CENTRAL NEWS
A survey on Kurdish national unity was conducted by the Rojava Center for Strategic Studies. 1,378 people from Qamişlo, Tirbespiyê, Amûdê, Dêrik, Til Temir and Hesekê participated in the survey, which could not be implemented in the Fırat and Shehba regions due to the coronavirus pandemic.
43.3 percent of the participants stated that the reason for the lack of national unity is that some Kurdish parties have relations with foreign powers. When asked whether the second stage of the national unity works will be successful or not, the answer “It will be successful” scored 65.7 percent.
The questions asked in the survey and the rates of the answers received are as follows:
1- What do you think is the obstacle to Kurdish national unity?
- Narrow-framed party interests: 41.2%
- Relations between Kurdish parties and foreign powers: 43.3%
- Other reasons: 13%
- No answer: 2.5%
2- How do you evaluate the initiative of the SDF for Kurdish national unity?
- Positive: 95.1%
- Negative: 1.5%
- Insignificant: 2.1%
- No answer: 1.3%
3- What do you think is the second step to be taken after KNC-S responds to the SDF’s call and the first stage is successful?
- Leaving the Syrian opposition: 25.8%
- Combining Kurdish forces: 63.5%
- Nothing: 8.7%
- No answer: 2%
4- Do you believe the second phase will be successful?
- Yes: 65.7%
- No: 6%
- I don’t know: 26.6%
- No answer: 1.8%
5- What do you think is the criteria for national unity to succeed?
- Agreement between PYD and KNC-S: 8.1%
- Agreement among all Kurdish parties: 86.1%
- I don’t know: 4.8%
- No answer: 0.9%
6- What do you think is the best place for national unity?
- Qamishlo: 73.1%
- Hewler: 17.1%
- Other: 7.8%
- No answer: 2%
