Turkey needs constructive engagement with Kurds on Kirkuk

"“So Turkey is welcome to host many delegations from Iraq, but those of us who know anything about Iraq simply because we spend most of the year there know well that a lack of dialogue with the Turkmens of Erbil or the Kurdish leaders will not get Turkey anywhere in its fight against the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) or on the Kirkuk issue” wrote Ilnur Cevik[1].

And Ilnur Cevik is right. I earlier wrote that “Turkmen and Kurds could solve Kurdish issue in Turkey and Iraq”. But this can only work when Turkey engages the Kurds on a constructive way. It will not work if Turkey doesn’t invite Turkmens without Turkmen representatives from Hewler (Erbil). Currently Turkey is saying, I quote Gül [2]:”Needless to say that there is a tie between the Turkish Republic and the Turkmen. The Turkmen, Kurds and all other groups in Iraq are our relatives. We have shown sympathy towards all of them”."
FHTK