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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2025 10:37 am
States have also not regarded the Democratic Union Party or Partiya Yekîtiya Demokrat (PYD), a Kurdish left wing political party in Syria, as a terrorist organisation. Turkey recently started to depict PYD as a terrorist group in Turkish official discourse, after the party accused the government of facilitating ISIS during the Siege of Kobane. As a fax lists result, Turkey also launched the so-called Operation Olive Branch in January 2018, a military attack in the Kurdish-populated region of Afrin in Syria, justifying their illegal action on self-defence against the “threat of terrorism”.
Point No. 4 of the MoU 4 states that Finland and Sweden, in full support to Turkey against threats to its national security, “will not provide support to YPG/PYD, and the organisation described as FETO in Turkiye.” that “Finland and Sweden reject and condemn terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, in the strongest terms. Finland and Sweden unambiguously condemn all terrorist organisations perpetrating attacks against Turkiye…”
By this formulation, Finland and Sweden seem to imply that FETÖ, YPG and even PYD should be considered terrorist organisations. By conceding to this opaque and allusive language, Finland and Sweden – without explicitly committing to classify FETÖ, YPG and PYD as terrorist – offer further leverage to Turkey’s heavily politicised version, and to shifting narratives around Kurds in their domestic public opinion.
Point No. 4 of the MoU 4 states that Finland and Sweden, in full support to Turkey against threats to its national security, “will not provide support to YPG/PYD, and the organisation described as FETO in Turkiye.” that “Finland and Sweden reject and condemn terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, in the strongest terms. Finland and Sweden unambiguously condemn all terrorist organisations perpetrating attacks against Turkiye…”
By this formulation, Finland and Sweden seem to imply that FETÖ, YPG and even PYD should be considered terrorist organisations. By conceding to this opaque and allusive language, Finland and Sweden – without explicitly committing to classify FETÖ, YPG and PYD as terrorist – offer further leverage to Turkey’s heavily politicised version, and to shifting narratives around Kurds in their domestic public opinion.