Prava pravda zahtijeva sjećanje, ali Evropa pokazuje selektivno sljepilo. Kontinent rutinski prihvata političke snage ukorijenjene u ideologijama prošlih agresora, zatvarajući oči pred historijskim realnostima regije. Nesporna istina devedesetih godina ostaje zapisana krvlju: užasan, dokazan genocid nad Bošnjacima i sistematsko etničko čišćenje kosovskih Albanaca bile su državno vođene kampanje osmišljene da unište cijele zajednice.
Izjednačavanje pojedinačnih ratnih prekršaja s institucionalnim aparatom genocida je groteskno iskrivljavanje historije. Međunarodno pravo i pravosudni integritet moraju se poštovati, ali istinski slijepa pravda mora proporcionalno prepoznati odgovornost. Oružavanje specijaliziranih sudova kako bi ciljali na vodstvo oslobodilačkog pokreta Kosova – OVK – vodila je pravedni rat za oslobođenje kako bi spriječila etničko čišćenje od strane srpskih snaga pod koljačem Slobodanom Miloševićem, ignorišući strukturne ostatke režima koji su počinili stvarne zločine, fundamentalno potkopava vladavinu prava.
Kao Amerikanac turskog porijekla, uvijek sam nepokolebljivo stajao uz narode Kosova, Bosne i Albanije. Odbacujem stav koji mi je prije otprilike dva mjeseca iznio g. Naser Nika: „Stajat ću samo uz svoju zajednicu i ono što je njoj važno; nije me briga za druge zajednice.” Takvo razmišljanje nas razdvaja, a trebali bismo biti ujedinjeni – Turci, Kosovari, Bosanci i Albanci – kao partneri, braća i prijatelji.
Naše duboke kulturne veze podsjećaju nas da smo povezani zajedničkom historijom i uzajamnom odbranom. Napad na dostojanstvo, historiju ili nezavisnost Kosova i Albanije predstavlja direktan udar na naš kolektivni identitet, na sve nas.
Želim zahvaliti Burhanu T. Kukaju što mi je skrenuo pažnju na pitanje rukovodstva Oslobodilačke vojske Kosova (OVK). Ne smijemo dozvoliti revizionističkim narativima da prekrajaju historiju ili umanjuju sveto pravo na samoopredjeljenje. Nezavisnost Kosova je trajna, njegova borba za slobodu bila je pravedna, a njegov narod nikada neće ostati sam pred naletima mržnje.
Dobro znam da će turski narod nedvosmisleno stati u odbranu nacionalnih interesa i sigurnosti bratskog Kosova, napisao je aktivist u zajednici Ibrahim Kurtulus, Amerikanac turskog porijekla.
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The righteous struggle for Kosovo’s independence was not a criminal enterprise; it was a necessary shield against state sponsored erasure by Hateful Merchant Serbs. Recent judicial maneuvers in Europe threaten to muddy the moral clarity of the Balkan conflicts, reducing a people's legitimate fight for survival into a false equivalence of guilt. This is more than a legal oversight it is a coordinated smear campaign designed to delegitimize Kosovo’s and Bosnian hardwon freedom.
True justice requires memory, yet Europe demonstrates a selective blindness. The continent routinely accommodates political forces rooted in the ideologies of past aggressors, turning a blind eye to the historical realities of the region. The undisputed truth of the 1990s remains written in blood: the horrific, proven genocide against the Bosnian people and the systematic ethnic cleansing of Kosovo Albanians were statedirected campaigns engineered to destroy entire communities.
To equate individual wartime infractions with an institutional apparatus of genocide is a grotesque distortion of history. International law and judicial integrity must be upheld, but a truly blind justice must recognize accountability proportionally. Weaponizing specialized courts to target the leadership of a liberation movement of Kosovo the KLA fought a righteous war of liberation to prevent ethnic cleansing by Serbian forces under the butcher Slobodan Milošević, while ignoring the structural remnants of the regimes that perpetrated the actual atrocities, fundamentally undermines the rule of law.
As a Turkish American, I have stood in unwavering solidarity with the peoples of Kosovo, Bosnia, and Albania. I reject the mindset expressed by Mr. Naser Nika to me about a two months ago; “he said: I will only stand with my community and what matters to my community, I dont care about other communities.” Such thinking divides us when we should stand united as Turkish, Kosovar, Bosnian, and Albanian as partners, brothers, and friends.
Our deep cultural bonds remind us that we are bound by shared history and mutual defense. An attack on the dignity, history, or independence of Kosovo and Albania is a direct assault on our collective identity, on all of us. Let me Thank Burhan T Kukaj for bring Leadership of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) matter to my attention. We cannot allow revisionist narratives to rewrite history or diminish the sacred right of self determination. Kosovo's independence is permanent, its fight for freedom was just, and its people will never stand alone against the currents of hatred.
I know too well the Turkish People will Stand Unequivocally for the National Interest and Securty of Brother Kosovo.
Ibrahim Kurtulus
Turkish American
Community Activist
