Barzani and the Kurdish state
Arabicnews.com
January 15, 2002
The Turkish daily Hurriet unveiled in its Monday's issue that the Turkish
intelligence has prepared a report on violations made by the chairman
of the
Kurdistan Democratic Party Masoud Barazani in behaving like the head
of
state for Kurdistan.
The paper said that the report indicated that Kurdistan stamp is put
on the official passports and documents in the area controlled by the party,
while
flags of the party were hoisted on official buildings and schools there.
The report which was prepared on the wake of the visit to be made by
the
Turkish prime minister Bulent Ecevit to Washington said that Barzani
stressed to his close sources the need of establishing the state of Kurdistan
and not to maintain the unity of the Iraqi territories.
The Turkish mass media said that Ecevit will renew during his visit
to
Washington Turkey's opposition to found a Kurdish state in northern
Iraq and its support to the Iraqi territories' sovereignty and unity. |