THE EU AND SEPARATISM

The EU is, for instance, holding back from recognizing the new names of the PKK terrorist organization as terrorists. This stance is 180° from that of the United States. Some EU officials consider these people ‘human rights activists’ and so give them support. People in most EU countries favor the establishment of an independent ‘Kurdistan.’ This stance isn’t reflected in their countries’ parliaments, but it will be soon, because the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will show its tendency to continue to protect people convicted of terrorism and/or separatism.

Actually the European Convention of Human Rights gives countries the right to prohibit certain expressions in the presence of an immediate or close threat in order to protect a country’s integrity and if the sovereign state determines that these constitute a bona fide threat. However, the European Council controls Turkey on the human rights issue. In addition, the ECHR has a strong leaning towards rejecting the permanent closures of separatist political parties, as if the state had no right to identify threats and no authority on this issue. Even if we ended our relationship with the ECHR in favor of re-entering on our own terms, the crisis won’t end but will in fact spread to all European institutions. Then the Turkish people will fully understand what kind of a future is being prepared by circles who want the EU to dominate us.”