BEHDINAN – Stating that democrats and leftists in Turkey could not fully establish the link between democracy in Turkey and the Kurdish problem, Karasu said, “Opposing the isolation on Leader Apo is not just opposing the isolation of a Kurdish leader, it is not opposing the policy implemented on the Kurds; It is to oppose reactionism and fascism in Turkey. Democracy cannot develop in Turkey without opposing this. They will say that we are democrats and socialists, and they will not oppose the isolation of the Leader. This is self-deception,” he said.
On the occasion of the upcoming anniversary of the genocide committed by ISIS gangs against the Yazidis, Karasu emphasized: “To protect the Yazidis is a kind of Leadership’s instruction. The task for everyone right now is for Yazidis to achieve self-government to protect their own existence. Yazidis all over the world need to be locked into it. The whole world of Êzidîs should be for Êzidîs to gain their autonomy. If Êzidîs do not gain self-government, they will suffer genocide and disappear from history.”
Drawing attention to the Turkish state’s spying policies towards the Kurdish people, Karasu said, “There is no greater evil, no greater immorality than spying. The spy is the most cursed person in the world. If a person accepts spying, they are dead. Let him accept death, accept spying, accept 30 years in prison, not accept spying. All Kurds must take a stance against agents who impose the imposition of dehumanizing us.”
Karasu stated that the cultural genocide is the biggest societal massacre and that “the Kurdish people were attacked with nuclear bombs, or cultural attacks were carried out with such festivals” and emphasized that those who participated in the Kurdish genocide in this way should be isolated and exposed.
Karasu also noted that the NATO meeting, which took place on the basis of negotiations over the Kurds and the PKK, was historically shameful and stated that NATO should not be a partner in Kurdish genocide policies, as it was a partner in the Armenian Genocide in the past; He said that all Kurds should take a stance against NATO.
KCK Executive Council Member Mustafa Karasu’s speech in which he evaluated current developments in the Special Program broadcast on Medya Haber TV:
The isolation policy implemented on Leader Apo is the policy of Kurdish genocide. It is the implementation of the heavy isolation on Leader Apo for 25 years and the policy of genocide against the Kurds in Imrali.
The attack on a people’s struggle is made primarily on its leadership, on its political organization. Because a people’s struggle for freedom and democracy cannot be liquidated or subjected to genocide without neutralizing and liquidating them. As a matter of fact, leaders were killed in the Shex Said resistance and in the Dersim resistance. Their leaders were executed. In fact, Leader Apo considered the execution of Şêx Said and the Şêx Said incident as the beginning of the Kurdish genocide. Now this continues. Revenge is taken against Leader Apo and genocide is carried out on Leader Apo. In this respect, the struggle against the Kurdish genocide and the struggle against the isolation on Leader Apo are intertwined. In any case, an effective struggle cannot be waged against the Kurdish genocide without an effective struggle against the isolation imposed upon Leader Apo. This fact needs to be seen by the Kurds. The link between a people’s freedom struggle and the Leadership and its political movement must be understood. A people struggles with its leaders, political movement and organization and regains its own power. Now, a genocidal attack is being carried out against Leader Apo in Imrali. Of course there is a struggle against this. 25 years of struggle. Leader Apo’s stance is already the struggle against this genocidal policy. Now unions, municipalities, intellectuals all over the world are fighting for Leader Apo’s freedom. Leader Apo’s problem of freedom has now become not only the problem of the Kurds, not only the problem of the democratic forces in Turkey, but also the problem of the whole world humanity. Now, a genocidal attack is being carried out against Leader Apo in Imrali. Of course there is a struggle against this. 25 years of struggle. Leader Apo’s stance is already the struggle against this genocidal policy. Now unions, municipalities, intellectuals all over the world are fighting for Leader Apo’s freedom. Leader Apo’s problem of freedom has now become not only the problem of the Kurds, not only the problem of the democratic forces in Turkey, but also the problem of the whole world humanity. Now, a genocidal attack is being carried out against Leader Apo in Imrali. Of course there is a struggle against this. 25 years of struggle. Leader Apo’s stance is already the struggle against this genocidal policy. Now unions, municipalities, intellectuals all over the world are fighting for Leader Apo’s freedom. Leader Apo’s problem of freedom has now become not only the problem of the Kurds, not only the problem of the democratic forces in Turkey, but also the problem of the whole world humanity.
Despite this, the Turkish state persists in its policy of isolation and genocide. Now, Merdan Yanardag has recently taken a stand. While evaluating Leader Apo’s stance and practices in Imrali, no prisoner, no imprisoned convict in the history of Turkey has experienced this order. In reality it is. He is the longest-serving political leader. Merdan Yanardag said this. He also said that there is no such isolation in Turkish law. Why isn’t he contacted by his lawyers? Why is the way of its removal blocked even though it has been invested so much? He criticized it. While criticizing, he actually evaluated why Türkiye does not comply with the laws, why Turkey’s laws are not applied. On the face of it, he was immediately arrested. In the past, Şebnem Korur Fincancı was arrested for chemical weapons.
