is terrorism and rebellion the same thing?
i was thinking last night, because i could not sleep. yes i could not sleep while knowing that some of my people were dying for me, for us as kurdish people. and that question just got stuck in my brain. is terrorism and rebellion the same thing?
terrorism is when a group of people want to make others afraid of them, for ideological and political reasons, and for that aim when they go and kill innocent people, destroy lives indiscriminately-children, old people, women, young-, harm people`s psychological and physical health. this is my terrorism definition and i think this should be the international definition of this word also. for instance the bombings that just several days ago occurred in england and egypt are terrorism, terrorist attacks. because aim was not the guilty people but innocent people, who were not even aware of what was going in the world. in this case the ones that did it, and the ones that made those befooled, deceived people do it are guilty, and terrorist. they should be punished severely, and those kind of attacks should always be condemned by every human being, including muslims.
rebellion, on the other hand is something completely different. rebellion is an:
1. open, armed, and organized resistance to a constituted government. or,
2. an act or a show of defiance toward an authority or established convention.(http://dictionary.com) those are the dictionary definition of word of rebellion. as we can understand from the dictionary meaning a rebellion does not aim innocent people. its aim is usually to change the bad conditions of the people that live in that country or region. there are lots of examples of rebellions. for example the french revolution was a rebellion so was the american revolution-when americans fought against great britain- and even ataturk`s independence war. aim of all those rebellions was to change some things in those societies. it was a common aim. when we look at the pkk*`s case the same thing is happening, a confusion, some people don't know how to name, call the pkk. we should really look at this case deep and we should look at the reasons of that, the causes. why did pkk occur? why is it 29th rebellion against turkish government in just 80 years? why there has always been rebellions, and all of them by the kurds? why does the turkish government look at this case as terrorism but not as human rights issues, or self-determination right? and lastly why does turkish government always use military for the solution, why does she not use other ways such as; looking at it as a problem of economical and cultural rights and find solution in that way? we can increase the numbers of whys, but is it going to make any difference? i don't think so. so that much is enough.
what i am trying to say here is that, we should not look at the pkk as a terrorist group but as rebellion. because there is a huge difference between terrorism and rebellion. otherwise we should call the american revolution and many other good revolts terrorism also. because while americans were thinking that they were right and that they were fighting for their rights, the colonial power of great britain would be thinking that they were terrorists, because they were rebelling against them. besides who can give ma a good example of pkk`s attacks that they killed innocent people. i am not saying that they did not make any mistakes, but when we look at the recent history and actions of the pkk, we will see that they only fight when turkish armed forces fire upon them and try to torture kurdish people. they just defend themselves, and some call it terrorism. how can that happen? so if some one comes and try to kill you and when you defend yourself you are a terrorist, right? i don't think so.
i hope that, we realize it soon and find a solution to the kurdish problem, a good and international solution not just for the kurds in turkey but also for the kurds in iran, and syria as well. i did not mention the iraqi kurds, because right now they are in better conditions in comparison to other parts of kurdistan. but that does not mean that they should not fight for more. i hope this problem will be solved without anymore innocent people`s blood. i don't want to see anymore mothers crying for their dad sons, daughters. it does not matter if it is a pkk guerilla`s mother or a turkish soldier`s. lets hope so and wait to see what will happen.
pkk*: kurdistan worker`s party, (partiya karkeren kurdistane)
terrorism is when a group of people want to make others afraid of them, for ideological and political reasons, and for that aim when they go and kill innocent people, destroy lives indiscriminately-children, old people, women, young-, harm people`s psychological and physical health. this is my terrorism definition and i think this should be the international definition of this word also. for instance the bombings that just several days ago occurred in england and egypt are terrorism, terrorist attacks. because aim was not the guilty people but innocent people, who were not even aware of what was going in the world. in this case the ones that did it, and the ones that made those befooled, deceived people do it are guilty, and terrorist. they should be punished severely, and those kind of attacks should always be condemned by every human being, including muslims.
rebellion, on the other hand is something completely different. rebellion is an:
1. open, armed, and organized resistance to a constituted government. or,
2. an act or a show of defiance toward an authority or established convention.(http://dictionary.com) those are the dictionary definition of word of rebellion. as we can understand from the dictionary meaning a rebellion does not aim innocent people. its aim is usually to change the bad conditions of the people that live in that country or region. there are lots of examples of rebellions. for example the french revolution was a rebellion so was the american revolution-when americans fought against great britain- and even ataturk`s independence war. aim of all those rebellions was to change some things in those societies. it was a common aim. when we look at the pkk*`s case the same thing is happening, a confusion, some people don't know how to name, call the pkk. we should really look at this case deep and we should look at the reasons of that, the causes. why did pkk occur? why is it 29th rebellion against turkish government in just 80 years? why there has always been rebellions, and all of them by the kurds? why does the turkish government look at this case as terrorism but not as human rights issues, or self-determination right? and lastly why does turkish government always use military for the solution, why does she not use other ways such as; looking at it as a problem of economical and cultural rights and find solution in that way? we can increase the numbers of whys, but is it going to make any difference? i don't think so. so that much is enough.
what i am trying to say here is that, we should not look at the pkk as a terrorist group but as rebellion. because there is a huge difference between terrorism and rebellion. otherwise we should call the american revolution and many other good revolts terrorism also. because while americans were thinking that they were right and that they were fighting for their rights, the colonial power of great britain would be thinking that they were terrorists, because they were rebelling against them. besides who can give ma a good example of pkk`s attacks that they killed innocent people. i am not saying that they did not make any mistakes, but when we look at the recent history and actions of the pkk, we will see that they only fight when turkish armed forces fire upon them and try to torture kurdish people. they just defend themselves, and some call it terrorism. how can that happen? so if some one comes and try to kill you and when you defend yourself you are a terrorist, right? i don't think so.
i hope that, we realize it soon and find a solution to the kurdish problem, a good and international solution not just for the kurds in turkey but also for the kurds in iran, and syria as well. i did not mention the iraqi kurds, because right now they are in better conditions in comparison to other parts of kurdistan. but that does not mean that they should not fight for more. i hope this problem will be solved without anymore innocent people`s blood. i don't want to see anymore mothers crying for their dad sons, daughters. it does not matter if it is a pkk guerilla`s mother or a turkish soldier`s. lets hope so and wait to see what will happen.
pkk*: kurdistan worker`s party, (partiya karkeren kurdistane)
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