Why did the Turkish Foreign Minister threaten the Iraqi Kurdistan Patriotic Union Party?

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, while the military forces and Turkish security forces are at war with the PKK terrorist group on several fronts, the talk about the two major parties of Iraqi Kurdistan in the Turkish Parliament attracted the attention of Turkish media and political circles.

Hakan Fidan, the current Turkish Foreign Minister and the former head of the Met Intelligence Service, together with the Minister of Defense, General Yaşar Güler, went to the parliament to explain to the representatives the specific dimensions and conditions of the confrontation with the PKK. It is.

Many analysts expected that in the explanations of both mentioned officials, more than anything else, the figures and credits necessary for the fight against terror will be mentioned. But when Fidan gave a speech about the process of fighting PKK, his meaningful and direct reference to one of the two Iraqi Kurdish parties became controversial.

Now experts say , Fidan’s direct reference to the “Patriotic Union of Kurdistan” party and the announcement of threats against this party shows Ankara’s different approach towards the leaders of Erbil and Sulaimaniyah.

For years, in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, the Patriotic Union Party Led by the sons of Jalal Talabani and the Kurdistan Democratic Party or the party led by Masoud Barzani, they are in power.

Although the Kurdistan Region is a single region and a part of Iraqi territory within the framework of federal Iraq. but in practice, its four provinces are divided between two parties. In this way, the provinces of Dohuk and Erbil are completely under the control of the Barzani family, and the two provinces of Halabja and Soleimani are completely under the control of the Talabani family.

Each of the politicians and The military of these two families is not allowed to operate in the territory of the other party. The territory of Barzani is located near the Turkish border, and during the past four decades, the Kurdistan Democratic Party, or Party, has always been at war with the PKK and has cooperated with Turkey.

What does Fidan have to do with Talabani?

Fidan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, in his speech in the public hall of the Turkish Parliament, practically threatened Talabani. . Bafel, the eldest son of Jalal Talabani, is the same person who took the leadership of the party after his father’s death, and his brother Qabad also works as the deputy prime minister in Masrour Barzani’s cabinet.

Bafel, who grew up in London and was interested in heavy bodybuilding and military training since he was a teenager, after returning to Iraq, established a unit called the Special Anti-Terrorist Squad and was the commander of this group during the fight against ISIS. But now that he has entered the world of politics and has become the leader of the party, he tends to still go around wearing a military uniform.

Not long ago, he met with the heads and commanders of the Syrian terrorist organization P.K. K visited and this action of his angered Turkey.

Fidan practically threatened him in his speech and it is said that Ankara sent a message to Suleimaniyeh and announced that the deepening of cooperation With PKK, it will cause a lot of damage to Sulaymaniyah Airport and the economic situation of the Patriotic Union Party.

Abd al-Qadir Salvi, one of the analysts of Hurriyet newspaper, who has a close relationship with Erdogan and can quickly and directly communicate with him. Diazard has said about Fidan’s words: “Fidan announced in the parliament without compliments: Our sanctions against Sulaimaniyah continue and if the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan does not change its supportive attitude towards the PKK, he hesitates to take further measures. we will not It is very important that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey says this. The same minister who used to be the head of an important intelligence service in the region and knows the Patriotic Union and Bafel Talabani. Now, with Fidan’s words, the special relations between the Union and the PKK and Bafel Talabani’s frequent meetings with the leaders of this group have become the focus of attention. He is the eldest son of Jalal Talabani, the former leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, and everyone knows that he regularly meets with PKK commanders. After the death of Jalal Talabani, Bafel Talabani had to share his authority with Lahore Sheikh Jangi (Mam Jalal’s half-brother) for a while. But the joint rule of two cousins ​​did not last long. In 2020, Bafel accused Lahore of coup attempt and treason and took power completely. Of course, he also has the support of America. The continuation of American support is the biggest factor in strengthening the power of Taliban Taliban. The US uses the Talabani buffer against the Barzani family, which has better relations with Turkey, and the buffer also opens up space for the PKK to operate in Sulaimaniyah.

Abd al-Qadir Salvi continues In his analytical note, he placed the photo above and wrote in explaining the importance of this photo: “Maybe before, we only looked at the photo of American Bert McGurk’s meeting with Baffle and considered it an important photo. But this photo is far more important. In this photo, American Major General McFarlane went to northern Syria and took Bafel Talabani with him on this trip and they are standing next to Mazloum Abdi. Mazloum Abdi is the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces and the same person that Donald Trump called General Abdi. Look at this picture. The American general gives the message that on our right is the PKK and on our left is the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.

You have to ask: What does Bafel Talabani have at his disposal? K.K. puts? The answer is as follows: 1- It creates a safe zone in Sulaymaniyah for the PKK’s activities against Turkey. 2- It enables the PKK to use Sulaymaniyah Airport. 3- It allows PKK members to be trained in the Peshmerga ranks of the special forces of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. 4. Bafel asked the PKK to establish a hospital in Sulaymaniyah. 5- The governor of Kirkuk, which is close to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, invited the PKK to the region and allowed it to settle in Sinjar. His party is PKK. On the other hand, his brother Qabad is also important. Because he also graduated from Kingston University, London, he served as a liaison officer between the Patriotic Union forces and the American soldiers during their invasion of Iraq, he was the representative of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in America for a long time, and with Sherry Kraham, whose father is one of The leader of the Zionist regime is in America, he is married.” At the end, Salvi pointed out that Turkey has closed its airspace to the Patriotic Union Party and for a long time the flight from Sulaymaniyah to Istanbul and other Turkish cities have stopped. Because the political and financial sanction of the Patriotic Union Party has become an important political-security issue and Fidan warned Bafel Talabani that if he continues to support the PKK, the situation will get worse.

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