THE LINK BETWEEN THE DEMOCRACY IN TURKEY AND THE KURDISH QUESTION CANNOT BE FULLY ESTABLISHED
The Turkish state was founded on the Kurdish genocide. The basic law of the Turkish state is to genocide the Kurds, to Turkify them, to make Kurdistan the spreading area of Turkish nationhood. This is a constitutional article. They do not consider those who do not accept them as Turks. Those who do not accept this do not count as Turkish citizens. Anyone who does not accept this is an enemy according to the Turkish state. Being Turkish means ignoring the Kurds. Being Turkish means destroying the Kurds. Being Turkish means denying the Kurds. That is the Law of Bronze. There are also those who say the Turkishness Agreement. With this aspect, of course, to oppose the isolation on Leader Apo in Turkey is actually to oppose Turkey’s bronze law, this genocide law. In this respect, Merdan Yanardag was immediately detained and arrested.
In this respect, democrats in Turkey must also be real democrats. Socialists, leftists must be real leftists, democrats. They need to oppose this law of Turkishness, that is, the system that bases Turkishness on hostility to Kurds and establishes Turkishness on the extermination of Kurds. Otherwise, neither democracy nor freedom will come to Turkey. This fact needs to be seen by all democrats and revolutionaries. In this respect, opposing the isolation imposed upon Leader Apo is not merely to oppose the isolation of a Kurdish leader, but is not to oppose the policy applied to the Kurds; It is to oppose reactionism and fascism in Turkey. Democracy cannot develop in Turkey without opposing this. They will say that we are democrats and socialists, and they will not oppose the isolation of the Leader. This is self-deception. Democratization in Turkey already, democracy is not developing. Because the link between democracy in Turkey and the Kurdish problem cannot be fully established. Democratization cannot develop in Turkey without establishing a link between democratization in Turkey and the Kurdish left. Nothing develops. The leftist also deceives himself, the democrat deceives himself, and the liberal deceives himself. In this respect, the struggle against the isolation of Leader Apo is a very important struggle for democracy and freedom.
Of course, this struggle should not be intermittent. It must be continued uninterrupted. In other words, if the fight against the Kurdish genocide and isolation is Turkey’s struggle for democratization, it should not be dropped from the agenda. It is necessary to constantly struggle, it is necessary to constantly update. In one sense, it is necessary to regress the Kurdish genocide, to regress fascism, to see a struggle and to put it among the priorities of the struggle.
THE WAY TO BE A FREEDOM IS TAKING AGAINST THE INSULATION
In this respect, our people in Rojava and Europe are taking care of it, but our people in Bashur and Bakur should also take care of it. Anyone who talks about Kurdishness, Kurdistan and freedom should support the Leadership. The Kurdish People’s Leader, the leader of the biggest party and the biggest struggle of the Kurds, will be in prison for 25 years, but the Kurdish parties will not stand up. Is this true? Could it be so? In this respect, the way to be a Kurdish political party, a Kurdish democrat and a Kurdish libertarian is to oppose the isolation of Leader Apo. Not opposing the isolation of Leader Apo means this: We take into account the sensitivities of the Turkish state. It accepts the sensitivity of the Turkish state that carried out the Kurdish genocide, does not accept to embrace Leader Apo, does not find it right. He takes a stand against those who take care of him, he sees enemies.
Various Kurdish political parties do not support Leader Apo by saying that the Turkish state is like this or that. They have to own it. All parties in Bashur, all parties in Rojava, in other words, wherever there is a Kurdish political party in the world, if there is a Kurdish political movement, they have to take care of it. Otherwise, they cannot be a real Kurdish political movement. They cannot fight properly. They cannot develop a struggle against the Kurdish genocide. This lack of struggle turns against all Kurds. All Kurds will suffer from this. In this context, I hereby call on all Kurds to fight against Leader Apo’s isolation.
ATTACKING SINCE 2021, WITH NO RESULT
They launched a comprehensive attack on the anniversary of Lausanne. They want to invade Zap, Metîna and Avaşîn completely. In 2015, the attack was launched on the anniversary of Lausanne. The Turkish state cares about these symbolic days.
They openly say that by starting these attacks, we will complete the Kurdish genocide and realize the purpose of Lausanne. This applies to everyone. It applies to KDP, PUK, Rojava and Rojhilat. The attack on the anniversary of Lausanne is an attack against all Kurds. It is not just an attack on the Bakur Kurds. Because Lausanne is an agreement to carry out a Kurdish genocide and it should be understood as such. In this respect, the attack is comprehensive.
Of course, there is resistance against it. There is a historic resistance. Really great resistance. Despite the Turkish state’s attacks since 2021, despite all kinds of military equipment, possibilities and techniques, it has not achieved any results.
A PARTNER OF THESE ATTACKS IS NATO
Of course, another aim of this attack is the attitude and approach of the NATO meeting. “We understand the sensitivities of the Turkish state,” NATO says every now and then. But there is the genocide of a people, there is the genocide of the Kurdish nation. Can’t understand this.
