediate between Turkey and terrorist organizations through an ugly letter, and who introduces a vile terrorist as a general and proposes negotiations to our country, stands on the wrong side of history and humanity.”

Likewise, he held Trump responsible for Jerusalem reaching this state, called him a “servant of Zionism,” and emphasized that Trump had “lost his sanity.”

The same Bahçeli, in a speech he gave four days ago at his party's Politics and Leadership School, evaluated Trump's words, “Erdoğan is a very smart and very strong man... Someone I get along with well... He built a very strong army... The key to Syria will be in Turkey's hands,” as “positive messages directed at our President.”

But neither Bahçeli nor Erdoğan and the AKP, who talk about ending the terrorist organization in Syria, have been bothered so far by Trump inviting Mazlum Kobani, the head of the terrorist organization whom he considers a “general,” to the inauguration ceremony on January 20.

The codename of this so-called “general” of Trump, whom Turkey is searching for with a red notice, is Şahin Cilo. Later, he used Mazlum Kobani or Mazlum Abdi. It is stated that his full name is Ferhat Abdi Şahin. He is also the “spiritual son” of the terrorist leader in Imralı, whom Bahçeli wants to come to Parliament and speak.

Like HTS leader Jolani, he has always appeared in uniform. Except for once.

In July 2019, when he signed an agreement on child soldiers on behalf of the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces with the UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba, he wore a suit and a tie.

Upon this, the then Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu stated, “Ferhat Abdi Şahin, codenamed Mazlum Kobani, is a terrorist. Turkey is searching for him with a red notice. Has the United Nations lost its mind? They are sitting at the same table and signing an agreement with him so that child terrorists are not recruited into the PKK and PYD again. This is a black stain,” while Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gül said, “If he enters the US, since there is a red notice about him, this person should be arrested and extradited to Turkey, and the red notice has been forwarded to the US once again.”

Erdoğan also said, “The one codenamed Mazlum; this is very interesting, he is a terrorist wanted with a red notice. What does this mean? America must hand this man over to us.”

But, with 26 days left; as can be seen, they are silent about this terrorist being invited to Trump's inauguration ceremony.

Would you like to bet; Kobani might attend the ceremony in a suit and tie and suddenly become “Mr. Ferhat Abdi Şahin”!..

Müyesser YILDIZ

December 26, 2024