We Thought Joe Biden was Irish. Turns Out He's Kurdish (Like Elvis)

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 23 January 2021)

                                        Family reunion?

Orhan Miroğlu,  a member of the AKP (ruling party)'s  MKYK (Central 

Decision-Making Council) and the party's deputy media spokesman, 

has related that "recently, a Kurdish friend of mine told me something

- even though it's hard to believe, although it isn't hard to discern 

why he said it - that some people are saying that Joe Biden's real name is

Cımoye Bahattin Ağa and that he comes from a Kurdish family of the

Bıruki tribe that emigrated to the USA from Yerevan (Armenia)." (!)

Miroğlu's posting of this story on social media has created an uproar.

He explained to Hürriyet that "they said about Obama that after he came

everything would be fine but instead things got worse.  Now, this story

that's being told to the Kurds is creating expectations in the Middle East

and among the Kurds.  A public opinion has been created that Biden

will take important steps in the Middle East vis-a-vis the Kurdish 

problem.  This is like the time they said that Elvis Presley was a Kurd

from Midyat." (!)

Continuing, Miroğlu said that "Biden isn't like Trump, who would

make pronouncements based on hearsay.  Biden has come with a 

much stronger political make-up.  We'll see whether this is good or 

bad for the people of the Middle East.  But these rumors are creating

hopes about Biden that are turning into narratives.  I don't take such

things seriously but the Kurds in the region want to get American

policy headed in their direction.  This should make countries with a 

Kurdish problem think."

"There are about 30-35 million Kurds in the Middle East.  Why are

they nurturing these hopes about Biden?  I posted this on social media

to get people thinking, not to make them laugh.    Desperation

produces things like this and that's the same for all groups.  Yes, there

is a Kurdish problem in Iraq, Iran and Syria.  But in Turkey there have

been democratic initiatives on this matter and important breakthroughs.

If you ask the Kurds in our geographical backyard, those with a 

conscience will say that Turkey is the country closest to a solution."

Biden's Kurdish wolfhound has only thrown fuel on the 

flames.