While the Turkish state is making this attack, it says: He says I am not against the Kurds, I am against terrorism. “I am not against the Kurds, I have a relationship with the KDP,” he says. He uses his relationship with the KDP to cover up the Kurdish genocide policy. That’s what NATO does, and we’re not against the Kurds at NATO; “Look, we have a relationship with the KDP,” he says, and they ease their conscience based on that. While the Kurdish genocide is taking place, they take an approach as if they are not part of this genocide because of good relations with the KDP.
A partner in these attacks is NATO. This is how it should be seen. Of course, KDP gives open support. Now, the places where these attacks take place are the areas where the military power of the KDP bases is located. What is KDP doing? It narrows the guerrilla’s field of action, cuts off the relationship between the guerrilla areas, and prevents support to the guerrilla. But Turkey is free. The Turkish state is attacking everywhere in the areas of the KDP, waving its arms. There is such a situation. All Kurds should know this fact. The Turkish state has all kinds of freedom of action in these areas, it is forbidden to the guerrilla. Already twice, friends in Xelîfan were ambushed and murdered. Friends cannot enter and leave these battlefields so easily. They can enter and exit only by acting in a guerrilla style. But the Turkish state moves freely with all its military might.
IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO WATCH AGAINST ATTACKS
These attacks should be taken seriously. It is necessary to see the partnership of the KDP in this attack. And just watching is not enough in the face of this attack. It is not enough to say how much the guerrilla is resisting, resisting selflessly, resisting heroically. In this respect, people, young people and women everywhere need to fulfill their responsibilities. The struggle against this fascist Turkish state needs to be stepped up. That doesn’t happen. This has to be overcome. If the Turkish state is carrying out a policy of genocide, if the aim of the Turkish state is genocide, if the aim is not only to break the guerrilla but to eliminate it as the main obstacle to the Kurdish genocide, then all the people who call themselves Kurds, intellectuals and political parties everywhere need to show their stance against these attacks.
WE FIGHT AGAINST A DIFFICULT ENEMY REALITY
I commemorate all the dungeon martyrs with respect and gratitude, especially the great martyrs of July 14, Hayri, Kemal, Akif and Ali. The 14 July resistance is not an ordinary resistance. It is the foundation and the spirit of today’s Kurdish resistance, the Kurdish sacrifice, the Kurdish struggle. The Kurdistan Revolution style was created. If 50 years of struggle is going on in Kurdistan right now, it is because the revolutionary style was created. If the style and method of the struggle is not formed, that struggle cannot be successful. The Kurdistan Revolution is a very difficult revolution. We are struggling in a difficult country. We are struggling against a difficult enemy reality. Diyarbakir dungeon conditions were very difficult in the 1980s. Under difficult conditions, the prisoners resisted. In this respect, it was not easy to resist in the Dungeon No. 5 in Diyarbakir. But based on difficult circumstances, exponentially, The enemy could be resisted by knowing how to fight and resist in difficult conditions. This has happened. Thus, a militant structure, a spirit of struggle, a style of struggle that will lead the Kurdistan revolution to success and struggle under the most difficult conditions has emerged. This is really the greatest value that July 14 brought to the Kurdish people and the history of Kurdistan.
With this aspect, of course, the 14 July Resistance fought against an aggression that wanted to root out the PKK at that time, and to root out the emerging Kurdish idea of freedom. September 12 was an act of rooting. The PKK has emerged, Kurdish youth are saying “free Kurdistan”, they are saying “independent Kurdistan”, they are fighting for the freedom of Kurdistan. Such an idea has gradually started to spread from young people to the whole society. They saw this as dangerous. In order to prevent these ideas from developing and becoming organized and struggling, they started an uprooting movement, especially the dungeons. It was indeed a rooting act. They wanted to prevent the ideas created by the PKK from taking root in Kurdistan.
Today, of course, there is a similar approach. But here’s the thing. As the struggle develops, as the struggle grows, of course, the genocidalists take the struggle more seriously and mobilize more and more all kinds of opportunities. Of course, there is 50 years of struggle. He made huge gains, shook society. It reflected to the cells of the society, it became a social culture. The Kurdish people claimed their own identity and culture. He has been fighting for 50 years. Now, of course, in the face of this situation, in order to eradicate this, the Turkish state is trying to suppress all its means, both to crush the Kurdish Freedom movement, to liquidate the PKK, and moreover, to suppress and silence the Kurdish reality revealed by the PKK. Everyone should see this.
It will be seen: if you call it struggle, if the struggle develops, of course the enemy will take it seriously. The genocidal enemy does not tolerate the existence of Kurds. He wants to ignore the Kurds. He wants to build a nation on the extermination of the Kurd. In this respect, current attacks are more dangerous. It has adjusted its foreign policy accordingly, adjusted its economy accordingly, and adjusted all its policies accordingly. It was like that in the past, but now there is a more comprehensive attack. There are similarities as well as differences of course. Its similarity is that it is an uprooting movement, its difference is that it broadens and deepens a multidimensional private warfare. You have to see this well.
