Massoud Barzani meets Huda-Par delegation, a political extension of Turkish Hezbollah
KDP party leader Massoud Barzani meets with Huda Par delegation led by Ishaq Saglam in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, April 30, 2019. Huda Par is known to be the political extension of Turkish Hezbollah. Photo: KDP
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraq’s Kurdistan region,— Kurdistan Democratic Party leader, Massoud Barzani, receives Turkey’s delegation from Hur Dava Party (Huda Par), led by Ishaq Saglam, on Tuesday in Iraqi Kurdistan capital of Erbil.
Barzani, who has good ties with Turkish government, and the visiting delegation discussed the latest political developments in Turkey, Kurdistan, and the wider region, according to a statement by Barzani Headquarter.
Huda Par, Kurdish Sunni Islamic party backed by Turkish government, is known to be the political extension of Turkish Hezbollah and has long been hostile to the Kurdish secular Kurdistan Workers’ Party PKK — which has fought Turkish security forces in a three-decade insurgency for Kurdish self-rule in Turkish Kurdistan (Bakur).
Huda-Par leaders briefed Barzani on the political ambition of their party as well as the current political situation in Turkey.
Barzani and Saglam emphasized on the importance of continued peaceful efforts to preserve the rights of Kurds, the statement added.
The promotion of religion and rise of Islamist groups in Turkey Kurdistan raise suspicions and fears among some supporters of Kurdish nationalists. The nationalist movement sees the establishment of equality for women as one of its biggest achievements. Many key positions in the pro-Kurdish HDP are held by women, including mayors.
In June 2015, Turkey’s Diyarbakir witnessed deadly clashes between rival Islamic Kurdish group and the secular Kurdish nationalists.
The PKK took up arms in 1984 against the Turkish state, which still denies the constitutional existence of Kurds, to push for greater autonomy in Turkish Kurdistan for the Kurdish minority who make up around 22.5 million of the country’s 79-million population. More than 40,000 Turkish soldiers and Kurdish rebels, have been killed in the conflict.
A large Kurdish community in Turkey and worldwide openly sympathise with PKK rebels and Abdullah Ocalan, who founded the PKK group in 1974 and currently serving a life sentence in Turkey, has a high symbolic value for most Kurds in Turkey and worldwide according to observers.
(with files from Basnews)
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