Page 347 - America's Failure to Perceive the PKK

turned into an invaluable propaganda tool for the PKK. The people of
the region have been given the impression that "The Turks do not
want you, they are your enemies". This has prepared fertile ground
for the PKK.

The great majority of our Kurdish citizens in the Southeast are
loyal to the death to their country and very fine and devout people
with all the moral virtues of Anatolia, and that is a fact that cannot be
ignored. May God forbid, if a referendum were to be held in the

region, in a manner in which there were no threats of violence or the
use of arms, the Kurds would be the first people to refuse to see the
country broken up. A report concerning the Kurdish problem by Dr.
Salih Akyürek from the Wise Men Center for Strategic Studies
(BILGESAM) revealed that more than 90% of the people of the region
were opposed to autonomy or federation. Kurdish
and Zaza citizens were asked, "Would indepen-
dence for the Kurds in Turkey be a solution to
the Kurdish problem?" and 90.1% of Kur-

dish citizens answered "No", saying that
they did not want independence.
Asked "Would the Kurds
being given federative
rights lead to a perma-
nent solution to the Kurdish
problem?", 92.7% of Kurdish

citizens said. "No". 134
Since the PKK is also aware of
this fact, it is trying to establish

dominion over the people by
way of intimidation, aggression
and pressure. It is therefore
essential to strongly oppose the
idea spread by some circles, and

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