THE WAR CONTINUES BETWEEN THE REALITY OF THE PEOPLE CREATED BY THE PKK AND THE REALITY OF THE GENOCIDE
On the other hand, there is a value created by the 50-year struggle of the Kurdish people, there is resistance. Kurds all over the world have their own identity and culture. In this respect, of course, this war, this genocidal attack was only going on between the PKK and the state in the 1980s. Now it continues between the reality of the people created by the PKK, the cultural reality and the reality of genocide. So there is a more comprehensive form of warfare.
We can say that; The spirit of July 14 is very important. The style of Kurdistan revolution he created is very, very important. The enemy is attacking with all means. He really wants to leave you breathless. TRUE. But now there is this; The Kurdish resistance potential and energy are very high. It is not possible to get results by saying that I hit, crushed, killed like that. In the past, let’s say, there was an execution or so many people were killed, the army or an organization was liquidated, a leadership was killed and a movement, a resistance was destroyed. Not so now. Now, there is an important social reality created by the 50 years of struggle we have been waging, there is a national reality, there is a culture of resistance. Now a Kurdish reality with its own identity has emerged.
If there is a persistent struggle, an organized struggle, if it resists with the spirit of July 14, if it embraces the spirit of July 14 under any circumstances, this resistance will continue. Look, now our young friends in Metîna, Zap and Avaşîn are continuing their resistance by embracing the spirit of July 14th, turning that spirit into their own resistance, turning Zîlan’s resistance into their own. In this respect, the 14 July Resistance was the fighting force of the Kurdish people yesterday, it is the fighting force today, and it will continue to be the fighting force tomorrow.
MEHMET EMIN OZKAN’S stance IS THE stance of MILITANS IN DIYARBAKIR DUNGEON
Mehmet Emin Özkan is an 82-year-old comrade, a great resistance fighter. I really got goosebumps listening to what he had to say. When we listened to what they said, we once again believed that the struggle of these people would definitely win. This stance was really important. “They can’t take the insurgents in the dungeon,” he said. “They can’t break his will,” he said. He said it right. Because the dungeon resistance has a history of nearly 50 years. They are resisting with the spirit of 14 July. They are resisting with the spirit of Kemals, Hayri, Mazlum and Ferhats. In this respect, Mehmet Emin Özkan’s stance is the stance of the militants in the Diyarbakır dungeon, the stance of the patriots.
I want to tell a memory. While we were resisting in Amed, we had two patriotic brothers. One of them was Abdulkadir Yüce. It was deep. He showed an exemplary patriotic stance. In 1983, the entire prison rioted. We toured all the wards. We also went to Uncle Abdulkadir’s ward. He started shouting slogans as soon as we entered. Everyone was throwing like that, he was throwing more. The captain came, “Geez! Young people are shouting, telling, why are you shouting?” said. He said, “I wasn’t old when I was beaten, I wasn’t old when I was cursed, I wasn’t old when I was tortured, I wasn’t old when I was hungry, I was old when I resisted? I am younger than them,” he said. The resistance in Diyarbakir dungeon has such a history. Not only do we have leaders such as Kemals, Hayri, and Mazlums, but we have great resistance patriots. It is on this basis that they resist today.
Of course, Kurdish youth and women will continue the struggle of our valiant youth, patriots and comrades. Can we remain silent while they show this stance? Can Kurdish youth remain silent while they show this stance? I call on Kurdish youth, women and Mehmet Emin Özkan’s stance to understand, follow and watch.
Again, recently, an old Kurdish woman came out. She had taken a similar stance. In this respect, they can neither break the resistance in the prison nor the Kurdish people’s struggle for freedom and democracy. It is not possible. This stance of these will certainly lead the Kurdish people to a free and democratic life.
THE AGENCY SHOULD BE CURED IN KURDISTAN, BE DEFINED
I respectfully greet the attitude of the young man from Urfa. One of the most common ways the Turkish state currently uses to suppress the freedom struggle of the Kurdish people; They spy on people by spying on people, by suppressing them, by buying them with money, by threatening their families, by saying that they will destroy your workplace, or by saying that we will do this, we will throw you in the dungeon, you will not be able to get out again. The most basic special war policy or hostility carried out by the Turkish state against the Kurds is spying. It is the greatest hostility to lead a people to such spying and to press for spying. The greatest hostility is to impose this spying on the Kurdish people, to turn them into a tool against their people’s struggle. This is anti-Kurdish.
We heard yesterday; They say to a father, look, we won’t let your daughter out, be an agent. They have made it a complete attack method. They do too. Here they do it in Bashur. They killed a few of our patriots who did not accept. In this respect, all Kurds should be sensitive. There is no greater evil than spying, there is no greater immorality than this, there is no greater unscrupulousness than this, there is no greater irreligion or unbelief than this. The spy is the worst person in the world, the most cursed person, so he is dead. If a person accepts spying, they are dead. Let him accept death, accept spying, accept 30 years in prison, not accept spying. Does he have a shop? He may go bankrupt, but he should not accept spying. To be an agent means to defile all of them if they have children or siblings. It’s an attack on them all. It’s an insult to all of them. The agent does not do this; that is, it does not report only the PKK or a militant; The moment he becomes a spy, he is the enemy of his brother and the enemy of his child. It pollutes them all. In this respect, spying should be condemned in Kurdistan. It should be emphasized in every meeting, every speech. He should sink the agency into the ground. If the perception that this is the worst thing in society is created, people will not easily become spies.
