Project Rojava

A meeting of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) in Diyarbak?r called for the establishment of a "democratic autonomy."

This is not a demand in a democratic country coming from a segment that has faith in democracy, asking for Western-style autonomy. 

This is an act of the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), a higher body of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) related to the internal structuring of terror as well as developments in Syria.

The declaration made in Diyarbak?r to a large extent is taken from a document that KCK accepted on July 17, 2005, called the "KCK pact" that included the concept of democratic autonomy.

The self-governing dimension of the KCK regime, which has been set by force of arms by the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Rojava Syria, is being projected to Turkey's southeast. This is the gist of the matter.

Democratic autonomy was declared by the DTK in 2011, yet it was criticized at that time by leftist and liberal writers as totalitarian as well.

Internal and external conditions were not suitable at that time. This concept was not used especially during the solution process. In fact, the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) used "local governance" instead of democratic autonomy.

But KCK's totalitarian "democratic autonomy" was always maintained as an essential target. The declaration that was made public Dec. 27 is a reflection of that target.

The declaration goes beyond the "European Charter of Local Self-Government" and includes maximalist demands under the banner of "democratic autonomy."

The "autonomous legislative power" mentioned in the declaration corresponds to article 11 of the KCK statement.

The autonomous executive power corresponds to its...