Mehmet Uçum: President Erdoğan's reforms solved the internal Kurdish issue, but an external Kurdish issue remains

Uçum, establishing a connection that 'the goal of a terror-free Turkey is a project related to the resolution of the Kurdish question', attempted to conduct certainnegotiations based onidentityrights.those who criticize either do not see the qualitative difference in this matteror are deliberately confusing it," he said. Uçum claimed that there is no longer a Kurdish issue in Turkey,asserting that there is an "externalKurdish issue" and thatthe "transition to aterror-free Turkey" is underway.Once theprocess is completed,the conditions for resolving the externalKurdish issue will also bealmost entirely fulfilled. IfTurkey resolves this issue, it will enter a periodof risefor the Republic.that it will be experienced is being noticed by everyone," he said.

Providing information about the history of the'Turkey without terrorism' issue, Uçum stated, "The speech our President Erdoğan gave in Diyarbakır in 2005,was a turning point forresolving issues in Turkey that could be considered both a terrorism problem and a problem for Turkey's Kurds,and for the resolution of every had announced that something would be done. Overtime, an initiative called the 'democratic opening' began, which later turned into the national unity and brotherhood project. After that, there was the solution process initiative in 2013, and ultimately, if we accept that it began on October 1, 2024, the process aimed at the goal of a 'Terror-Free Turkey' is, in fact, the emergence of an accumulation ofshould be defined as a new stage that it has brought about,” he said.

Mehmet Uçum stated, “When the process for a Turkey without terrorism began, the state initiated this matter with an initiative, implemented it as a state policy,and continues to sustain it as a state project. The mostimportant difference from past attemptscan beevaluated as such.In thepast,initiativesthat were government initiatives, government policies,the process of aterror-free Turkey in terms ofit entered the agenda as a state initiative and a state policy from the perspective ofone of the biggest differences in between is this,' he said.

"THERE WERE SABOTAGESDURINWEARE"

Arguing that the goal of a terror-free Turkey has noconnection to the Kurdish issue, Uçum stated, tHe spokeas follows:

“Under the national leadershipof our President, and the courageouspolitical leadership of Mr. Bahçeli,with the great support of the People's Alliance and other segments of society,we haveIn this regard, the DEMleadership's cool-headed,measured, and constructiveapproaches ultimately led to us managing a process. But I want to underlinehow this issue was handled.The state, regarding the goal of a 'Turkey Without Terrorism', has...when he initiated the relevant issue as a state initiative, he did not address it as a Kurdish issue. This was entirely about ending systematic terror, ending the terrorist organization, effectively eliminatingit, opening the field of democratic politics,and removing theterrorist tutelage over democratic politics.was addressed as a matter of separation. These two things should not be confused with each other.

Those whoestablish a connection that 'the goal of a terror-free Turkey is a project related to the resolution of the Kurdish issue' andattempt to conduct certain negotiationsover identity rightseither fail to see the qualitative differenceof this matter,They either do not see it or are consciously confusingit. Approaches thatidentify our Kurds with the goal of a Turkey without terror,and whichlink their democratic demands, like those of all ourcitizens, to this place through an identity group, we consider to be intellectual manipulation.we see them as speculations, and we even think that there have beenintellectualsabotages directed at the process.Webelievethis."

The PKK'safter it dissolved itself, the disarmament processes began on July 11, Uçum said, adding the following:he stated:

“This process is accelerating. Over the last year, we have experienced a period in which the longest-running systematic, extra-legal activity in the 52-year history of the Republic of Turkey has come to an end.What else has happened in these last 14 months?Apart from the TUSAŞ attack, what else?We must say thank Godthat our martyrs are no longer coming, our people are not dying. Inthe East andSouth Eastcities, hope has increased, in the entireTurkish societyhope has increased. TerAlthough the uninterrupted fight against terrorism continues, thecost of the fight against terrorism has decreased significantly.This means the following; we have achieved a series of successesin the goal of a Turkey without terrorism so far. We have built up an accumulation. In other words, from now on in this process, even if there are certaindeviations, these gains of ours are now a part of our accumulated experience.has become.There is no going back from here. Even if a new terrorist emerges,even if a new position of terror emerges, ithas no chance of being like it was before.”

REPORT FORMATIONTHE TRANSITIONTOTHE PROCESSWASCOMPLETEDSUCCESSFULLY.