Here is what friends gave the other day; from Batman, surnamed Topbaş. He comes from a patriotic background. Could that be so? Out of humanity. He sells himself for money. This is the worst thing about capitalism. Capitalism has developed a lot with materialism, it has developed individualism a lot. It is easy to be sold in capitalism. Before capitalism, people didn’t sell themselves that easily. He wouldn’t sell it either. Now he’s selling himself for money. In this respect, the entire Kurdish society should be sensitive. It is an insult to the Kurds.
Let the Kurdish society see this; This state is anti-Kurdish, but a cursed anti-Kurdish. It does not put the Kurds in the place of human beings. In other words, a Kurd can only be a scoundrel, an agent, and betray his inner circle. This is how he sees and knows the Kurds. In this respect, the policy of spying has become very widespread and is being used. This should be condemned in society, it should be rejected in society. The world’s worst evil. Immoral, unscrupulous, whatever you say, whatever the worst thing in the world you say to a person, it’s not enough to say to the agent. In this respect, we call on the whole society to be sensitive. Yes, the state puts pressure on it. Do not surrender. Let them die, not become agents. Is there anything worse than spying? If they have done it so far, let them go and surrender to the people. Let them take a solid place. Let them say we have done it so far, we will not do it anymore. Maybe that’s how they clean up and that’s how they become human. As they say, wherever the loss is returned, it is profit.
This aspect is really important. I salute that young man. Yes, that stance should be shown, everyone should show that stance. No one can insult Kurds. No one can force us to be spies. We are not such a people. We are the oldest people in history. We are the people who create the people and their culture. In that respect, all Kurds should take a stand against agents who impose the imposition of dehumanizing us.
TEN THOUSANDS WITH PHYSICAL GENOCIDE, MILLIONS WITH CULTURAL GENOCIDE
When we say genocide in Kurdish reality, the main thing is cultural genocide. In other words, they will slaughter all Kurds, not slaughter them. It is cultural genocide, not physical extermination. Cultural genocide is the biggest social extermination, mass murder. You can kill 50 thousand, 100 thousand with physical slaughter. With cultural genocide, you are killing millions of people.
I once considered Kurds who translated Kurdish songs, songs into Turkish, sang in Turkish, and those who said they were Kurdish artists as genocidal. They are more guilty than those who shot 100 people. In this respect, all Kurds need to be sensitive about cultural genocide, young people need to be sensitive. It needs to be seen that the real genocide, the Kurdish hostility, was committed at the cultural level. Currently, Kurds are mainly wanted to be subjected to genocide on a cultural level. They want to be eliminated altogether. In this respect, all Kurds and all people should take a stance. Especially Kurdish artists, writers and intellectuals need to take a stand. It is necessary to declare those who attend such festivals as partners in the Kurdish genocide. Whether it’s a Turkish artist or a Kurdish artist, leftist; They are Kurdish genociders. These festivals are held for the Kurdish genocide. It is not done to make the Kurds, the Kurdish youth cultural, social. It’s a special war. There was an attack on the Kurdish people with nuclear bombs, or a cultural attack with such festivals. They are the same things. You need to be aware of them. Some look very innocent. It’s not innocent. They are more dangerous things than weapons, weapons that kill, weapons that kill, they are tools of genocide. Everyone should be sensitive about this issue and take a stance against them. You should not go to such festivals. Those who go should be condemned. It should be said that you are a partner in the Kurdish genocide. Those who do this need to be isolated and exposed. There was an attack on the Kurdish people with nuclear bombs, or a cultural attack with such festivals. They are the same things. You need to be aware of them. Some look very innocent. It’s not innocent. They are more dangerous things than weapons, weapons that kill, weapons that kill, they are tools of genocide. Everyone should be sensitive about this issue and take a stance against them. You should not go to such festivals. Those who go should be condemned. It should be said that you are a partner in the Kurdish genocide. Those who do this need to be isolated and exposed. There was an attack on the Kurdish people with nuclear bombs, or a cultural attack with such festivals. They are the same things. You need to be aware of them. Some look very innocent. It’s not innocent. They are more dangerous things than weapons, weapons that kill, weapons that kill, they are tools of genocide. Everyone should be sensitive about this issue and take a stance against them. You should not go to such festivals. Those who go should be condemned. It should be said that you are a partner in the Kurdish genocide. Those who do this need to be isolated and exposed. must take a stand against them. You should not go to such festivals. Those who go should be condemned. It should be said that you are a partner in the Kurdish genocide. Those who do this need to be isolated and exposed. must take a stand against them. You should not go to such festivals. Those who go should be condemned. It should be said that you are a partner in the Kurdish genocide. Those who do this need to be isolated and exposed.
