WE
CONSIDER THE INSULT TO THE PEOPLE OF AZERBAIJAN AS DONE TO
US
Turmensahra Liberation Organization
In the
article titled “The Struggle Against Cockroaches” that was
published on the Iran Daily on May 12, 2006, cockroaches
were depicted as stupid creatures, talking in other people’s
language, incapable of using their own. A caricature of a
cockroach speaking Turkish accompanied the article. This
cockroach was symbolizing the Azerbaijan Turks and was
saying : “nemene (What?..)”.
It seems
that the caricature has been purposefully prepared. As a
matter of fact, the expressions in the article display the
viewpoint of the chauvinistic Farsi dominance in Iran
towards the Turks. The implementers of this insulting plan
consider themselves as subordinate to an absolute power.
Fearlessly benefiting from the means provided by the
dictatorship, these individuals have recently increased the
dose of their insults against ethnic groups. They try
everything possible to prevent the Iranian Turks learn and
use their native tongue. However, these fools fail to
realize that the policy of assimilation against people have
long been defeated in Iran and ethnic groups have been
trying to preserve their customs, languages and cultures
more than ever. People have realized that Farsi chauvinism
is behind these propaganda activities against religion and
sects, and that their sole purpose is to wipe out their
ethnic cultures and languages. Today, the developments in
different parts of Iran indicate that ethnic groups are now
ready to defend their identities, honors and the heritage of
their ancestors.
Meanwhile,
having reached genuine national awakening, the revolutionary
people of Iranian Azerbaijan harshly reacted against the
insults of the Iran Daily. Thousands flowed into the
streets, bravely defending their honor and dignity, and
organized a great and historical protest demonstration. As a
matter of fact, this reaction is not a temporary and
spontaneous incident, triggered by the insults of a
newspaper. This situation has been an explosion of rage
against the policy of humiliation constantly implemented by
the media organs and administrations of the Islamic Republic
against ethnic groups for years. This reaction is a
rebellion against the oppressive politics of Farsi
chauvinism that was initiated during the reign of Shah Reza
and increased during the Islamic Republic.
The Islamic
Republic is astonished and has lost itself against the great
reaction of the Azeri people. They even decided to close
down the Iran Daily and to arrest its editor in chief and
the cartoonist. However, one cannot solve the problem of the
Azeri Turks and other people in Iran simply by arresting a
journalist and a cartoonist. The problem of the ethnic
groups in Iran is the scornful and humiliating attitude of
the Farsi chauvinism against other people, in the framework
of the assimilation policy that has been maintained for long
years. As a matter of fact, insulting ethnic groups is
deemed something ordinary in Iran. People will always show
such reactions as long as the regime maintains its current
policies and preserves its perspective against ethnic
groups. The accumulation of such reactions will soon destroy
the chauvinist Farsi leadership.
We, as a
part of the Turks in Iran, support the rightful reaction of
the nation of Azerbaijan. We consider the insult to the
Azeri people as done to us. We declare that we are by the
side of the courageous people of Azerbaijan. We warn the
dominant Farsi chauvinism that as long as they maintain
cultural assimilation, oppression and forceful confiscation
of people’s fatherland, they will encounter with
uncontrollable events of much greater scale in Turkmensahra
soon as it was the case in history.
سازمان
آزادیبخش ترکمن صحرا – تورکمن صحرا آزادلیق قوراماسی
TÜRKMENSAHRA AZATLYK GURAMAS
TURKMENSAHRA LIBERATION ORGANIZ
