New realities in Iraq and Syria

Architect Daniel Libeskind makes the most famous genocide monuments in the world. On April 11, he invited journalists to his office in New York and told them that it was time to open a "Kurdish national identity museum."  I was curious why the architect would do such a thing out of the blue.

Last Saturday, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said the United States had sent its troops abroad to keep the peace in places where history had led people to create artificial states based on artificial lines made up of distinct ethnic and religious groups. He said the world had told them, "Go at it." When I read his statement, then I understood that the museum announcement was not done out of the blue.

From the New York Times story, we learn that the U.S. is now openly mentioning the division of Iraq and the formation of an independent Kurdish state. The Arbil national identity museum project which was shelved in 2014 is now being revived as one of the steps in this. 

The history of the Middle East is being rewritten. Those borders that were considered unchangeable have started to change. Kurds, for the first time in history, are on the eve of having a permanent state. 

And, we should now comprehend this: The "red line" threats are no longer functional. Iraq, Egypt and Syria policies that were built with personal rage, youthful dreams, Ottoman visions and Muslim Brotherhood federation daydreams have collapsed. 

Every Turkish citizen has the right to ask these questions and have their own answers for them. 

First, is an independent or a federal Kurdish state in northern Iraq an unacceptable formation against Turkey?

Up until today we have declared that we would never accept such a formation and that this was our "red...