I know that you are extremely busy with a very heavy schedule; that many crises await your touch; that your interests include the greater Middle East and beyond; that your country dreams of being a bridge and a translator; that you are busy with inter- and intra-relations among countries; that you carry many ideas, hopes, solutions, bandages, and medications; that you call for stability and prosperity; that you encourage your interlocutors to transcend the wounds of history; to open borders and the windows of the future; that you fight the pits of fire with the logic of settlements, cooperation, and investment. I also know that you have a vision for the future of Turkey and the region; that you are busy with sensitive and serious issues; that your success could change policies and dictionaries, return an occupied land and change chronic scenes and balances; that you'd rather tackle problems than leave them for time to heal; that your country rebelled against its chronic conflicts, decided to end them both domestically and abroad, chose to live without enemies, and adopted the principle of “problem-free relations”. The landing of your plane in Irbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan, was an unusual sight. So were your handshake with Massoud Barazani, the region's leader and heir of the thorny Kurdish dream, and your country's opening of a consulate in the region's capital. A few years ago, such a sight wouldn't have been possible. Ataturk's generals used to consider both the Kurds of the inside and the outside as a threat. They had nothing but one solution: repression inside, and crossing the border in order to track the growing danger beyond. And yet, here you are, turning the page from Irbil. I heard you say: “This region constitutes a great interest for us and we wish to build good relations in the Middle East with Arabs, Turkmens, Kurds, Shiites, and Sunnis.” It is the language of interests and investment in building the future. I, the Arab, the region's orphan, address myself to you. I was green with envy when I saw your picture with Barazani. We've been burning for months to see similar amiability in a picture that would gather Mahmoud Abbas and Khaled Mishal. And yet, we have failed – despite the fact that their territories are occupied, the settlements are ripping the Palestinian soil, and dangers threaten Jerusalem and the pillars of the Aqsa Mosque. This is terrible – dialogues, dialogues, dialogues; clauses and amendments; excellence in negotiations, detours, and complications. And the land is getting lost, and the cause is getting lost. I, the Lebanese, the orphan in Lebanon, address myself to you. My country has been bare without a government for five months. You might say it is bare from everything. It is a shameful bare party, where neither the Constitution nor the law offer protection. The country has gone through events beyond its capacity. Its structure has gone through unprecedented structural transformations. The country has stopped begetting martyrs, but promises the living nothing other than a slow and long death. O Ahmet Davutoglu, you do not need any explanations. Our country suffers from a nationalism-deficiency disease; deep divisions; and sectarian discord. We have cardboard-like institutions and fragile security. Neither conflicts take us from the tunnel to settlement nor do the elections resolve the problem. There are scared and lurking groups with external alliances that exceed their size. Their internal illusions are a source of conflict. Do you know, your Excellency, that the issue is not about ministers; that the portfolios are weak but the consequences are huge; that the issue goes beyond restoring a young man to his office in order to guarantee his future and beyond satisfying his sponsor with a “fat” portfolio; that this may be a story of differences in the region or a divergence in calculations? Time is running out. It is an open and exposed country. Beirut almost resembles Kirkuk, if not Irbil. Politicians warn against a conflict and open doors wide to it. Nothing guarantees putting an end to the winds of Iraqization if they ever start blowing. Our situation is bad. It is a rapid and terrifying deterioration. This rubble needs an expert hand to make a truce and non-hostility agreements. You have the necessary experience and your word is heard in the region. Do not leave us, O Davutoglu.
