KNK Women's Committee: Paris massacre still fresh in our minds

On January 9^th, 2013, Kurdish women politicians (Sakîne Cansiz, Fîdan Dogan, Leyla Şaylemez) were assassinated in the French capital, Paris, in a systematic attack, the killers and those responsible for this massacre are still without trial despite passing 9 years, as the massacre was carried out by the fascist Turkish state amid the silence of the French state.

In this context, the Women's Committee of the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) issued on Saturday, a statement of opinion, and we received a copy of it.

The statement reads:

 “With the assassination of Sakîne Cansiz, Fîdan Dogan, Leyla Şaylemez, the diplomacy of the Kurdish freedom movement, women’s resistance, and the youth organization were targeted.

On January 4^th, 2016, the Turkish fascist regime again targeted three Kurdish revolutionaries; Sefi Demir, Bakiza Nair and Fatma Aoyar in Sloppy. We, Kurdish women, are well aware that the fascist Turkish state is hostile to women and kills resistance women.

The women those who had been murdered in the Paris massacre were chosen carefully. Sakîne Cansiz was a leader and a symbol of Kurdish women’s resistance, and a founding member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party. The struggle, resistance and effort of Sakîne Cansiz today form the basis of the Kurdish women’s freedom struggle, and they targeted her in order to undermine the will of the Kurdish women and eradication the Kurdish people.   

For thousands of years, the patriarchal conception of tyrannical forces in Kurdish women sees the greatest threat to their authority. When one looks at history, one sees that the women who fought and struggled for freedom and a decent life, were killed by inhumane methods, but the struggle and organization of Kurdish women today have become the hope and light for women in the Middle East and all over the world.

We remember the six heroic women with respect, we bow in respect to their memory, and we renew our promise to raise the banner of these valiant and brave women high, and to follow in their footsteps and escalate the struggle until their aspirations are fulfilled.”

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ANHA