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<\/p>\nTurkey no longer has a Kurdish problem, and what currently remains to be addressed are the problems of individual Kurdish citizens, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan said on Saturday during a rally at a central square in the eastern city of Mu\u015f.<\/p>\n
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Erdo\u011fan has been holding rallies in various cities of the East and the Southeast as part of his election campaign. In the Mu\u015f rally on Saturday, tens of thousands showed up to hear Erdo\u011fan, the prime minister and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party). His speech in this Kurdish-dominated city included harsh criticism of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and its jailed leader Abdulah \u00d6calan.<\/p>\n
He criticized the BDP, one of whose members earlier referred to \u00d6calan as \u201cthe Kurdish prophet,\u201d saying: \u201cWe don\u2019t have anything to do with those who declare Apo [how most people in Turkey refer to \u00d6calan] a prophet. We will be together with you against those who cheat my Kurdish brothers and sisters. We will give them the appropriate response at the ballot box.\u201d<\/p>\n
Erdo\u011fan criticized the separatist PKK and the BDP, saying: \u201cWe can\u2019t get anywhere with those who try to set one brother against another. We can\u2019t get anywhere with those who are trying to divide this country. We can\u2019t get our country up on its feet with the separatist terrorist organization [PKK]. We can\u2019t get anywhere with those who try to undermine the democratic will of the people.<\/p>\n
He recalled in his speech that the last time he had visited Mu\u015f was on Dec. 18, 2010, when he attended the opening ceremony for 106 different public facilities. He said he has visited Mu\u015f eight times since 2002, when the AK Party was first elected to power.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis land is our land. This is our motherland. There is no discrimination, no separatism. We are one, and we are together. We will be one, we will be united, we will be big and fresh. We are like the teeth of a comb. We are like nail and cuticle. We are not friends or relatives; we are eternal brothers. We are as much as brothers as the Euphrates and the Tigris. We are as brothers as the S\u00fcphan and A\u011fr\u0131 [Mountains] are. We are as inseparable as the sky and the earth. Whoever says the opposite, you should know, denies history, murders truth and denies himself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Erdo\u011fan said the services provided to Mu\u015f under the AK Party government had restored the city\u2019s pride. \u201cWe are not after votes; we are not like those who become democratic all of a sudden, who suddenly remember Mu\u015f when elections are around the corner. \u2026 The pain and troubles of this region have always been our pains, too. We feel like we lost a part of our selves every time someone here died. Every tear shed in this region seeped into our hearts, conscience and soul. As weapons spoke, as bullets flew in the air, as young men died up in the mountains, our hearts burned. We have been fighting to end this pain for the past eight-and-a-half years.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no longer a Kurdish question in this country. I do not accept this. There are problems of my Kurdish brothers, but no longer a Kurdish question. \u2026. Tayyip Erdo\u011fan is not your master, he is your servant.\u201d He criticized the BDP for exploiting religion, as that party has recently been calling on its supporters to refuse to pray behind imams appointed by the Turkish state during Friday prayers. He said, referring to BDP politicians: \u201cNow they are saying, \u2018Don\u2019t pray behind a state imam.\u2019 There are people praying here, and then those who listen to the terrorist organization [PKK] go to pray somewhere else. This is separatism. We have nothing to do with those who declare Apo a prophet. We will stand together against those who try to deceive my Kurdish brothers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Religious specialization center in Diyarbak\u0131r<\/p>\n
Head of the Religious Affairs Directorate Mehmet G\u00f6rmez on Saturday announced that the directorate had plans to set up a Supreme Religious Specialization Center in Diyarbak\u0131r.<\/p>\n
He said Turkey\u2019s Kurdish problem could not be solved by talking about brotherhood but only by \u201cthe law of brotherhood.\u201d G\u00f6rmez said: \u201cSaying we are brothers doesn\u2019t solve the problem. We need to emphasize the law of brotherhood. I mean there is an ethical obligation we have to each other based in our brotherhood in religion. Both they and we know that we are brothers; there is no need to declare that.\u201d<\/p>\n
G\u00f6rmez said a State Waterworks Authority (DS\u0130) building that is no longer used by the agency would host the center. He said they hoped to open the center soon.<\/p>\n
via Zaman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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