KCK issues statement about Israeli attacks on Iran

The Co-Presidency of the Executive Council of the KCK issued a statement concerning the Israeli attacks on Iran. The statement reads: "Last night, Israel launched a wide-ranging airstrike operation against Iran. Unfortunately, this attack has further deepened the war that escalated on October 7, 2023, and which has already caused great harm to the people, leading to destruction and great suffering. The war, developed by states for the sake of power, authority, and hegemony, does not solve any problems and solely causes great harm to the people. Its only result is great suffering, death, loss, and destruction. The fact that war does not solve anything and only deepens and exacerbates the existing problems has been sufficiently demonstrated by the history of the Middle East, which has been marked by uninterrupted war for over a century. We condemn this war, which caused so much harm for the people. It must be realized by everyone that war is not a method to develop any solution. War policies must be abandoned.

 As the Kurdish freedom movement, we act with awareness of this historical reality and truth. We believe that all the prevailing problems can and must be solved through democratic politics. Like the current way of democratic negotiation put forward by Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan. We call on everyone to reason with this understanding and act on this basis. The tactic of war must be abandoned, and instead the path must be paved for democratic politics, dialogue, and negotiations.

 We reiterate that the solution to the problems in the Middle East can only be achieved through Democratic Modernity and the concept of ‘Democratic Nation’ put forward by Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan. It is a proven reality that with the Capitalist Modernity’s concept of a unitary nation-state, and with the greed for power, authority, and hegemony, it is impossible to establish a peaceful life in the Middle East, which has always been like a colorful garden of rights, beliefs, and cultures. This understanding, which has been pursued for over a century, has placed the Middle East in a major impasse. It is well known that Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan is making great efforts to overcome this historical impasse in the Middle East. His ‘Call for Peace and Democratic Society,’ developed on February 27, 2025, was aimed at overcoming this historical impasse. The deepening war and the harm it has caused to the people have once again highlighted the importance of this historical call. Based on this historical reality, we call on the people, particularly the women, and all democratic and social forces to further deepen their understanding of Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan and his historical call, to strengthen their organizations, and to unite firmly to develop a democratic solution."

 ANHA