ÊLIH - Co-chairs of DBP and DEM Party in Êlih province reacted against the attacks on North and East Syria and called on the government to "sit at the table with Kurds, not with gangs".
Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Êlih (Batman) Provincial Co-Chair Resul Çetin and Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) Êlih Provincial Co-Chair Songül Korkmaz evaluated the attacks of Turkey and the Syrian National Army (SNA) against North and East Syria.
Çetin characterised the events as "Kurdish enmity". Pointing out that attacks were carried out against the will for a common life, Çetin reminded the ISIS attacks in the past years. Çetin said: "Solidarity must be shown against this. These dirty plans should not be allowed. All peoples should develop a common struggle network for a free life. This map is being shaped within the framework of the plan of hegemonic powers, not the demand of the peoples."
Referring to Turkey's role in the attacks, "If Turkey insists on this policy, it will lose in many ways. It should sit at the table with the Kurds, not with the gangs. It is not possible for paramilitary forces to achieve victory. The winner will be the peoples. The peoples' struggle together and building a free life will be the end of those who feed on blood. The demand for a dignified and free life will win," he said.
'WOMEN'S ACHIEVEMENTS ARE TARGETED'
Songül Korkmaz pointed to the resistance that emerged during the attacks on Kobanê in 2014 and said: "Rojava will win just as Kobanê did not fall with the common struggle of the peoples. The attack here is an attack against the peoples' demand for a common life. Rojava is a place where different beliefs and sects come together and establish a common life model. There is a women-led struggle there, where women have made gains. That struggle of women led the world. While ISIS atrocities were taking place, women resisted and defeated this dirty mentality. There was a revolution."
Songül Korkmaz said the following: "The mentality that ignores women's will, identity, existence and gains has attacked again. When we look at the Middle East today, we see how the wars affect women and children. We are going through a process where the law of war is suspended. Women and children are brutally attacked. No one should expect us to accept what is happening. A 61 years Baath regime has collapsed. In the newly established system, people from all walks of life must take part and have the right to determine the future."