The invasion and annexation attacks of the Turkish state under the AKP-MHP rule against the Medya Defence Zones continue on the basis of alliance with the KDP and ISIS and with the support of the Iraqi Administration and the USA. Every day, new military deployment images are published by the press. In order to take tanks and armoured vehicles to the high points of the mountains, the occupying forces are working desperately. People who are members of ISIS and similar mercenary organisations are also included in the images reflected in the press.

As a result of daily bombardments by aircraft, helicopters and artillery, the areas of Metina, Zap and even Garê are being burnt to the ground. There are no vineyards and gardens, villages and forests left in the area. The areas in question are not only being depopulated, but also rendered inhabitable. It is stated that hundreds of villages have been burnt down so far and villagers have been forcibly displaced from their homes. Some TV programmes have shown the sad and tearful scenes of the villagers who could only save their lives from the fire.

Undoubtedly, the perpetrators of this genocide are clearly known. One day they will surely pay for what they have done. May God damn them! Of course, the PKK guerrillas are heroically resisting this brutal genocide. Only the guerrillas are resisting against the current occupation and annexation attacks. May God beless them! Their resistance will surely triumph one day. Of course, there are also those who watch all these events every day, and their numbers are not small at all. Shame on those who watch!

There are also discussions on how to define the attacks against the Medya Defence Zones. There are those who say that the attacks carried out by the Turkey-KDP-ISIS alliance with the support of the USA, NATO and Iraq are aimed at creating a ‘Buffer Zone’. On this basis, they state that ‘a Buffer Zone has been created on the Iraqi border’. But does it really involve creating a Buffer Zone? Or is the region being occupied and annexed by AKP-MHP fascism? This situation also needs to be accurately expressed and clarified.

Undoubtedly, so-called ‘buffer zones’ are used in border areas where there is conflict or war. In order to stop the attacks of two warring forces, a third military force is placed between them at a certain depth. In this way, the warring forces are prevented from carrying out military attacks by removing them from the border. These third forces are usually either UN forces or the forces organised by other states by agreement and called ‘Peace Forces’. Of course, the existence of this buffer zone force is recognised by both warring parties and is associated with this force.

But is this what is being done today in the Haftanin, Metina, Zap, Avaşin and Xakurkê regions? Undoubtedly not. A third military force does not come between the two forces fighting in these areas, the PKK guerrillas and the Turkish army. These areas are occupied by the Turkish army with the support of the KDP and the Iraqi administration. In other words, the Turkish army is trying to seize the areas where the PKK guerrillas are based and to become the ruler of these areas. In short, these areas are under the control of the Turkish Republic. The Turkish border is no longer the border of the towns of Uludere, Çukurca, Yüksekova and Şemdinli, but is now the border of the towns and cities of Batufa, Bamerni, Kadişê, Amediye, Derelük, Şeladizê and Diyana. The Turkish border has shifted to the south at a depth of 25–40 kilometres, encompassing the piece of land officially defined as ‘Iraqi territory’.

It should be noted that there is no third military force intervening here. On the contrary, there is an effort of the Turkish army, one of the fighting forces, to seize and dominate new pieces of land. Therefore, there is no area to be considered as a ‘Buffer Zone’ and there is no military force to be referred to as such. There is an outright invasion and annexation of new territories by the Turkish army. Therefore, it is wrong to describe what is happening as a ‘Buffer Zone’. There is an open occupation and annexation. And no one should try to cover up this situation.

In this case, while the Turkish state is in the position of an occupying and annexing power, the Iraqi and KDP administrations are in the position of selling ‘their own lands’ to someone else. Of course, all parties know very well what kind of betrayal and crime this is. For this reason, the Turkish state says that ‘everything happened with the approval of Iraq and the KDP’. The Iraqi and KDP administrations, on the other hand, in order to hide the fact of their betrayal, try to say that they ‘did not support’ and that this situation was ‘created by the Turkish Republic’. Of course, since they know very well that no one will believe the lie in question, they are mainly trying to deflect the agenda and put other agendas in front of the society. They often talk about the importance of the ‘Development Road Project’. At every opportunity they put forward the lie that ‘everything is because of the PKK’. They also put their other works, such as ‘city reconstruction works’, in front of the press and ask for them to be discussed.

Of course, we cannot state anything concrete about how effective such initiatives have been. However, judging by the lack of social reactions, we can state that there is a certain effect. But how much of this lack of reaction is due to this reason and how much is due to despotic oppression and terror? Indeed, there is no other power in this world that is as despotic and tyrannical as the Barzani administration. People are unable to speak against the Barzani administration, make statements and organise demonstrations due to the fear of death at any moment.

Let's talk about the lie that this situation is presented as a solution by the Iraqi and KDP administrations! Because these forces widely use this lie and claim that Iraq and Southern Kurdistan will be ‘stabilised’. In other words, they state that the Turkey-PKK war will end as a result. However, they cannot say anything concrete about how this will be realised. Because what they call a solution is not a solution in reality, it is a fabricated lie. They know this as well as everyone else.

This is because the Turkey-PKK war will not end when the Turkish border shifts 25–40 kilometres to the south. In other words, the war in question will not end when the lands of Uludere, Çukurca, Yüksekova and Şemdinli cease to be the border and the lands of Batufa, Kadişe, Amadiye, Derelük, Şeladizê and Diyana become the border. If we assume that the war is on the border, in the current situation, the two forces in question will fight easily because it is still the border. If we see the war not on the border but in the interior, then the border shift in question will have no effect.

It should be noted that the occupation and annexation of these areas by the Turkish state will not end the war and stabilise these areas. The role previously played by Uludere, Çukurca, Yüksekova and Şemdinli border is now played by the new Turkish border, which has shifted to Batufa, Kadişe, Amadiye, Derelük, Şeladizê and Diyana. The war is continuing on this line. Because the mutual deployment of the PKK guerrillas and the Turkish army and mercenaries continues.

Then let us understand the events in the Medya Defence Zones correctly. Let us not believe the lies of the AKP-MHP, Iraqi and KDP administrations. Let us see the reality of occupation and annexation well and take an active stand against it on the basis of the freedom of Kurdistan. Let us do this so that the occupation and annexation will not be realised and Barzani's betrayal and Iraqi surrender will not succeed.

Source: Yeni Özgür Politika