Iraqi writer: Turkey's Milli Pact ambitions are unbounded

The Turkish occupation state continues to try to expand its areas of occupation in Başûr at the expense of the peoples of the region, and the attacks it has launched since last April 23 on Başûr come in this context.

These attacks come amid popular accusations against the Baghdad government and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) of colluding with it.

During the past days, the Kdp's forces prevented a rally by Human Shields condemning the attacks of the Turkish occupation on Başûr and on Saturday, it built-up in the region.

The Kurdistan People's Defense Forces (HPG) warned the KDP not to be drawn into Turkish ploys.

'Turkish rules delineate the limits of the Milli Pact'

The Turkish occupation state owns about 40 military points and bases in Başûr, and some of them are close to Hewlêr, the capital of the region and the Soran region, in addition to its large base in Bashiqa, which is about 80 kilometers from the border and 40 kilometers to the northeast of Mosul.

These bases, especially the Bashiqa base, shows that the Turkish objectives extend deep into Iraqi territory, which the Turks call the "Mille Pact".

The Iraqi researcher and historian, Dr. Jawad Al-Baydani, had warned during a previous interview, that Turkey is working to expand one of its bases to become one of the most prominent bases in the Middle East. There may also be an air base for its unmanned operations.

He stressed that the Turkish moves are gradual erosion that started with fourteen bases and now these numbers have exceeded.

According to the so-called Milli Pact, Turkey is working to control the entire area of ​​Mosul, which includes Hewlêr, Sulaymaniyah and Kirkuk, in addition to parts of Syria extending from Aleppo to the Syrian-Iraqi border, including parts of Aleppo, Raqqa and Al-Hasakah.

Under the Lausanne Agreement to demarcate the borders between Turkey and countries including Iraq, Turkey lost a legal dispute with Britain over the areas of the "former Mosul State, which included all of present-day Nineveh, Dohuk and parts of Hewlêr", but Turkey has never given up its historical ambitions in these areas.

The Lausanne Agreement stipulates that it expires after 100 years, that’s in 2023, and Erdogan pledges to restore these lands in 2023.

In addition to the Turkish military violations, Iraqis shed the light a few days ago on deforestation by the Turkish forces on the border strip of Iraq, stressing that this falls within the framework of Ankara's revival of the so-called "Melli Pact".

Pictures and videos circulated by Turkish forces uprooting trees on the border strip between Turkey and Iraq, sparked widespread anger on virtual communication sites.

'Turkish ambitions become clear'

On this, the Iraqi writer and journalist Shamkhi Jabr spoke, saying: "Turkish behavior towards the Iraqi sovereignty is a clear violation of all norms, charters and international relations, and the resolution of international disputes that prohibits the violation of a country's sovereignty except with authorization from the Security Council in accordance with Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations."

 He added, "Turkish ambitions to restore its abhorrent Ottoman colonial role have become clear."

'False pretexts'

Regarding Turkish pretexts, Jabr said: "All Turkey's arguments have fallen, as well as its pretexts and arguments in the pursuit of elements of the Kurdistan Workers Party, and doubts about the existence of greater ambitions for it increase, as evidenced by the presence of Turkish forces in the city of Idlib in northern Syria, where there are no Kurdish armed forces in that area. ".

Regarding the timing of these attacks, Jabr indicated that "Turkey is now taking advantage of the political situation in Iraq and seeking to play a role within the political disputes with the approach of the Iraqi elections in October 2021."

He added: "Military operations inside Iraqi territory, which extend from the Qandil Mountains in the east to Sinjar in the west, passing through the Maxmour area south of the city of Mosul, constitute a threat and a blatant interference and a violation of Iraqi sovereignty."

“There are options for pressure, but there is no serious position for Baghdad and Erbil.”

Jabr criticized the position of the Baghdad and Hewlêr governments, saying: "Unfortunately, so far, there is no firm and serious position on the part of the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Federal Government, despite the devastation left by the Turkish military machine in the areas where it is located and its threat to people, trees and land."

At the conclusion of his speech, the Iraqi writer and journalist Shamkhi Jabr said: "Turkey has great interests, whether in Kurdistan or in Iraq, it is sufficient to invest in putting pressure on Turkey in order to stop it on its own and remove its transgressions on Iraqi territory and its violation of the sovereignty of a member state of the United Nations."

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