HOLDING ÊZIDIS IS A KIND OF LEADING INSTRUCTIONS
I commemorate all Yazidis who were martyred in the ISIS attack with respect and gratitude. One of the most brutal crimes in history was attempted. The Yazidis were wanted to be completely destroyed. When you cut off a people from their own geography, it is already genocide. Every culture grows in its own soil. Each flower gives its most beautiful color and scent in its own soil. Shengal would be completely de-Kurdish, the Yazidis would be exiled and thus the Yazidis would be subjected to genocide. Against this, the HPG guerrillas took precautionary measures. It was a really small group. They immediately opposed the genocidal ISIS. Then YPG and YPJ fighters came and opened the corridor. Thus, the Yazidis survived this massacre, they survived this genocide.
Of course, all Yazidis need to know this. Leader Apo warned us before; Protect the Yazidis, he said. The Leadership warned us before the ISIS attack. Protecting Yazidis is a kind of Leadership’s instruction. It is a task given to us by the leadership. HPG, YJA Star guerrillas, YPG and YPJ guerrillas have duly fulfilled this task.
Now the Yazidis have returned to their homeland. But after this genocide, this attack, those people must be free and autonomous. Different identities and cultures in the world can only protect their existence and freedom with autonomy. Without autonomy, without their own self-government, different identities and cultures can no longer survive. In this respect, on this anniversary, all the peoples of the world, the forces of democracy, humanity and the Yazidis need to stand up for this struggle for freedom, democracy and existence. Being friends with the Yazidis means loving the Yazidis and supporting their struggle for self-government. Whoever does not support their self-government, their self-government is anti-Êzidî. The way to love Yazidis is to accept their self-rule. Otherwise, Yazidis cannot survive. They exist today, disappear tomorrow. Especially under the conditions of capitalist modernity, cultures, identities and beliefs can only survive with self-government. Otherwise, the fate of all identities and beliefs in the era of capitalist modernity, in the era of the nation-state, is genocide.
ALL ÊZIDIS SHOULD BE LOCKED IN SELF-MANAGEMENT
In this respect, of course, there was a resistance, DAESH was defeated and repelled, but everyone’s duty right now is for the Yazidis to gain self-government to protect their own existence. We see that the Yazidis are determined on this issue. In addition, Yazidis all over the world need to be locked into it. Yazidis in Europe should also be locked into it, those in Russia should be locked into it, and those in Rojava should also be locked into it. The whole world of Êzidîs should be for Êzidîs to gain their autonomy. If Êzidîs do not gain self-government, they will suffer genocide and disappear from history.
LAUSANNE IS THE KURDISH GENOCIDE TREATY
Lausanne is very important for the Kurds. But it is important not only for the Kurds, but for all the peoples of the Middle East. Lausanne is a Kurdish genocide treaty. In fact, before Lausanne, there were congresses in Erzurum and Sivas in Turkey. The National Pact was declared there, and it would be the homeland of Turks and Kurds together. Together they would have a country, they would have an administration. For this reason, the Kurds supported the Turks to establish a free country, an independent country. What happened? The existence of the Kurds was again accepted in the 1921 constitution, but they were completely denied in the 1924 constitution. It is based on Lausanne.
The Treaty of Lausanne is this, the British imposed on the Turks; you must leave Mosul and Kirkuk to us. They said that if you leave Mosul and Kirkuk under our sovereignty, you will genocide the Kurds within their borders, you can do this. They accepted the Kurdish genocide in exchange for taking Mosul and Kirkuk their sovereignty. Both the Turkish state and the Kemalist administration at that time left Mosul and Kirkuk to the British in exchange for committing a Kurdish genocide. In other words, it is a Kurdish genocide agreement. This is how this reality should be viewed.
Of course, England is responsible for this, France is responsible. Even the United Nations of that time was responsible. The Turkish administration obtained the right to commit genocide against the Kurds by leaving Mosul and Kirkuk, and got their approval from England and France. England and France also gave their approval by taking Mosul and Kirkuk. But here is the truth that everyone needs to see. This nation-state reality, this reality of the nation-state created by capitalist modernity, is the reality of genocide. The nation-state means the genocidal system. Along with the history of nation states, many peoples in the world were subjected to genocide, many cultures were subjected to genocide.
And from this aspect, of course, while opposing Lausanne, opposing this policy of genocide, it is necessary to oppose the reality of the nation-state. The understanding of the nation-state brings with it the genocide of the Kurds today. Today, Turks want to establish their own nation-states, Persians, their own Arab nation-states and inflict cultural genocide on other nations. The most concrete of this is the Turkish state.
The Turkish state is already a pioneer in Kurdish hostility. No one can do Kurdish patriotism or say I am a Kurd without seeing the fact that the Turkish state is a pioneer in anti-Kurdish hatred. Those who call themselves Kurdish will first see this; He will say that this Turkish state is a pioneer in Kurdish enmity, it is an enemy to all Kurds.
