Norooz hijacked by the PKK.
I went to Trafalgar Square on Saturday afternoon to enjoy the open air concert which was meant to be a celebration of the Norooz, and international festival celebrating the beginning of the year and spring. Once I arrived there, there was quite a large crowd gathered in front of a stage and on the sides were mostly spectators or tourists trying to see what was going on.
What I saw was a total shock, the concert was orchestrated and hijacked by the ”Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)”. Instead of actually celebrating the beginning of the year, they had obviously under false pretences, used an International festival and respected calender event to stage an illegal political protest. In all honesty, many of the spectators seemed aghast and horrified, especially by the mob of youths running around and shouting their chants, waving flags of a man, Öcalan, who looked quite similar to Saddam Hussein.
The only saving grace was the traditional dancing in the centre of the square, although that was quickly overshadowed by the political rants and communist banners being forcibly thrusted into peoples faces. How these people expect to win any sympathy is beyond one’s imagination, and certainly a potentially good day become very sour indeed.
Hello there dear friend. I think you have not touched upon a few important facts.Newroz has never been celebrated in London by other Middle Eastern people(s) in London as much as Kurds. This festival is celebrated every single year by them and there has never been less than 10,000 Kurds at the celebration. Newroz has never been celebrated in Trafalga sq and it was the Kurdish people who fought for this right. The Kurdish community centres in London came together and had meetings almot every week with the London mayors and people of authority inorder to celebrate Newroz in Trafalga sq. HOWEVER they gave Iranians, Afghans and other(s) the oppertunity to represent their communities.The reason why there was alot of PKK banners is because without the PKK there is no Kurdish people. Their way of life, culture and future is and will be dominated by the ideologies of this man. He is the one that liberated the Kurdish people and is fighting against the opressive middle eastern governements for the good of Arabs, Iranians, Turks, Azeris and others alike. The PKK is primarily fighting for Kurdish rights however if you read and do a little research you would know that its a INTERNATIONAL struggle with fighter of other ethnic backgrounds – German, Turkish, Persian, English and other(s) I find it very disrespectful that you can compare a man like Abdullah Ocalan who liberated Kurds to someone like Sadaam who killed thousands and thousands of them.Also, if you disrespect him you are effectively disrespecting a nation of people which is not right.If you have not bothered to understand the PKK or Abdullah Ocalan then I do not believe you are in any position to criticise them.Peace be with you
Norooz is an International Festival, so hijacking such an event only alienates your cause, as you will offend not just learned spectators, but also other people groups who celebrate it.Also, I was comparing the “appearance”, but to the untrained eye, they will get the wrong impression, as many at this event did.Critism is what makes free countries free, if you read the western papers, then you will understand, but until you understand this, your views will always and only be taken very lightly.