KARAYILAN : WORD CHANGE IN A VERY SHORT TIME / WORT IM WANDEL KÜRZESTER ZEIT

APRIL 2013 : PKK LEADER KARAYILAN : WE MUST TAKE AWAY THE KURDISH CARD FROM EUROPE / April 2013 : PKK-Führer Karayilan: Wir müssen Europa die Kurden-Karte aus der Hand nehmen (Haberturk Interview)

June 2013 – Karayilan  : We Kurds are closest tot he West ! / Juni 2013 – Karayilan : Wir Kurden sind dem Westen am nächsten !

THEN / DAMALS ………

PKK-Führer Murat Karayılan sagte : / PKK Leader Karayilan said :

„EU doesn’t want a solution oft the Kurdish question. They use us only for their own purpose. Only Turkey can speed up the peace process.

Die EU möchte keine Lösung der Kurdenfrage. Sie missbraucht die Kurden für ihre eigenen Zwecke. Nur die Türkei kann dieses Spiel beenden. Der „Demokratisierungs-Prozess” in der Türkei muss vorangetrieben werden.

„Wir können nur schwerlich sagen, dass die EU in der Lösung der Kurdenfrage redlich handelt. Die Türkei muss den Demokratisierungs-Prozess vorantreiben, damit die EU die Kurden nicht mehr für ihre eigenen Zwecke missbraucht”, zitiert das Nachrichtenportal Haberturk den PKK-Führer. – Haberturk 26. April 2013

………… AND NOW / UND HEUTE

MURAT KARAYILAN : “WE KURDS ARE CLOSEST TO THE WEST”

FOREIGN POLICY INTERVIEW 19. JUNE 2013

Karayilan offered Syria as an example. The KCK has influence in Syrian Kurdistan due to its relations with the Democratic Union Party (PYD), the most powerful party there. “Syrian Kurds have the most secular, modern, and democratic policies in that society.

The Kurds are closest to the West. But due to Turkey’s veto, [the West] doesn’t even have relations with them. The armed opposition has a completely Islamist outlook.” But he hinted that ties are improving. “I hear that America and Europe are just now looking at the PYD and Syrian Kurds. There are also positive developments on this front. There are warmer contacts, but I think America and Europe are late on this.”

Karayilan added that the KCK plans to exploit the nascent diplomatic opportunities created by the peace process. “We want to carry out informational activities in the European Union and America as a first step. Up until now, the American public hasn’t learned about us from ourselves; they’ve learned about us from Turkey. We want to change this. I hope opportunities will be born in the future, and that we’ll have more effective projects. We want to carry out diplomacy, but there are obstacles. For example, America won’t give us a visa because we are PKK members.”

http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/06/19/the_pkk_s_tentative_peace_with_turkey