Shiyar Amed: Leader Apo always shown essence

Shiyar Amed, a member of the 12th PKK Congress, held in the Medya Defense Zones from May 5-7, shared the outcomes and decisions of the Congress with the international public on May 12. His assessment was as follows:

"The comrades who have spoken so far have spoken briefly and clearly. I join them all, and I will not repeat. Leader Apo himself explained the reasons for the dissolution of the party, and the comrades have pointed this out. I want to briefly share, in the language of culture and art, the period I have been through. Leader Apo is changing history. In literary terms, this change is called 'changing the story' or 'changing the fate of the story.'"

Leader Apo changed the language of many stories, and the fate of a people, changing the fate of humanity, tried to narrate many things through myths, literature and art during the Imrali period, and initially gave Hector as an example, and asked: "Why wasn't I Hector?" He said that Hector acted bravely and Anatolia fell, and he said about that period, "I will not be Hector. Not performing heroism now is the greatest heroism." He expressed freedom and liberation with the Anatolian peoples, and became the response to this day with the peoples of Turkey, the peoples of Anatolia in a way that responds to the memory of Sirri Süreyya Önder. Now the fate of this story is changing. In other words, even in the early stages of the plot, the answer to the question "Why wasn't I Hector?" This story has been presented for many years. Now the fate of this story is being changed in a tangible way. The point is that changing the fate of some stories is very difficult, but the leader changed it. That is, he never said, “This happened before, it was said before, it will not change no matter what we do.” The Epic of Gilgamesh is the biggest tangible example of this. We had previously evaluated Enkidu as a hero like Gilgamesh, but later the leader made a different evaluation. That is, the explanation of the story is always different, and now with his explanation he changes the fate of the entire story. We entered into a story like this, but the other always wanted to show the essence.

A Majestic Age

Finally, I want to conclude my talk with a short story about change. I recall an ancient wisdom about an eagle that, when it grows old, must endure great pain to be reborn. It beats its beak against the rocks until it breaks, plucks out its old feathers with its beak, and endures hunger and pain for a long time. When it heals, it emerges with a new beak and stronger wings, soaring again in the sky with renewed majesty.

Today, we are like that old eagle. We broke our beaks on the rocks of revolution and plucked out our old feathers with our own hands. I see in the eyes of my comrades that hope, that determination to be reborn, not like old birds, but like eagles that create themselves. The Native Americans say, "We don't say 'I love you,' but rather, 'I understand you.'" Because understanding is deeper than love. As leader Apo wisely said, "Putting meaning into action" is not just talking about principles, but living them out and embodying them.

Sh-S

ANHA