Ismail Bashkaji: ‘War on Afrin, a war against all Kurds’-Interview

“Dofar”-  – Turkish academic Prof. Ismail Bashkaji said that “Afrin is Kurdistan, Afrin will not be like Kirkuk.”

Bishkaji ‘s statement came during an interview with the Turkish newspaper “Dofar” to talk about attacks by the Turkish occupation army on the Afrin region.

Bishkaji said : “Afrin is Kurdistan, with a population of about 1 million. Since the beginning of the civil war in Syria, Afrin has been the safest area. More than 400,000 Syrians have taken refuge in Afrin. “

‘War on Afrin, a war against all Kurds’

Bishkaji said that the war against Afrin is a war against all Kurds, but must be accepted as a war against Kurdistan. “Everyone in Turkey denounces and condemns this war, but the president and the prime minister are exerting pressure and repression on the people. To protest against this war, they are silencing the voice of the people.

North of Syria from al-Jazeera to Afrin are the regions of the Kurds, this area is called the fertile land, that is, the regions of North Syria and Rojava , but the Baath regime sought much to Arabize this region. Now Turkey is doing the same through its military campaign against Afrin. That is, Turkey does not want to establish and establish a Kurdish entity there, and fights for it. Therefore, the Kurds should not accept that the injustice that happened to them in Kirkuk, also in Syria. This is very important. “

‘Afrin will not be like Kirkuk’

Ismail Bashkaji also mentioned the events in Kirkuk. “The war in Afrin will last a long time, and Afrin will be defended. The people of Afrin defend his territory Afrin will not be like Kirkuk. In Kirkuk, all the international forces demanded it. The Kurds’ mistake in Kirkuk was that they were divided among themselves. A group of them came out and fought with the enemy. But Afrin is not, and despite all the efforts, Turkey can not progress. Despite all the battles, the people of Afrin did not abandon their homes, and this is very important