What would Bahçeli say to the Talabani formula?!

The architect of the first PKK opening was the MIT. It is also in the lead role in the second opening initiated by Bahçeli.

MIT Chief İbrahim Kalın met with officials from the Iraqi central government in Baghdad at the beginning of the month, with Masoud Barzani in Erbil, and with PUK leader Bafel Talabani in Sulaymaniyah. It was reported that the main agenda of this intense diplomatic traffic by Kalın was the PKK's disarmament process and the PKK law expected to come to the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM).

What we will focus on is the reason for meeting with Bafel Talabani. After the meeting, the PUK announced that Talabani, who conveyed his support for the peace process in Turkey, said, "We are continuing our efforts to ensure the success of this important and historic step, in order to consolidate coexistence and reach a comprehensive peace that will contribute to security and stability throughout the Middle East, by continuing the line of President Mam Jalal."

Since the process is being carried out gradually, the content of the Kalın-Talabani meeting was also announced weeks later.

According to allegations; instead of the formula of "sending to third countries" the approximately 200 high-level terrorists in Qandil, who will not be allowed to come to Turkey in the first stage, the option of them staying in Sulaymaniyah under Talabani's control is being considered. The reason for the change in strategy is that these terrorist leaders are "more suitable for Turkey's tracking and control due to the potential of being used by foreign intelligence organizations, so the region is preferred."

In this context, let us also emphasize that it is claimed that during Kalın's contacts in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, "indirect or direct meetings were also held with names from the PKK's management level."

THE MAIN CULPRIT OF THE SACK

Since the nation is treated as if it has lost its memory, let me remind you who Bafel Talabani, to whom the high-level PKK terrorists will be entrusted, is!..

After the US invaded Iraq, on July 4, 2003, they raided the Special Forces Command headquarters in Sulaymaniyah with peshmerga and put sacks over the heads of 3 of our officers and non-commissioned officers; well, the main culprit of this incident was the son of Jalal Talabani, this person who received official training in the French Foreign Legion and the British Special Forces. Even back then, he had been prepared for these days.

July 4 is the US Independence Day, as is known. We celebrated this year's 250th anniversary by illuminating the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge with the colors of the US flag; now, is there any point in talking about Talabani's betrayal 23 years ago!..

THE PKK'S HELICOPTER PILOT

Then let's list some of his other actions:

- The US trained the PKK members here until they brought Colani/Shara, who was the leader of HTS, to the head of Syria, and Mazloum Kobani, the head of the Syrian PKK, to the table; they had a hospital built for them in Sulaymaniyah and let them use the airport...

- When it turned out that the helicopter that crashed in northern Iraq in March 2023 was carrying PKK terrorists, İbrahim Kalın, who was the Presidential Spokesperson at the time, stated that "they knew that the PKK had a very serious structure in the Sulaymaniyah leg" and that "they would never allow this," adding that they would be "followers" of the incident. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also announced that Turkish airspace was closed to flights in Sulaymaniyah "within the framework of the intensification of the activities of the PKK terrorist organization, the terrorist organization's infiltration of the airport, and thus the threat to flight safety"...

- 1 month after the helicopter incident, it turned out that Mazloum Kobani held a meeting with Americans near Sulaymaniyah Airport and his convoy was targeted by an unidentified SİHA (UCAV). Ankara warned Talabani again, stating that "further measures will be taken if he does not change his attitude supporting the PKK"...

- While Talabani did not care at all and continued to demand autonomy for the Syrian PKK and call the ancient Turkmen city of Kirkuk the "Jerusalem of Kurdistan," Erdoğan had the flight ban imposed on Sulaymaniyah lifted 1.5 years later upon the request of Nechirvan Barzani...

- On the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne in 2023; he voiced the claim, "100 years ago, the Treaty of Lausanne was signed, which was the beginning of destroying the ancient dream of the Kurdish people and dividing our lands into four, against the Kurdish people, without the participation of the Kurds and without even consulting their opinions." He said, "We must all work together for the sake of a great Kurdistan and to protect our identity, and we must put aside our differences for the sake of our noble goals... We want to develop our relations within the framework of protecting the highest interests and being good neighbors, but we will not compromise on our legitimate rights and we will defend them in every way. We must not forget these words of President Mam Jalal: Permanent peace cannot be achieved in the region without solving the Kurdish issue in the Middle East."

- In the message he sent to Diyarbakır for the 2025 Newroz; he called out, "The Kurdish people are a people with a dignified life, let us join hands to ensure a lasting peace, let us work for the victory of Kurdistan."

COLONIAL GOVERNOR: 'THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB'

One last reminder:

Colonial governor Tom Barrack, whom Trump made his special representative first to Syria and then to Iraq, stated on the eve of the last Newroz that he "admired" the peace process between Turkey and the PKK and said the following:

"I think this is a 40-year dilemma of confusion. When you look at the peace process being carried out, there are very good professionals. Under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Hakan Fidan and İbrahim Kalın have done a great job in engaging with Öcalan and other Kurds. And I think this road is longer. This covers all the pieces of misunderstandings between the four major countries where Kurds live. It is an opportunity to bring everyone together and allow Kurds to determine their own lives. That's why I am hopeful for the Kurds. Syria has been a great example of this. Integration with the SDF and the oppressed Kurds is going well. I also just started looking at the Iraq file. I also admire the Barzani and Talabani families. Kurds are great and their history is great. Their legacy is impressive. It is sad that they could not establish their own state over time. That's why I understand they are disappointed. But the hope is that they can now achieve the prosperity they deserve through integration in the countries where they live."

As for Bafel Talabani, he sent a message to Diyarbakır again this Newroz and greeted the terrorist leader in İmralı as "comrade Apo"... He stated that he would come to his service as soon as possible and that they would see each other in a free environment... And furthermore, he said, "What is valuable in this sensitive period is our unity, the unity of the four parts of Kurdistan. The PUK has always existed for you... I have a trait, and I am fulfilling it here too. I promise you all, you will not be watching me on video next year. Next year I will be at your service."

With such a track record; what is the difference between putting the head terrorists in Qandil under Talabani's protection and handing the liver to a cat?

I hope we don't pay extra for him to "take good care" of them!..

By the way, what does Bahçeli, who in the past reacted to Talabani with words like "gang," "wrapped in the same swaddling clothes as the PKK/YPG," "throwing wood on the fire of sedition," and "pinning hopes on Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu," say to this project?!

Müyesser YILDIZ

July 27, 2026