Calls for unifying capabilities, extracting experiences while discussing international forum

The work of the International Forum of the Rojava Center for Strategic Studies continues under the title "Lausanne: Correcting Paths and Issues of Regional Stability and Security" in the resort of Chto with a discussion of the second session.

The second session, which was titled "Historical reading of the agreements concluded against the Kurds in the twentieth century," which was moderated by the member of the Rojava Center for Strategic Studies, Haval Fatimi, included two main axes; The first is on "A Historical Glimpse of Sevres in 1920 and the Cairo Agreement in 1921" delivered by writer and researcher in history Faris Othman, while the second axis was discussed by Fawza Youssef, a member of the Presidency of the Democratic Union Party, under the title "The history of the Treaty of Lausanne, the real reasons behind it and the issues that created it."

Where the writer and researcher in history, Faris Othman, spoke in his axis, which was titled "A Historical Glimpse of Sevres in 1920 and the Cairo Agreement in 1921."

Faris Othman began at the beginning by defining the Treaty of Sevres, which was formed in 1920, and considered it a turning point in Kurdish history, as the great powers "more than 30 countries" recognized the Kurds' right to independence and the establishment of an independent Kurdish state. The announcement of the agreement on August 20, 1920 reinforced Kurdish hopes for the establishment of a Kurdish state Similar to the countries that were formed after the First World War.

In his axis, Faris Othman touched on the Paris Conference, the "Reconciliation Conference", which was held in Paris with the participation of 32 countries and unofficial delegations on January 18, 1918, and whose work continued until December 21 of the year 1920, in addition to the positions of Britain, France, America and the Ottoman Empire ( Turkey now), and Iran from the conference and their closeness to it.

During his axis, Othman also drew attention to the most important conclusions that can be drawn from it and said: "The countries that divide Kurdistan have refused and refuse to internationalize the Kurdish issue, so that it does not take on an international dimension, as the issue of the largest people in the Middle East, living on their historical land without a state and deprived of all rights." And that the countries that divide Kurdistan, whatever their differences, agree together to confront the Kurdish issue, and the best example of that is the Iran-Turkey agreement during Sevres, in addition to the Kurdish presence, attendance and participation in any international forum or conference a positive factor and contributes with other factors to the inclusion of the Kurdish issue on the agenda Work, the absence of the Kurds from any international forum, regardless of the participants in the conference, leads to the neglect of the Kurdish issue and its use as a bargaining chip and blackmail, such as the Treaty of Lausanne.

Stressing the need for the Kurdish political movement, in cooperation with the Kurdish cultural elite, to conduct an accurate assessment of all Kurdish experiences, stop at Kurdish failures and their objective and subjective causes, and draw lessons from them.

"A hundred years have passed since Lausanne, but a hundred years have passed since the Kurdish struggle and a hundred years of uprisings."

Then the session moved to the second axis, which was discussed by a member of the Presidency of the Democratic Union Party, Fawza Youssef, and she talked about the history of the Treaty of Lausanne and the real reasons behind it and the issues that created it.

Fawza Youssef pointed out: "The British policy is not to lead to a Kemalist-Bolshevik alliance against the British Empire, as she confirmed that any hostile approach to Turkey could lead to the exacerbation of the Islamic peoples in India and Egypt, strikes in the Arab world and massacres regarding Christians and Armenians, and he will not be able to use Kemalism as a barrier against Bolshevik Russia.

She touched on Bolshevik Russia's policy at the time and said: "Kamal Ataturk's support against the British and Lenin's statement that Constantinople should be for the Turks, Stalin's stances towards the policy of repression pursued by the Turkish state towards the Kurdish insurrections in the 1930s, was an expression of Bolshevism's policy towards the Kurds."

Pointing out: "France was concerned about Britain's policy of depriving it of its share, so it worked permanently to oppose British plans, including Britain's policy towards the Kurds and other Christian peoples, so France's position of marginalizing peoples and what they called minorities is the result of its incompatibility with Britain on its interests and this With regard to the longitudinal balances that existed, as for the military side, the changes that took place before Lausanne and paved the way for it were like this.

Fawza Youssef also referred to the situation of the Kurds in that era and indicated: “The division that existed in the Kurdish movement from the days of Sultan Abdul Hamid, which is the struggle between the Hamidian brigades that were formed from the Kurds and the Armenians, and after that these brigades were used against Badrakhan Beyik 1876-1909 that continued to this period In the 1990s, some of them demanded joint action with the Turkish bourgeoisie, on the condition that they enjoy the same rights, while the other part demanded separation, and this division ended in strategic losses for that fateful period. This was the end of the ambition of the Kurdish movement at the time

Fawza Youssef also drew attention to the Treaty of Lausanne and said: "The name of the Kurds was not mentioned in the Treaty of Lausanne, neither in the rights of minorities nor in any official document that was a treaty that included 143 articles that were divided into several main sections, including the Turkish Straits, which were amended, and she drew attention to the article that talking about the protection of minorities, she added, saying: "The Turkish government undertakes to guarantee the full and complete protection of life and freedom for the population of Turkey without discrimination between birth, nationality, language, race or religion, and all residents of Turkey have the right to freely practice, whether in public or private places, any creed." religion or belief whose respect does not conflict with public order and good morals.

She concluded by saying: "The Treaty of Lausanne was called a peace treaty, but in reality it was a treaty, but it was a war treaty. What is the difference between Lausanne and the Geneva Conference? It is up to us and we must draw lessons from the events of history, and we must draw lessons from the Treaty of Lausanne and determine our destiny ourselves.

The symposium moved to focus on that Lausanne was an opportunity for Turkey to strengthen the hegemony of its state and that the Kurds can revive their history and this is the responsibility of everyone and to show the correct form of history and break the restrictions set by the occupiers, in addition to a good reading of history because history does not repeat itself but events are repeated. and that the components such as the Armenians, the Assyrians and others were victims of the Treaty of Lausanne.

There was also an intervention by the Egyptian researcher Elhamy Meligy from Cairo via the Zoom application, where he expressed his love for the Kurdish people and called on the Kurds to benefit from their experiences and not to trust foreign countries and rely on themselves.

It is planned that the forum's work will move to the third and final session of the day, which will be titled "The Treaty of Lausanne and its repercussions on the Kurdish people."

T/ Satt.

ANHA