Kurdish Future Movement in Syria
| Kurdish Future Movement in Syria Şepêla Pêsrojê ya Kurdî li Sûriyê |
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| Arabic name | تيار المستقبل الكردي في سوريا |
| Founder | Mashaal Tammo |
| Founded | May 29, 2005 |
| Ideology | Secularism, Liberalism,[1] Syrian Kurdish interests |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | Kurdish National Council |
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The Kurdish Future Movement in Syria (Arabic: تيار المستقبل الكردي في سوريا, Kurdish: Şepêla Pêsrojê ya Kurdî li Sûriyê) is a liberal Syrian Kurdish political party established in 2005 by Mashaal Tammo, who in 2011 was assassinated. Following internal leadership battles, the party has suffered a split, with both factions continuing to exist under the same name.
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Party history
Founding years and Syrian Revolution
The Kurdish Future Movement was founded on 29 May 2005 by Syrian Kurdish politician Mashaal Tammo pursuant to the Syrian Committee for the Revival of Civil Society, and the Bedir Khan Cultural Forum of al-Qamishli. Earlier than most of the other Kurdish parties, the party established a relationship with the Syrian Arab opposition.[2]
In August 2008, Tammo was arrested and charged with "committing aggression and arming Syrians to start civil war," a charge he denied.[3] In June 2011, inmidst the 2011 civil uprisings, Tammo was released from prison. Having represented the party on an Istanbul meeting of the Syrian opposition on 16 July,[2] he took part in the foundation process of the Syrian National Council (SNC), making the Future Movement the only Kurdish member party actively committed to the SNC. Tammo however withdrew his party's support from the founding conference's final declaration, given that it didn't recognize Syria's Kurdish people.[4]
Party split after Tammo's assassination
Having survived a first assassination attempt in August, Mashaal Tammo was however killed on a second attempt November 11 in al-Qamishli.[2] Rezan Bahri Shaykhmus, chairman of the party's Office of General Communications, blamed the Syrian intelligence services having killed founding leader Tammo,[5] and indeed in October 2012, TV network Al Arabiya published leaked files indicating that Tammo was assassinated by the Air Force Intelligence Directorate and upon presidential order by Bashar al-Assad.[6]
Since Tammo's death, the Kurdish Future Movement suffered from internal leadership battles.[7] On July 6, 2012, the party split in two when some twenty people convening a general assembly in Qamishli declared the chairman to be deposed and replaced him with the successor Jangidar Muhammad. As Shaykhmus' supporters didn't recognize the elections, there are currently two parties known as the Kurdish Future Movement in Syria.[8]
References
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