If your stomach can handle it, go to İmralı!..

Operations against CHP-run municipalities and the CHP itself... A "terror-free Turkey" process with the vast and profound contributions (!) of the terrorist leader whom Bahçeli declared a "founding leader"... The country is completely locked onto these issues.

Yet, if we were to lift our heads, here is what we would see:

When "our man" Shara/Colani was installed at the head of Syria, we were supposed to sign a "Maritime jurisdiction agreement" with him that closely concerns the Eastern Mediterranean. But both Greece and the Greek Cypriot side intervened immediately, and this topic was no longer discussed.

Finally, in recent days, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdülkadir Uraloğlu, while passing the buck to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, gave this incredible answer to the question of whether it was time for the agreement:

"The Syrians have emerged from a war, but they know how to negotiate well. We shouldn't miss the process. That's why we are following the process."

Let's call it by its name: we missed that process so badly!..

Operation against the Syrian PKK

Just like the operation against the Syrian PKK...

The US sat Shara and Mazloum Abdi at the table and made them sign an agreement. While Ankara expected the PKK to lay down its arms and integrate into the Syrian administration with this vague agreement, the lines got crossed.

Most recently, the new Commander of the US Central Command (CENTCOM), the military patron of the Syrian PKK, Admiral Brad Cooper, first went to Erbil and met with the Barzanis. From there, he crossed into "Rojava" and met with Mazloum Abdi, saying, "Our support for the SDF will continue." Finally, the BOP (Greater Middle East Project) Governor, along with US Ambassador to Ankara Tom Barrack, visited Shara and discussed mainly the "ISIS threat," along with the "integration of armed groups into the army" and their "ongoing cooperation for a stable, peaceful Syria."

Now what is Shara saying? This: "Negotiations with the SDF were going well, but it appears there is a kind of slowdown or obstruction in the implementation of the agreement."

What did Salih Muslim, one of the PYD ringleaders whom Ankara welcomed with a red carpet during the previous opening process, recently command? Reminding that the most correct form of government in Syria is decentralization and that "the US, France, and the UK are also guarantors" of the process, he said, "Nothing can be done without us. Democratic autonomy starts from the smallest unit and extends to federalism."

When it turned out that the SDF/YPG was stalling, and the operation entered Ankara's agenda; look at the threat issued by Remzi Kartal, the manager of the PKK's European wing, KONGRA-GEL, who supposedly listens to the terrorist leader.

Claiming that the AKP "asked leader Apo to have Rojava handed over to HTS," Kartal recalled the terrorist leader's words that "Rojava is our red line" and, including the AKP's "pride" Masoud Barzani, announced that "if there is an attack on Rojava," "all Kurds will unite their own forces, their military forces, under the autonomous administration."

The Agenda of Our "Friend" Greece

Relations with Greece, which has declared its "sovereignty" in the Aegean by leaning on the US-EU-NATO-Israel, are going quite peacefully according to Ankara, right?

But what did Prime Minister Mitsotakis do? Once again, he made it a condition for Turkey to benefit from European defense funds (SAFE) that we lift our decision regarding the expansion of Greece's territorial waters in the Aegean beyond 6 miles being considered a "casus belli-cause for war."

While Israel Piles Weapons into the Greek Cypriot Side

Our "friend" the US is not sitting idle either. It is pursuing new plans for both Greece and Israel, as well as Cyprus—which is important in terms of the Mediterranean outlet for the "Kobanistan" planned to be established in Syria.

In this context, the US Congress, through an amendment to the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), envisions banning arms transfers to Ankara, including F-35s, citing "Turkey's violations of Greek airspace, the S-400s, and our military presence in the TRNC." Likewise, the White House is asked to "certify that Turkey does not financially support HAMAS" and also to "document that Turkey does not pose a military threat to Israel and does not engage in military cooperation, including drones, with Russia, China, Iran, or North Korea."

On the other hand, Israel is piling weapons into the Greek Cypriot side... After the attack on Qatar with the help of the US and the UK, Turkey is being openly targeted...

While the situation is like this to our west and south, the Russia-Ukraine war is heating up in the north, and NATO, of which we are a member, is preparing for a major military buildup in the region. One way or another, it is clear that the developments here will affect Turkey the most.