The Turkish state took the Kurdish genocide right in Lausanne. Now he is committing genocide against the Kurds. As if this weren’t enough, he wants to crush the Kurdish Freedom Movement and make the whole Kurdish geography, which he called the National Pact, a spreading area for Turkish nationalization. It wants to take both Rojava and Bashur under its sovereignty and realize Turkish nationhood here as well. When you say Lausanne, this fact needs to be seen.
KDP DOESN’T WANT NATIONAL UNITY
Yes, the Lausanne Conference was held; we listened. It is important. There was talk of national unity because Lausanne also divided the Kurds into pieces. But when it comes to national unity, it is necessary to be realistic. National unity without seeing the current state of the KDP means not being able to realize national unity. Because it is an obstacle. A perception emerges as if there would be no national unity without the KDP. Yes, he should come too, but he won’t. He does not want national unity. He wants dominion over the whole nation, over all political forces. “I will be the only one,” he says. He has no such thing as coming to national unity. When did he come? There was a ceasefire in 2012-13. We had declared a ceasefire with Turkey, the war had stopped. That time has come. Whenever Türkiye started a war against us, the KDP immediately withdrew. In this respect, national unity is important. All Kurdish groups, parties must come together. But this is the truth; As long as the KDP does not impose its dominance, such a national unity will not take place. More precisely, it is an obstacle to national unity. It is always called national unity, national unity. All Kurds want it, we all want it, but the KDP is an obstacle. This needs to be revealed.
Why do we call it national unity? It means we can’t. We always complain, we complain. So what is the obstacle? This too needs to be seen.
KURDISH WILL PREVENT THE GENOCIDE SPIRIT OF LAUSANNE
Lausanne took place, Kurdistan was divided into four parts. But the Kurds will prevent and prevent the Kurdish genocide, which is the spirit of Lausanne. Yes, they will not be the target of a nation-state, but they will prevent the Kurdish genocide and guarantee the existence of the Kurds. They will ensure Kurdish self-rule in all parts of Kurdistan. They really took important steps in this regard, they made progress. There is an important development in Rojava, there is in Bashur. There is the level of struggle created by the Kurdish people in Bakur. It is in Rojhilat. The main achievement is this: There is a Kurdish reality of struggle in the Middle East and the world right now, there is a Kurdish social reality. There is a strong demonstration of the Kurdish presence. This is the main gain. It is the struggle carried out in the four parts of Kurdistan that made it possible.
THE ROJAVA REVOLUTION IS A GREAT REVOLUTION DESPITE ALL ITS DEFECTS
I salute the Rojava Revolution, which had nearly 20 thousand martyrs, and I commemorate the martyrs with respect and gratitude. Again, I commemorate with respect and gratitude the 33 socialist youth, defined as Dream Travelers, who came from Turkey to support and strengthen the Rojava Revolution.
The Rojava Revolution is truly a great revolution. There are serious problems in the Middle East; There are national problems, there are faith problems, there are cultural problems, there are women’s problems, there are democracy problems. It is a revolution that finds the right solution to all these. In a way, it is not a revolution that only solves the Kurdish problem or finds a solution to the Kurdish problem, but a revolution that presents a solution to the problems of the whole Middle East. This is very important. There is the understanding of a democratic nation, there is an understanding of democracy, there is the coexistence of different beliefs. Here is the woman’s conception of freedom. Leaving aside the sectarian conflicts and national conflicts, leaving aside the power conflict, obtaining rights within democracy instead of power wars, seeking the state, solving problems without entering the understanding of power… Because it is the understanding of state and power that makes all problems deadlocked and unsolvable.
Rojava made a great revolution with this understanding. Of course, this was a transformation that took place with Leader Apo’s perspective, with Leader Apo’s line. It was seen concretely in Rojava.
But I also want to point this out. In saying this, we cannot say that Leader Apo’s line was fully implemented in Rojava. But everyone sees how important and valuable even its inadequate implementation is. He sees, and in this respect, the Rojava Revolution is a field of freedom, its nature, and a model in this environment of oppression and oppression in the Middle East.
We believe that the Rojava Revolution and the Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria will be a model. At present, for example, there will be a solution in Syria; Can a new Syria be established with the understanding of these gangs and groups affiliated with Türkiye? It cannot be installed. Again, can stability be achieved in Syria without changing the current regime understanding? It cannot be provided. The only common denominator of stability in Syria is the principles put forward by the Northern and Eastern Syrian administration. They are political principles, they are social principles. In other words, there is a consensus on the basis of the principles laid down by him.
The Northern and Eastern Syrian administration can reconcile. But how can you create reconciliation with those who are under the influence of gangs, I don’t know, Turkey? Neither the regime can reconcile, nor the Kurds nor the others. Unless the regime changes itself, it cannot provide stability and a solution. For this reason, the understanding around which the main stability and solution will be formed is Northern and Eastern Syria. We believe this has a significant impact. It has also affected Syria, it has also affected the Middle East.
