Abdullah Ocalan’s brother: PKK entered into an alliance with the occupiers of Kurdistan.. and threats to kill our family members

ARK News: Since the last letter from Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan last month, debates over the party’s current leadership, their policies towards the recent political developments in the region, and the position of Ocalan himself, have been escalating, with many observers believing that the PKK is distancing from Ocalan.

In an exclusive interview with Bas Weekly, Osman Ocalan, a brother of Abdullah Ocalan and a former member of PKK leadership council, shed light on the threatening the PKK sends to Ocalan family members and the secret PKK-Iran and PKK-Syria relations, Osman Ocalan said that a sociologist and scholar Dr. Ali Kemal Ozcan visited Abdullah Ocalan and brought a letter. Later, Turkish mainstream media described Ocalan as Turkey’s nationalist figure, he said that nationalism is on the rise in Turkey, and apparently, people are joining the crowd of nationalists. Leftists, social democrats, AKP and MHP, they all advocate nationalism. They all believe that the issues in Turkey could only be resolved within a nationalistic framework. Ocalan also believes that the issues pertaining to the Kurds in Turkey are better to be addressed right in the place, in Turkey, not elsewhere. He believes that the rights of Kurds in Turkey should be discussed and preserved with Turkey itself, Iranian Kurds with Iran, Syrian Kurds with Syria, and so on. For this reason, some people may argue that Ocalan is Turkey’s nationalist figure. After all, what he wants is to address the Kurdish question with Iran, Turkey, and Syria, not the US or Europe.

Ocalan continued saying: Mohammed Ocalan met Apo. We were waiting for him or HDP to make a statement on the visit, but it didn’t happen. As a member of the family, I was aware that the PKK had asked our family to say nothing about the visit; they even sent death threats to the members of our family. I am in constant contact with other members of the family. We are under the threat of both Turkey and PKK. I am a member of this family, so let everyone know that I am also under threat.


Ocalan in answering the question about the illegitimacy of KCK saying: KCK leadership is illegitimate because they have rejected Abdullah Ocalan. They have not been accepting Ocalan for the last four years. They want Abdullah Ocalan just as a name, so they can do whatever they want. Not only Qandil [PKK leadership] but also HDP is against Ocalan now. We all witnessed this in the recent election. Apo seeks a peaceful solution, and he seeks a national congress to be held. I see KCK policies as dangerous.

Ocalan explained his point of view about the new PKK-affiliated armed group in Kurdistan Region of Iraq saying: There is a new armed group called “Southern Kurdistan Protection Forces”, which is established by the PKK and it threatens the Kurdistan Region. This is not what Ocalan wants. He actually respects president Masoud Barzani, the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani. He loves them and we all know that. And now, Masrour Barzani is going to lead Kurdistan Regional Government as the prime minister, he is determined to fight corruption and take Kurdistan forward. The PKK should have supported Masrour Barzani, and they should have supported Nechirvan Barzani. But they are standing against the Kurdistan Region. This is obvious that some other states have asked the KCK and PKK to stand against the Kurdistan Region, and they do so.

About the states that encourage the PKK to stand against Kurdistan Region and its interests Ocalan explained saying: After we left the PKK, party’s new leadership was formed based on the interests of Iran and some other countries. It has changed dramatically. Iran has shaped the [new] PKK in accordance with its own interests. Before Ocalan was arrested, we had negotiations with Iran. We wanted to bring Ocalan back to Qandil via Armenia-Iran-Qandil, but Iran rejected it. After they refused to allow Ocalan to pass through Iran to Qandil, I suspended all the relations with Iran. But, Cemil Bayik established a new tie with Iran based on his opposition to Ocalan. With Syria the same… he started working with whoever against Ocalan. And today, the PKK is allied with occupiers against the people of Kurdistan in the four parts of greater Kurdistan.

Ocalan at the end of his interview about his opinion whether PKK could start a civil war in Kurdistan Region saying: We all know that president Masoud Barzani will never enter war between Kurdish sides. But they PKK, intentionally threaten Kurdistan Region’s achievements and interests… A civil war between Kurds could have begun several years ago if it had not been for president Barzani’s firm position to avoid conflicts. However, PKK continues to attempt to destabilize the Kurdistan Region at the request of other states. If PKK dares to violate the Kurdistan Region’s sovereignty and pose a threat again, the Kurdistan Region will also have the right to protect its interests and people.

Source: BasNews

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