Author: Diri » Sun Jul 17, 2005 2:10 am
Mosul I find your words very incredible...
There is a much stronger oppostion from Turkomans that there is from Assyrians... And today I watched one and a half hour of Assyrian programs on Kurdistan TV... That was VERY interesting - I didn't understand much of what they were saying - but still - some words you DO understand... And I noticed that whomever they talked to said "I want to thank the Kurdistan Regional Goverment for helping us(e.g. rebuiling a church/bulding a new church).
And time and time again they talked of President Barzani - I didn't understand of course - but to say it "lightly" they were probably not swearing at him on his own TV channel...
The Turkoman front which has been supported by Turkey has flared a hate for Kurds among the Turkomans - and I was watching TRT INT - The national Turkish state TV - and they had reportage of Kirkuk city - they went and interviewed Turkomans and all of them were saying the same things "Kurds or no Kurds - Kirkuk is a Turkoman city and it has been for thousands of years (you know how they can exaggerate sometimes

) - and some said "The Kurds are lying - Kirkuk is Turkoman"
Conclusion----> there are pro Kurdish Assyrians and Turkoman. And there is a larger and more organized Turkoman subculture - so the Tukomans are heard across the mountains - while the Assyrians are hard to hear from - Because nobody gives them a face and a voice...
So consequently - because of the Turkoman size and strength - negative wibes from them are MUCH more damaging than those from Assyrians... And Assyrians are more likely to call themselves "Kurdistani" any day than Turkomens - they say "I am first Turkic, and second I am Iraqi"...
Assyrians are native inhabitants of Ninawa Province and are a strong factor in Mosul and the surrounding areas... They are a friendly people with a culture that is close to the Kurdish one - we have lived together since 5-6 thousands of years ago... And they are our natural allies... As the Turkoman would rather make a deal with the Big Devil (Turkey) than to be best buddies with Kurds... ANY DAY...