On the other hand, it has played the role of uniting the forces of democracy in the Middle East. Again, the biggest reaction in the Middle East is the Turkish state. It has revealed the Arab-Kurdish alliance in Syria against the Turkish state reaction. It also revealed the stance of the Arab-Kurdish alliance against the Turkish state in the Middle East. These are really important developments not only for Syria but also for the whole Middle East. I take this opportunity to greet this revolution. We believe that the Kurdish people, Arabs, Assyrians and Circassians will protect this revolution against all kinds of attacks with the understanding of a democratic nation. This revolution is a very good revolution. They may have shortcomings, inadequacies. Surely there is. Leader Apo’s line has not been fully implemented. But even in its current form, it is a revolution that all peoples will embrace and that will set an example for the Middle East.
NATO SHOULD NOT BE A PARTNER OF THE KURDISH GENOCIDE
The Kurds are under the threat of genocide. It is under threat not only in Bakur, but also in Rojava, under threat in Bashur, under threat in Rojhilat. Now Türkiye is blackmailing him to complete the genocide. A blackmailer. It uses refugees as blackmail, it uses NATO membership as blackmail, it uses its relations with Russia as blackmail. A complete blackmail state, blackmail management. He says, you will approach the Kurds the same way I approach the Kurds. Europe also says, we are a democratic country. So, is Türkiye a democratic country or a genocidal country? Doesn’t he do all kinds of cruelty to the Kurds? Now Türkiye wants this from them. They also comply. This is truly hypocrisy. What can we call this? It’s shameless. No state can and should not negotiate with Turkey on the struggle of the Kurdish people, the struggle for freedom. What is the Turkish state doing? What did he do with this blackmail? Supposedly Sweden, some countries were not giving some weapons to Turkey. They were saying that you are not using it correctly, you are using it on the Kurds. What happened now? They say we will. In fact, the main aim of the Turkish state is to buy these weapons. And he did. Otherwise, he was going to deliver a few Kurds. Yes, she wants it too. He also wants to establish that pressure. Basically, he wants to get political support for the genocide. He wants to buy those weapons for the Holocaust. NATO does too. He also wants to establish that pressure. Basically, he wants to get political support for the genocide. He wants to buy those weapons for the Holocaust. NATO does too. He also wants to establish that pressure. Basically, he wants to get political support for the genocide. He wants to buy those weapons for the Holocaust. NATO does too.
Now the Kurds must know this truth, the world must know it too. The Turkish state has all kinds of alliances, relations, institutions; It is NATO, it is the European Union; The only reason is to carry out the Kurdish genocide. It entered NATO to support the Kurdish genocide, entered Europe and continues. Let them say one day, stop this Kurdish genocide, it will neither stay in NATO one day, nor stay in the European Union one day.
Now the Turkish state says, take us to Europe. The Turkish state does not want to join the European Union. It just wants to take advantage of some opportunities of the European Union. When does he say let’s join the European Union? If the Kurdish genocide is completed, it will enter. The Kurds cannot enter the European Union until the genocide is completed. Because the European Union has its own criteria, measures, local autonomy requirement, I don’t know what it is. If Europe says, we will take you into the European Union right now, Türkiye will not. He is blackmailing me, saying why don’t you take me to the European Union. Will it join the European Union? When he enters, he must abandon his policy of Kurdish genocide. Will the Turkish state give up on this? On the contrary, it wants to use the European Union in the Kurdish genocide by calling it the European Union membership process. Currently, it does not have any concerns about joining the European Union. Nobody should deceive themselves.
The Turkish state does not want Europe to think it. Or that someone in Turkey should not think that the Turkish state wants to join the European Union. No such thing. It doesn’t want to buy in Europe at the moment anyway. But here they are trying to maintain these relations on a border. Türkiye wants to use Europe a little bit. Europe wants to use Turkey a bit. There is such a mutual relationship.
In this respect, both NATO and the European Union have become institutions used by the Turkish state in the Kurdish issue. We, as Kurds, warn. NATO should not be a partner in this genocide. What does it mean that we understand Turkey’s sensitivity? Türkiye attacks Rojava every day. What sensitivity? The Turkish state has a Kurdish policy in Bakur. All Kurdish politicians are inside. What sensitivity?
In short, this NATO meeting was a truly historically shameful meeting. There were bargains over the Kurds and bargains over the PKK.
There is a relationship between NATO and KDP. Being associated with the KDP does not mean being associated with the Kurds. Türkiye is using the KDP. The KDP is also collaborating to gain power in the two cities. It does not represent all Kurds. Moreover, both cities are not satisfied with the KDP. And it became a family. Barzani family, what Kurd?
In this respect, all Kurds really need to take a stance against NATO and against this stance of the European Union. He has to warn. NATO and the European Union should not be partners in the Kurdish genocide policies. They are now partners. They were partners in the Armenian Genocide in the past. The politics of that period, the conflicts, conflicts and balances among themselves led to the conclusion of the Armenian Genocide. Now, again, in this environment of balances and within this policy, they are falling into the situation of being a partner in the genocide of the Kurdish question. They need to give up on this asap.