Nationalism and secularism

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I agree that them claiming land where they do not have a majority is wrong, but you could allow them to have the places where they do have a majority.

I sometimes think that you post thinks merely for the sake of posting them, without making any sense at all. How is this going to work, friend? Now, if all the kurds in Istanbul would move to a certain place in Istanbul, and ask for independence, would we Turks grant it to them? No. Kurds are a minority within our country. They have to respect our national goals in return for the security and privilages given to them by the state.

It's easy for you to say this, of course.

So you're now saying all kurds are terrorists? Whilst there are some, this is as flawed as saying all muslims are terrorists, and I'm fairly certain you don't believe that.

Also, resorting to taking a leaf from Iran's book is not the way to go.

They don't have to take up an AK-47 to be a threat. I know a lot of kurds. I know the very, very communist, anarchist ones, and I know the extremely islamist ones. I also know those who have integrated into the system, and are now getting rich from it.

I can tell you this. All kurds are sympathisants. They are. For us Turks, the kurds who shoot at our soldiers and bomb our buildings and streets are terrorists. For kurds, these men are freedom fighters.

This is an ethnic conflict we have here. If we had a religiously motivated conflict, which we did have in the past(Ottoman-Safavid wars), I would have said the same if I too, were religiously motivated.

Besides, I'm not taking a leaf from Iran's book. I'm just stating that we must deal with people as they deserve to be dealt with.
There is no moral upper high ground here. We must strike our enemies as ruthless as they strike us. To show mercy is to show weakness. The only moral standpoint is the law, and order.
Those amongst the kurds who respect the law and order of this country, and agree to be loyal to the country of the Turk, can easily benefit of all privilages that we have access to: there is no second class citizen in my book for that equals a fault of the law. Those who do not wish to do these may leave in peace, but if they choose to take up arms, or try to weaken us by means of politics, or dealing with our enemies should face the consequences of taking that risk.