'Kurds Have No Friends But The Mountains' Trends On Social Media
Thousands of Kurds are using the old adage in reaction to Turkey's cross border strikes against the PKK
By Vladi Vovcuk on Jul 28, 2015 at 11:27 AM
A funeral service after Turkish attacks also included PKK supporters REUTERS
Kurds are turning to an old adage, “The Kurds have no friends but the mountains,” to describe how they feel after news that Turkey has joined forces with the United States. The two countries will launch cross-border airstrikes against ISIS fighters, but also the Kurdish PKK rebel forces. Thousands of Kurds have taken to social media to express that the historic adage is more relevant today than ever before.
Turkey’s move to launch air raids against Kurdish rebels in Northern Syria and Iraq under the guise of the U.S. crackdown on ISIS militants, ignited a social media storm. Expat Kurds and those residing in northern Syria have criticized the west—mostly the United States—for betraying the only group fighting against ISIS in Syria by allowing Turkey to bomb the PKK. Kurdish users on Twitter and Facebook used hashtags such as #TurkeyAttackKurdsNotISIS and #NATOStopErdogan, as well as using the old famous adage to describe their situation of “no friends but the mountains.”
Turkey’s air raids against ISIS and PKK positions came after last week’s suicide bombing in the Turkish town of Suruc claiming the lives of more than 30 Turks. On July 22, two days after the Suruc bombing, the PKK claimed responsibility for the killing of two policemen in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa.
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