While Erdoğan Reads the "My Dear Istanbul" Poem

Let us also provide two new pieces of news from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, which, while being a purely internal matter according to the Treaty of Lausanne, has been "internationalized" thanks to Ankara's "openings."

While Erdoğan was reading Necip Fazıl Kısakürek's poem "My Dear Istanbul" at an event in Istanbul the other day, saying, "Istanbul is the common value of the Turkish-Islamic geography together with our 86 million citizens... As long as this soul is in this body, our love for Istanbul will not end... From Gaza to Syria, from Somalia to Sudan, from the Caucasus to the Balkans, wherever there is one, we are trying to live up to being an Istanbulite. Because we learned the struggle here... Thank God, we have not cast a shadow on the cherished memory and trust of Istanbul until today. Hopefully, we will continue to protect this trust as it deserves,";

Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew, who declared himself first "Ecumenical" and then "Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch," was in Riga as the "official guest" of Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics.

The Latvian Presidency used the title "Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople" in its post regarding the Rinkevics-Bartholomew meeting.

From "Constantinople" to the White House

Patriarch Bartholomew has another program. He is going to the US today for an "official visit." He will stay there until September 25. Let us share a few details from his program.

He will depart from Istanbul Airport in "Constantinople" and land at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. He will be welcomed there by the US Chief of Protocol, diplomats, and state officials.

While Erdoğan waits for an invitation, Bartholomew's first order of business tomorrow will be to meet with Trump at the White House.

On Tuesday, he will be hosted at breakfast by our US Ambassador Sedat Önal.

His program on September 19 is interesting; he will speak at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), known as the "deep state" of the US. At the end of his trip, he will fly to Greece.

Burying One's Head in the Sand

While this is the picture, and even a writer from the pro-government media draws attention to "political internal strife and divisions" and invites "all segments of the country, government and opposition alike, to take their heads out of the sand they have buried them in," the CHP operations and the hysteria of "The commission should urgently go to İmralı and meet with the main actor Öcalan" continue unabated.

As you know, Friday was the 45th anniversary of the September 12 coup, the foundation of these days. On this occasion, desires for a "new constitution" have also been revived.

However, just like the so-called "Kurdish issue," what is intended by a "new constitution" or "constitutional amendment"? Apart from the DEM Party, no one is naming it article by article.

It seems that this work is also being cooked up in İmralı, and that is why it is requested that the commission in the TBMM (Grand National Assembly of Turkey) go to the feet of the terrorist leader.

How do we conclude this? From the notes alleged to belong to the İmralı meetings in May. Look at what the terrorist leader says:

"There is no constitution because there are no Kurds. For there to be a constitution, the Kurd must participate as an existing and free entity. This is how it is possible... First, existence will be accepted; now existence is accepted more or less. Then freedom. I said that the Constitutional Commission will come, and I will discuss with them. They will come, and I will ask: Are there Kurds?.. Do you accept them as equal citizens?.. They will answer these... So far, this war has cost two trillion dollars. Now it will reach ten trillion. My reasons are long. If the commission comes, I will explain."

The delegation asks, "Will the commission come? What will happen if they don't?"

The terrorist leader issues the threat: "They have to come. If they don't come, you will all watch your step accordingly. The risk of war increases if they don't come. This is the expected hell."

While discussing the plan for terrorists who are not thought to have participated in armed action to come to Turkey, and for PKK leaders to be sent abroad, he commands the following:

"If we leave the upper echelon out, they will form a terrible revenge organization like ASALA. It will return to us like a boomerang. This cannot be. I do not accept any of those formulas. The parliamentary commission will come, and I will suggest the strategy... This parliamentary commission will come here. I will say, 'I am proposing a draft law on the dissolution and disarmament of the PKK,' based on this fact in a very simple way... We accept that everyone who is a victim of this case, who participated, who is on the mountain, who is in exile, will return and integrate with the state with their identities and languages; I am proposing a draft law. Lawyers will give it shape. I am proposing a more important issue. A solution is needed regarding the PKK rebellion and its consequences. Why are we mixing in other crimes? This time, a law can be passed only for the PKK."

After noting that the terrorist leader said, "We are half a state in Syria now," let us put the period here:

If these are true; that is, if the terrorist leader is going to interrogate the delegation and hand them some drafts, let those whose stomachs can handle it go!.

Müyesser YILDIZ

September 14, 2025