Debate on Kurdish-Azerbaijani Relations

Another Rejoinder to Dr. Goran Nowicki !




To " cultivate nice and friendly relations with Azeris" is not only a wise and rational task , but it is also an unavoidable way for avoiding future uneasiness and confrontation between the two peoples. Now there is a new wave of national awareness among Azerbaijani Turks , If this "national" awareness distances itself both from political shiaism and Pan-Turkism , there is no reason for it to be at loggerheads with Kurdish identity seeking movement in Iran.
Now there are a lot of fuss about territorial designations on the part of some circles of Azerbaijani exiles , but if the ground is prepared for understanding all the issues between the two sides could be resolved based on consensus.I am really sorry that Dr. Nowicki tends to imply that I am unaware of Khalkhali's atrocities in Kurdistan, but I assure him that I never give myself the slightest thought to blame the whole Azerbaijani Turkish people for Khalkhali's deeds, just because of hisethnic belonging.As for one of the black spots in Kurdish-Azerbaijani Turks history of relation, I reiterate what I said in previous post. What happened in Naghada in 1979 , Both sides are to be blamed for that .Dr. Nowicki in his latest post concludes " Kurdish parties need "to bury the hatchet" of past grievances and inter party conflicts and learn lessons from the bitter past and move forward"I think this is a good advice , but he must try to approach those parties directly ,instead ofcalling this pen to be affiliated to them.
Posted by: Hejar September 6, 2006 07:09 PM
Source: http://blog.washingtonpost/postglobalinbox/2006/08/republic_of_kurdistan.html