Letter to Charles Michel (European Council President)

LeƩer to the European Union!

Mr. Michel, President of the Council, and esteemed Prime Ministers of the member
countries!
I am Kadir Purpose. I am Kurdish. I am very interested in social sciences. I have been living in
Brussels, the capital of postmodern civilizaƟon and democracy tradiƟon, for 16 years. First of
all, I greet you all and offer my love and respect.
I would like to state that I wholeheartedly agree with the following statement about poliƟcal
authority: “The best government is the one that governs least.” Especially the modern naƟon
ideology immediately aŌer the Second World War; It needed a new state model to make the
peoples of the world forget the nightmarish days it caused and to make the peoples of the
world happy. The pioneers of scienƟfic thought, as a result of long efforts, tried to build a
new state model that was very different from the naƟon-state model. Undoubtedly,
scienƟfic thought would play a leading role in this modern state model to be newly built.
The name of this new state model built by the capitalist paradigm was: “Modern State” –
“OpƟmal State”. In order to improve the image of this new state and unleash its potenƟal,
state government theorists would not fail to enlist the collaboraƟve support of other
branches of scienƟfic thought: theology, anthropology, ethnology, sociology and philology.
However, he would be careful not to exclude anyone, and he would intend not to exclude
anyone. This desire would also pave the way for the birth of the European Union, which was
a first.
Mr. Michel, President of the Council, and esteemed Prime Ministers of the member
countries!
As you know, today’s “European Union Parliament” formed; The historical condiƟons aŌer
1945 and the search for modern state models that I tried to briefly menƟon above. These
pursuits also pioneered the process of regional unity. We can easily say that the following
are among the lower and upper factors of the condiƟons related to this union:
The construcƟon of the ConƟnent of Europe, which was turned into hell by the Second
World War; there was a need to raise the level of welfare by prioriƟzing peace, security,
democracy, freedoms and economic development based on human rights and social
cooperaƟon. The sense of protecƟng the European ConƟnent from Soviet expansionism was
also highlighted. To end the conflicts, hosƟliƟes and rivalries between Germany and France,
which have historically been at war and unseƩled their socieƟes; I also have to point out
that the second reason is the desire to bring this problem to a permanent soluƟon and bring
peace.
By the way, with your permission, I would like to menƟon the name of Jean Monnet, who
had a very serious effort in the formaƟon of this regional union. In 1951, at the iniƟaƟve of
Jean Monnet, the former Secretary General of the League of NaƟons, and adviser to the
then French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman.
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By the way, with your permission, I would like to menƟon the name of Jean Monnet, who
had a very serious effort in the formaƟon of this regional union. He pioneered the
establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in 1951, with the iniƟaƟve
of Jean Monnet, the former Secretary General of the League of NaƟons, and adviser to the
then French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman.
As you know, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg decided to
establish the union known as the European Economic Community (EEC) with the Treaty of
Rome in 1957. This process, together with processes such as the European Atomic Energy
Community and the Fusion Treaty, started to be called the European CommuniƟes with the
approval of these countries. These developments were included in this process in 1973 as a
result of long efforts and efforts in countries such as the United Kingdom, Denmark and
Ireland. The union also expanded with the parƟcipaƟon of countries in the south of Europe
such as Greece, Spain and Portugal. In 1993, it raƟfied the European Union Treaty
(Maastricht Treaty), which created the European Union (EU) and laid the groundwork for
monetary union, and has grown with 11 enlargement waves to date and has become a major
poliƟcal, cultural and economic power with 27 members.
Mr. Michel, President of the Council, and esteemed Prime Ministers of the member
countries!
The poliƟcal ideas of the European Union on fundamental rights and freedoms are
unquesƟonably accepted as the rights derived from internaƟonal treaƟes as fundamental
rights specified and protected by the member states. Some member states have sought
more effecƟve protecƟon in the field of fundamental rights. Some changes made with the
treaƟes have led to some developments in this regard. For example, the “Treaty of
Maastricht”; It introduced the principle of commitment to respect for fundamental rights in
accordance with the 1953 “European ConvenƟon on Human Rights” and the common
tradiƟons of the member states. The “Amsterdam Treaty” (ArƟcles 6 and 7) strengthened
this commitment. The Council may suspend the rights of the Member State concerned in
case of serious and persistent violaƟons of human rights. For the same purpose, the Charter
of Fundamental Rights was proclaimed in Nice, France in 2000.
Mr. Michel, President of the Council, and esteemed Prime Ministers of the member
countries!
Now, I would like to briefly discuss the rule of law, protecƟon of human rights and
fundamental freedoms or the development and consolidaƟon of democracy, which is one of
the objecƟves of the “Common Foreign and Security Policy” of the European Union, in the
context of fundamental rights and freedoms of the Kurds. While doing this, I want to make
the voice of the stateless people, the Kurds, with a populaƟon of 50 million, be heard by the
President of the Council and the Parliament, which I consider democraƟc and civilized.
