HBDH vows to bring to account those responsible for Maraş and Roboski massacres

The Peoples’ United Revolutionary Movement (HBDH) made a written statement regarding the Maraş and Roboski massacres on the occasion of their anniversary.

The statement said: “The Maraş and Roboski massacres are the most obvious examples of the crimes committed by the Turkish state against the rising resistance. The massacre of our Kurdish and Alevi people, whom they see as a threat to itself, is a product of the genocidal policy that the Turkish Republic has inherited from history and has carried to this day.”

The statement continued: “43 years ago in Maraş, the state deepened the national and sectarian contradictions and murdered the Alevi and Kurdish people with the fascist gangs it organized. People were killed, hundreds of them were injured. The essence of the issue is not the Sunni-Alevi or Kurdish-Turkish conflict. At the heart of the issue is the organization and attack of fascist mobs against our Kurdish and Alevi population. The Turkish state, the real enemy of the people, was able to present itself as the ‘saviour’. However, our people are aware of the truth and have made it known that the Maraş Massacre was organized by the state itself. This massacre has left a deep scar on our people’s memory.”

Writing about the Roboski massacre, the HBDH said “it is one of the massacres carried out against the Kurdish nation, whose national identity and culture is denied and subjected to oppression and destruction. 34 Kurds were killed by air bombardment on 28 December 2011. This attack order was personally given to the army by Erdogan.

In the reality of Kurdistan, which has been divided into 4 parts for more than 100 years, the Kurdish people were making cross-border crossings just to make a living, and the state was taking bribes from these ‘unauthorized’ crossings. However, the policy of the period was ‘destroy!’ Erdogan himself gave the order for this massacre. Again, history has changed, but the spirit of the fascist Turkish state inherited from the Ottoman Empire has not changed.”

The statement added: “Today we have more reasons to struggle than yesterday. The ground for rebellion of our exploited people, whose identity, language, culture and belief are denied, exploited workers and women who are killed, is getting stronger. The Turkish state and its mercenaries will not be able to stop this revolt. We will definitely bring those responsible for the Maraş and Roboski massacres to account.”