Qereylan: We not to remain silent about enemies' crimes

On the recent developments in Kurdistan Region and Turkey, Sawt al-Watan (Dengê Welat) Radio held an interview with the Member of the Leadership Committee of the Kurdistan Workers Party, Morad Qereylan.

At the beginning of his speech, Qereylan touched on the importance of the "It Is Time for Freedom" campaign to demand the release of the leader Abdullah Ocalan, and that this is possible through the escalation of the struggle for which all the conditions and circumstances are available. He said: "Uprising against the isolation imposed on the leader in Imrali is a struggle against fascism; without achieving the freedom of leader Ocalan, the conflict cannot end, nor will the Kurds achieve their freedom or democracy prevail in Turkey."

He said: "The campaign that the strugglers started in the prisons of fascism is of great meaning and importance because the freedom of leader Abdullah Ocalan means the freedom of all prisoners of freedom, opinion and thought, and in one of its meanings it means the freedom of Kurdistan and the achievement of democratic transformation in Turkey."

He said: "It is imperative for the families of the struggling prisoners and detainees, the patriots of our people, as well as the democratic institutions to support the prisons' resistance and secure support and cohesion with the resistant strugglers in the prisons of fascism, and thus the campaign will be able to achieve its goals."

The fifth anniversary of Autonomous Administration's resistance

On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the resistance of the Autonomous Administration in Northern Kurdistan, the Member of the Leadership Committee of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Morad Qereylan, said: "We commemorate all our martyrs who wrote a historic epic of their heroism in all regions and cities that participated in the Autonomous Administration's resistance against Turkish fascism, and we renew our pledge for them to follow the path of freedom and victory, and to achieve their hopes and goals for which they sacrificed."

In his talk about the Autonomous Administration's resistance, Qereylan added: "60 brave young men resisted fascism in Amed for 103 days, led by the struggler Cîger, and the same thing happened in Nesibin, Jazir, Şernax, Gever and Hezex, and this legendary resistance was against the scheme of destruction and elimination of Kurdish existence. The enemies aimed to impose submission and surrender on our people, but thanks to that historic resistance, they were unable to implement their agendas." He also made clear that there is no alternative to resistance to secure the fate and future of the Kurdish people.

Not only political leaders, but Yazidi community elders and religious leaders must intensify their struggle

Qereylan touched on the sinister agreement that the Iraqi government concluded with the Kurdistan Democratic Party regarding Şengal, and said: "The Turkish state deals with the issue of Autonomous Administration for Kurds in all parts of Kurdistan at the same scale, and does not want the Yazidi community to enjoy its will and Autonomous Administration despite the Autonomous Administration has right in the federal law of Iraq; the Turkish state is hostile to the Autonomous Administration in Şengal under the pretext of the PKK presence. The Yazidi community seeks to ensure its existence because this society has always been subject to oppression and pressure by the Islamists, and no one has defended it. Therefore, it is its natural right to have its own defense force that defends it and its Autonomous Administration that manages its affairs and respects its will and privacy. The duty to defend this truth is not limited to the political leaders only, but all personalities and notables from the Yazidi community, as well as the religious leaders of the Yazidi community must intensify their efforts and highlight their position regarding what is happening in Şengal to express the will of their community. Şengal must enjoy an autonomous administration in the Iraqi law and constitution, as well as in the laws of the Kurdistan Regional Government in order for the Yazidi community to protect its existence."

The Şengal Agreement is absolutely not in favor of Kurds

Qereylan stressed that the ominous  agreement concluded between the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (PDK) regarding Şengal is not in the absolute interest of Kurds, and stressed that Al-Kadhimi government was not able to demonstrate an independent position that expresses the will of Iraq and its people, but rather yielded to foreign dictates, on top of which are Turkish state interferences. He said: "Al-Kadhimi government faces many issues and problems in Iraq. It should have directed towards solving those problems and issues that determine the fate of Iraq, instead of moving towards concluding an agreement against Şengal people, and claiming a phantom victory over the Yazidi people who recently survived the genocide, by sending 10 thousand government forces…!"

He continued: "This agreement is not in the absolute interest of the Kurdish people, and it means aborting the Autonomous Administration of the Yazidi people in Şengal, and the Kurdistan Democratic Party wants, through its accession to this agreement, to send a message that "whatever the price, I will destroy everything I have no interest in it."

  With this agreement, KDP will hand over one of the Kurdish gains to the Iraqi government, which is an agreement that is hostile to the Autonomous Administration of Şengal and the will of the Yazidi community."

  Enemies attack Kurdish society through special warfare methods

He said: "The enemies do not only attack the Guerrilla and political activists in Kurdistan, but they attack the Kurdish society with various methods and special tools of war. They also target women and youth in particular in the Kurdistan society. In response to this, the Free Women Movement announced its campaign and stance under the slogan "We Will Defend Ourselves," and this campaign is of great significance."

He added: "The brutal rape incident that took place in Karjus of Batman became widespread in press and media, and it is clear from the merits of this crime that the perpetrators are Turkish officers, and that the Turkish state does not pay salaries to these officers in order to fight only, but to desecrate honor and dignity of the Kurdish community. Therefore, I appeal to the Kurdish people in Northern Kurdistan, and tell them to take caution towards these officers assigned by the Turkish occupation state, if these officers are Kurds, they are traitors, and if they are Turks, they are representatives of the occupation and mercenaries."

Qereylan drew attention to the silence of the Kurdish community about these crimes, and said: "This deadly silence must be broken, where the Free Women Movement announced its position, and it struggle to a certain degree, but the entire Kurdistan society must declare its position and struggle against these crimes and immoral practices that want to undermine Kurdish dignity and honor."

He continued: "Kurdistan today suffers from an apartheid system wherever a Kurdish person is killed.  The Turkish state seeks to mislead the true racist cause, hide the crime, in addition to impunity for the perpetrator. We have seen how they threw Kurdish citizens from the helicopter, and in return you see people who are ministers defending this crime and justify it in the council."

They will pay for everything

Qereylan emphasized that the Turkish occupation state is practicing a chauvinist racist policy in Kurdistan, and seeks to conceal the truth of its crimes with different tools and methods. He said: "We will hold all the perpetrators and criminals accountable, and in order to hold the enemies and tyrants accountable and take revenge on them and avenge the blood of the martyrs of the Kurdistan people, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Movement was established, and our people must trust this and realize well that we will not stand idly by and silent about all these brutal crimes, and we will make them pay a high price."