In this context, the common internaƟonal obligaƟons and consƟtuƟonal tradiƟons of the
Member States, with reference to the “European Union DeclaraƟon of Fundamental Rights”,
“Treaty on European Union”, “Community TreaƟes”, “European Human Rights” and
“Fundamental Rights”. and the ConvenƟon for the ProtecƟon of Freedoms”, ”Social
DeclaraƟons” adopted by the Community and the Council of Europe and the ”European
Court of JusƟce” and ”European Court of Human Rights” and to benefit from all the rights
arising from the case-law, and in parƟcular; In the first arƟcle; Human dignity, in the second
arƟcle; The right to life, in the third arƟcle; The right to physical and mental immunity of the
person, in the fourth arƟcle; I invite the implementaƟon of provisions such as the prohibiƟon
of torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment for the fundamental rights of
Kurds and the freedom of future generaƟons.
Why can’t the European Union offer more permanent soluƟons to Turkey by making more
meaningful calls, apart from calling for calm in the Kurdistan issue and making a statement
by observing a policy of balance? Or I would like to ask directly: Are you really trying to help
the Kurds or is your conscience clear about the Kurds? Why don’t you try to pressure the
Turkish State to at least provide educaƟon and training in their mother tongue? I think that
Pakistani intellectual Mohammed Iqbal’s statement “The West killed the heart, the East
killed the mind” makes sense at this point.
Mr. Michel, President of the Council, and esteemed Prime Ministers of the member
countries!
I would like to conƟnue my assessments by addressing the issue from a raƟonal and realist
point of view: You know much beƩer than me that “third party” assistance MUST be
provided for the resoluƟon of conflicts and the establishment of lasƟng peace between the
conflicƟng parƟes. The powers that are not parƟes to the Turkish-Kurdish conflict or conflict
strive to find a middle ground between the conflicƟng parƟes. In my opinion, “third parƟes”
bring messages back and forth between the warring powers, addressing the issues one by
one, clarifying them and suggesƟng compromises. For example, the UN’s Ralph Bunche
between Arabs and Israelis in 1949, President Carter between Begin and Anwar Sadat at
Camp David in 1978, and Richard Holbrooke in Dayton on Bosnia in 1995.
We can show you the pracƟces. I think that as much as the parƟes to the poliƟcal conflicts
are willing to seek resoluƟon and peace, the “third parƟes” must also be very determined
and sincere about resoluƟon and peace.
At this point, have you ever thought of proposing a new consƟtuƟon or the “Belgian Model”
to the parƟes in order to end the conflict between the Kurdish and Turkish armed forces and
for the two peoples to live together in fraternity on equal terms?
The President of the Council, Mr. Michel, and the esteemed prime ministers of the member
states!
We can think of the separaƟst demands of the naƟons as an earthquake fault line coming
from its primordial roots. We know that all separaƟst and pro-independence movements
resort to violent devices. The most important reason for this is that the right to poliƟcal
sovereignty is not resolved by democraƟc methods or through dialogue and peace talks. For
these reasons, we all know very well that poliƟcal groups aim for independence by means of
violence. The fact that naƟons such as ETA, PKK, PLO, Tamil Tigers and Tigeros were born on
the right to self-determinaƟon are voiced by all poliƟcal scienƟsts.
There is a saying: “One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.” If Basques,
PalesƟnians and Tamils have the right to be free and separate from us Kurds, despite their
small size in terms of populaƟon and area, Kurds have the right to obtain their fundamental
rights and freedoms. Isn’t that a very natural right? It is well known that states such as Spain,
Turkey, Israel and Sri Lanka do not want these peoples to have a state like them, and do not
respect the right of these peoples to self-determinaƟon. For example, the Tamil Ilam
LiberaƟon Tigers in Northern Sri Lanka were founded in 1976 and fought for the
independence of Tamils from that date to 2009. They were defeated in the war, but this
problem sƟll conƟnues. More than 60 thousand people died in this war. Likewise, the Igbos
sought to secede from their new state, Biafra, and Nigeria in the late 1960s. But they were
defeated at the end of a long and costly war. However, the Bengalis separated from their
new state Bangladesh and Pakistan in 1971. CroaƟa and Bosnia, in the early 1990s and now
members of the “European Union”; He fought the Serbs to leave Yugoslavia. The Iraqi Kurds
also achieved the federaƟon gain and now they want to become a state step by step.
The Kurds in Syria fought a successful war against fundamentalist and Islamist terrorist
groups and liberated the Kurdish geography under the occupaƟon of Syria. Today, the whole
world knows and sees very well that the Kurds have transformed the two fronts of their
homeland, which was also divided by this war, into a semi-state. Similar efforts are possible
among Kurds in Turkey and Iran. But the Kurds never do this through violence; they want to
solve it with democracy, peace and negoƟaƟon method.
As a human being, as a writer, I do not find it right that neither the Kurds nor the Turks
resort to the means of violence. We live in a civilized and civilized world. As the presidents of
the European Union countries represenƟng the postmodern civilizaƟon, you can resolve the
Kurdistan issue peacefully and democraƟcally and take iniƟaƟve. I also think you have this
opportunity.
Kind regards
Powerful Purpose
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