Regarding the processregarding the most important moves came from the Grand National Assembly of Turkeyclaiming that Uçum, said thefollowing:

“The goal of a Turkey without terrorism began as a state initiative andcontinues as a state policy becausefor, the state's most important decision-making body, the legislative body, and the oversight body, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey also became a very effective and powerful part of this policy. The commission established in the TBMM performed a historic duty in my opinion. After being established on August 5, the commission conducted intensive hearing activities; 134 individuals and organization representatives were heard during these sessions. The final hearing activity was conducted at İmralı by a delegation of 3 deputies representing the commission. After completing the hearing process, the commission has now reached the stage of drafting its report.passed. This commission is a commission that brings together all parties, except for one party represented in Parliament,and therefore its legitimacy is extremelyhigh. As you know, this commission'sterm expires in December.If it wishes, by its own decision, it canextend its term for 2-monthperiods.”

Uçum concluded his remarks He continued as follows:

“Should all members of the terrorist organization be granted the same status and should regulations be made in the same way? Based on the impressions we have gathered on this matter, we believe thataccording toapproachesaccording to, differentwe see that there is a perspective that it would be more accurate to make evaluations in categories.Thereforethose who havenever committed a crime, minor crimesthey have committed, serious crithey have committed, anddifferent categories such as those in managerial positions, those who are high-level executives, and those who are ordinary membersmay be subject to legal regulations. In other words, we are nowat the stage where the commission is drafting its report. If the commission completes its report by the end of the month, then in the first months of 2026Legal regulationsregardingthetransitionprocess will also be on theparliament's agenda."

"TT HERE IS NO LONGER A KURDISH ISSUE, THERE ISPOLITICSI SAS OLUTIONIT ISNOT CHANGED"

Turkey's Stating that there is currently nointernal Kurdish issue,Mehmet Uçumcontinued as follows: “Turkeyhas solved its internal Kurdish issue through

President Erdoğan’sreforms.in their administration, in the firstquarter of the21st century,they largely resolved it by implementing major legal and democratic reforms. There were issues that were resolved in practice, and there were matters where legal space was opened.But especially thefascism of September 12 producedthe denialand rejection of the Kurdsbased on the brutalitythat emerged inthe Diyarbakır Prison withThere is no longer an internal Kurdish issue beingmaintained.

Of course, within the perspective of developing democracy, improving the rule of law, and the new constitution,all of Turkey's citizens, just likeour Kurdish citizens,have rightsand freedoms regarding democracy and social justice that are continuing to develop.there may be demands regarding their development, these are nowthe demands of the Turkishsociety, of theTurkish nation. Regarding those demandsa number of steps can also be taken. Butall thesesteps are for all elements of theTurkish nationare the steps that need to be taken regarding it. A solution based on identity-based politics is never a solutioneither. It is also never acceptable."

"EXT ERIS AN EXTERNAL KURDISH ISSUE"

Stating that an externalKurdish issue is beingimposed on Turkeyby imperialism,Uçum continuedas follows:

“The meaning of the external Kurdish issue is, ‘Kurds are a separate nation. They are the nation with the largest population in the Middle East that does not have a state. Kurds need a separate state. In fact, they need a state that unites the 4 parts.need for a state that will unite existed. This is also an Israel-supported imperialism-controlled project to establish a satellite Kurdish state. This is an imperialist project. And this is the external Kurdish issue, and what is being imposed on us is this. TerOnce the transition process to aterror-freeTurkey is completed,the conditions for resolving the externalKurdish issue will also bealmost entirely fulfilled.

Aterror-free Turkey means ridding Turkey of the scourge of terrorwhile liberating it, it will alsolargely minimize the impositionsrelated to the externalKurdish issue and will largelyresolve the externalKurdish issue as well. Because Kurds have a state.The state ofTurkey's Kurds is the Republic of Turkey, the state of the Kurds in Syria is Syria, and the state of those in Iraq is Iraq.are, and those in Iran are Iran's. Regarding the issue ofintegratingand becoming one with the state, the practical problems experienced are those countries' own problems. Of course, Turkey, in a way that is based on the unity ofthe countries, willprovide support to strengthen the relations of the Kurds in the region with their own states.But as for Turkey's Kurds,they are lookingthere is no definition of a separate state or a separate nation apart from the whole. The Republic of Turkey is also the national state of the Kurds, and this matter is settled.”