Protests erupted this past week in Turkey and Iraq over Turkey's decision to authorize an invasion of Iraq in order to fight Kurdish separatists.
In addition to the Kurdish Parties in Turkey, both the Labor Party of Turkey and the Communist Party of Turkey rejected a bill put forward by Prime Minister Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party to authorize an invasion of Iraq to pursue Kurdish separatists affiliated with the Kurdish Workers' Party or PKK.
Evoking Bush-style demagoguery, Erdogan accused opponents of the bill of supporting terrorism.
"Our country and our peoples – both Kurds and Turks – will suffer from the results of this war."
Accusing Turkey of using the threat to attack Iraq and subsequent destabilization as a tactic to pressure President Bush to speak out against a US congressional resolution condemning the Armenian genocide, Murat Karayilan added, "Turkey's aim is to attack Iraqi Kurds" not PKK members.
clipped from: www.zmag.org