Egyptian researcher: Turkey seeks by suppressing Kurdish women activists to eradicate Kurdish issue

The Egyptian researcher in political science considered Turkey's targeting of Kurdish women politicians, and women defenders of Kurd rights in particular, such as political activist Leyla Guven, to be an attempt to eradicate the Kurdish cause, and called on women in Turkey and Kurdish women to continue their struggle despite ongoing policies of repression.

Egyptian researcher: Turkey seeks by suppressing Kurdish women activists to eradicate Kurdish issue
6 December, 2021   06:30
 NEWS DESK, MEDYA HANAN

 

Turkish authorities are pursuing and silencing activists, politicians and opponents of the AKP rule led by Erdogan and anyone who expresses his opinion. The charges are ready for anyone who opposes his sentence, advocates freedom and rise against him, and are subject to arrest or imprisonment and the same argument of "dealing with the PKK."
In this regard, the Egyptian researcher in political science, Pro. Farnaz Attiya, emphasized that "Turkish policies are based on repression and criminality, where international laws are being violated, it is not new for Turkey not to respect international laws, whether in relation to the rights of States or human rights. "

Farnaz Attiya explained that Turkey's targeting of Kurdish women politicians by arresting, suppressing and torturing them, especially women defenders of Kurds rights and the Kurdish cause, is an attempt to eliminate the Kurdish issue and obliterate it, and silencing the mouths, not to claim the rights of Kurds in their land and home, either in Syria or in Kurd inside Turkey.

Turkey is trying to demolish Kurdish symbols'

The extent of flagrant violations against women in the Turkish-occupied areas of Syria: "There are numerous examples of Turkey's violations against women, from the crimes of rape, abduction and murder in the occupied areas of north and east Syria, such as the assassination of the Secretary-General of the Future Syrian Party, Hefrin Khalaf."

The Egyptian scholar, Farnaz Attiya, sees Kurdish women as a symbol of a democratic nation that defends the rights of her country, noting that Kurdish women are arrested for their achievements, whether in defending their cause, their homeland or their people: "Kurdish women have a prominent role to play, they have provided a distinctive model, both in defence and in rights processes and in their quest to defend the rights of the Kurdish nation.

Turkey, which has pursued repressive and criminal policies, has always violated human rights and international laws. "Turkish state has always neglected human rights protection laws, failed to respect them, and committed crimes with indifference."

 

Statistics from the European Court of Human Rights during the current year 2021 indicate Turkey violated article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights for the Protection of Freedom of Thought and Expression of Opinion in 40 judicial proceedings, according to AFP.

 With regard to the violation of various provisions of Article 6 on the right to a fair trial, Turkey ranked 2, with 53 convictions, and topped the list in terms of violation of the articles of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Leyla Guvan 'a female icon in Turkey and a pioneer of the Empty Intestine War' 

The Egyptian researcher referred to the arbitrary action of the Turkish authorities against political activist Leyla Guvan: "The whole world has seen how Leyla Guvan has been struggling in all areas, towns and villages, organizing events aimed at organizing women, ending the tight isolation of leader Abdullah Ocalan and increasing the resistance to liberate the leader in Turkish fascist prisons."

In this context, Farnaz Attiya indicated that, with the arrest by Turkey of activist Leyla Guvan, she sends a message to the Kurds, continuing to pursue a policy of oppression against all, without distinguishing between men and women in her authoritarian treatment.

Farnaz Attiya, the political activist, Leyla Guvan, described " MP Leyla Guvan of the Republican People's Party (CHP) was arrested, and went on hunger strike; Of course, as a result of the abuse she was subjected to in prison and the claim for her rights, how can a member of a parliament be treated like this? If they are treated like this, then how are other citizens in detention centres? "

'Women should not back down'

She pointed to what is required of Kurdish women in particular, to confront the policies applied against them, saying: "What is required of women, whether in Turkey or the Kurds, is not to retreat from their path, and not to abandon their principles and their right to support their cause, the Kurdish cause and the just cause that aims at peaceful coexistence, Also, not to retreat or fear the fascist Turkish authorities, no matter how powerful they are, the right will not be lost as long as they have true demands.

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ANHA