Ahmad Turk, the ousted mayor of the Mardin metropolis and of a famous Kurdish politician in Turkey, made the comments in reference to recent developments in Zaini Warti between the KDP and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
"I have repeatedly stressed that, Kurdish politicians are working on a very different political platform," he said. "Of course, all people have gathered around an ideological issue, but once you look at a patriotic issue in an ideological point of view, you will not be able to collaborate on the issue of unity and equality. Kurds should unite around basic principles. The various regions of Kurdistan have different situations and they have sociological and psychological situations. What should be addressed is that what the Kurds can do. What policy should be followed up."
"We have repeatedly spoken about fratricide [in Iraq] many times before. Massoud Barzani has made several remarks on the fact that this will not happen again. Of course, this must not be repeated once again, but there are some issues that go beyond fratricide. We need to find common grounds to resolve our problems," Ahmad Turk Mezopotamya news agency.
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