Why did the terrorist leader's call please the imperialists anyway?!

The chief murderer in İmralı responded to the “lay down arms” call with a so-called ceasefire declaration from the separatist terrorist organization.

Moreover, signed as “long live the heroic vanguard of our people, the PKK”...

And with the following praises for terror:

“The PKK has been the great movement of heroism and truth of the last half-century of Kurdistan. Everything was won with a very brave and self-sacrificing struggle, with sacrifice and labor. We commemorate all the heroic martyrs of this great freedom struggle with deep respect, love, and gratitude. Now, with the same spirit and belief, we are carrying these historical gains into a new process of struggle.”

The so-called ceasefire is not unconditional either; they claim no force of theirs will engage in armed action “unless they are attacked”...

What does this mean?

Immediately after the Assad regime fell, the US and the UN spoke of a “ceasefire” between the Turkey-backed SNA forces and the YPG/PYD, which is disguised as the SDF; Nechirvan Barzani, a friend of the government supporting the new İmralı process, had openly stated the following:

“Our primary role in this process has been how we can protect the Kurds from this fire. We have tried to prevent the Kurds from being harmed, especially by staying in constant communication with Turkey, the US, and European countries. In the first days, our entire focus was on how we could protect the Kurds. I believe we were successful in reducing the pressure on them by taking on a role in this process.”

Setting them aside; after the terrorist leader's call, the following statement by White House National Security Council Spokesperson Brian Hughes is sufficient: “We hope this helps reassure our Turkish allies regarding the US’s partners in the fight against ISIS in northeastern Syria.”

You know how we were going to go to Syria one night suddenly; well, this so-called ceasefire means that departure will be postponed for a long time. “Can there be an operation while the ‘peace process’ has begun?”, right?

WE HAD SAID "EITHER TAKE ME OR LET THEM COME"

A sub-heading of a section in our article on the day the İmralı delegation announced the terrorist leader's message was “Either take me or let them come.”

Based on the first opening-dissolution process, we explained that the terrorist leader might want to personally attend the “arms-laying congress” in addition to expanding his facilities in İmralı.

Let us return to the separatist terrorist organization's statement yesterday. They commanded as follows:

- “We are ready to convene the party congress as Leader Apo wishes. However, for this to happen, an appropriate secure environment must be created, and for the success of the congress, Leader Apo must personally direct and conduct it.”

- “For the call for peace and a democratic society to be successfully implemented... Leader Abdullah Öcalan must attain conditions where he can live and work in physical freedom and be able to establish unhindered contact with anyone he wishes, including his friends. We hope that the requirements for this will be fulfilled by the relevant state institutions.”

The terrorist leader's call and these commands from the terrorist organization are just the “Lela” of the matter... There is also the “Lolo” part.

Emphasizing that the call is not an end but, on the contrary, a brand-new beginning, the PKK demanded that “the ground for democratic politics and law be appropriate for success” and that “the power to conduct the freedom struggle through democratic politics be granted.”

Even though the AKP-MHP says “There is no bargaining,” the statements by DEM members and what is being written and drawn in the pro-government media show that a bargain and agreement are clearly being made.

It seems the İmralı visits will continue... How the congress will be convened and what will be done will be determined by a mechanism to be established with the organization, and the terrorist leader will be personally involved... An independent delegation will follow this... The PKK's self-dissolution process will take 3-4 months... In June, the second phase will be moved to, and what will happen to the weapons and the terrorists will be addressed... If the dissolution process is successfully completed, a comprehensive democratization move will be launched... There is no amnesty, but there is; the executive cadre will not be able to come to Turkey under any circumstances, and those terrorists who are Turkish citizens who prove they have not engaged in armed action will be reintegrated into society...

The Turkish summary of all this?

The AKP-MHP is sending the message: “Lay down your arms first, we will see about the rest”... The terrorist leader and the PKK are saying, “First the democratic and legal ground, then laying down arms”...

But the propagandists of this disgraceful picture, like in the joke about “You saw the cash upfront,” are spreading the atmosphere that “The terrorist leader and the PKK have surrendered”!..

VIDEO SERVICE TO THE PKK?

After the PKK's so-called ceasefire decision, one of the chief couriers of İmralı, Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and DEM MP Sırrı Süreyya Önder, explained that they were expecting this and that a series of meetings would be held next week involving state officials and politicians.

When asked, “Was a video message from Abdullah Öcalan sent to Qandil?”, Önder replied, “A recording was made in İmralı, but I do not know if it was sent or not.”

Önder, who knows everything, does not know this, is that so?

As is known, the core of the terrorist leader's call was the section that Sırrı Süreyya Önder finally announced by saying “note”: “While presenting this perspective, it undoubtedly requires the laying down of arms in practice and the recognition of the democratic politics and legal dimension.”

Now let us look at what Tülay Hatimoğulları, Co-Chair of the DEM Party, who was one of the names who went to İmralı that day, said about this issue. She explained the following:

“(Öcalan) shared with us the content and what he actually meant before the presentation of the text was made. He said, ‘I left something out, I must add it.’ And that section was present in the text he wrote by hand. He read it as part of the text while making the video presentation. It is in the video.”

So, what Sırrı Süreyya Önder announced to the Turkish Nation as a “note” with the “knowledge and permission of the state,” the terrorist leader read on video as part of the call.

Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç explained the video recording in İmralı by saying, “This recording can be made due to security and intelligence needs, but the publication of this recording outside is out of the question, which it was not. The photograph is also a matter that can only be published with the permission of the Ministry,” but go ahead and ask!..

Are we sure whether the video in question was taken to Qandil or not, and indeed whether the same text was read?

Since the cat is out of the bag anyway; go ahead, publish both that video and the letters the terrorist leader sent to Qandil, Barzani, and Mazlum Kobani, let us see!..

ERDOĞAN AND THE IMPERIALISTS

Let us come to the assessment made by Erdoğan after the terrorist leader's call.

After stating that a new phase has now been entered in the efforts for a “Turkey without terror,” he spoke as follows:

“Before us lies an opportunity to take a historical step on the path toward the goal of tearing down the wall of terror built between our thousand-year brotherhood. The disruption of the insidious and dirty game that imperialism has been playing in this geography for two centuries will be recorded in the profit column not only of our country and our citizens but of our entire region. The imperialist intentions, which have become increasingly reckless in recent times, and the humanitarian tragedies occurring before the eyes of the whole world have made the new path taken much more meaningful and much more important... Turkey will not only disrupt the bloody games of imperialism but will also, hopefully, reach its goals in economic development and in foreign and domestic policy much faster... May our nation be at ease, may their hearts be at peace.”

Since imperialist games are being disrupted thanks to the terrorist leader; why do all the PKK patrons, from the US to Saudi Arabia, from Germany to the EU, feel “satisfaction” with the terrorist leader's call and call it a “historical opportunity” and a “historical step”?

Is there anyone who understands and is “at ease”?!

Müyesser YILDIZ

March 2, 2025