Debate on Kurdish - Azerbaijani relations

A LETTER TO DR GORAN NOWICKI

Dear Dr.Goran NowickiThe " Naqade Kurdish-Turkish bloodshed" was not a one sided tragedy. Both Kurds and Azerbaijani Turks should be blamed for what happened there 17 years go. As you may be aware its implications still is there. What you have referred to as the participation of Azerbaijani Turks in the structure of the present system in Iran ,it is the true as far as the ethnic belonging of the people you have mentioned , but this belonging necessarily is not a representation of Azerbaijani Turkish interests, you have never heard a word by such people in favor of identity seeking movement of Azerbaijani Turkish people, on the contrary during the latest uprising in many Azerbaijani cities and townships the manquts (Azerbaijani's denying their separate identities) blamed the protesters to be instigated from abroad and by foreign circles.The majority of Azerbaijani related sites and blogs are not friendly towards Kurdish movement, even an Azerbaijani Satellite station openly spreads lies and heinous propaganda against Kurdish movement both in The North and South and in Eastern Kurdistan. They are engaged in signature collection against Kurdishness of a vast part of present "western Azerbaijan " province in Iran.Do you think the same language and the same tactics could be constructive and fruitful from Kurdish side? Do not you think the Kurdish political parties and intellectuals should persuade the democratically minded Azerbaijanis to resist these kind of war mongerings ?It will be interesting to know your ideas on the subject of relations between Kurds and Azerbaijani Turks in Iran !For your information, there is a blog which promotes friendship and understanding between both communities. If you fine please visit the blog at: www.sayinqella.blogspot.comRegards. Hejar
Posted by: HEJAR September 6, 2006 08:53 AM
Source : http://blog.washingtonpost.com/postglobalinbox/2006/08/republic_of_kurdistan.html