 They are often accused of being chauvinistic and racist in Kurdish issue, because of mottos like "there is not a Kurdish problem but a Kurdish invasion", "I trade with Turks, therefore my money doesn't flow to the PKK", "save your cities from invasion" (of Kurds), etc.However Gökçe Fırat claims, Kurdish ethnicity and language are artificial, which were created by imperialist powers, especially Tsarist Russia and British Empire.He's also said, "for us, in Turkey there is only and one nation and it's Turkish nation.