KCK Executive Council announces annual meeting results

According to its own information, the Executive Council of the KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) held its annual meeting with a sufficient number of members. At the meeting, practice in all fields of work was evaluated and a plan for the current year was prepared. The main topics were the situation of Abdullah Öcalan, the resistance against the cross-border fascism of the AKP/MHP government and the building of grassroots democratic structures within the model of “democratic confederalism”.

“These topics were evaluated with all aspects and the necessary planning for them was discussed. The whole planning has the aim of developing the revolutionary people’s war on the basis of self-defence against fascism in order to liberate Kurdistan and democratise Turkey and the Middle East,” the KCK said in a statement released on Friday.

The KCK stated in its analysis that the Erdogan government is increasingly losing support at home and abroad and will intensify its aggression for this very reason. For this year, further massive attacks are therefore expected on the Medya Defense Zones and all places where there is free and democratic life, according to KCK, which further said the following, “2022 will be one of the most critical years in the history of our struggle. In this period, when the third world war continues and the Turkish state aiming at genocide increases its attacks, the struggle based on self-defence must be continued with the strategy of revolutionary people’s war in order to protect the gains and repel the attacks. In this context, the importance of an organised stance of both our military forces and our people has been discussed so that this difficult struggle can be successful. It has been emphasised that strength cannot be defined only in terms of weapons, military power and technical superiority. The real strength is the project of a free and democratic life based on a correct ideological policy. The Kurdish liberation movement has such a project and will therefore win.”

At the meeting, it was highlighted that capitalist modernity is a great danger that must be fought against by all humanity and the Kurdish people. According to KCK, this struggle is a task that people have to face, and the prerequisite for this is an organised society.

“One of the most important tasks of the coming period is the establishment of grassroots democratic structures such as communes and councils within the confederal system. For this, the nation-state mindset must be replaced by the model of a democratic nation with the inclusion of all social groups presented by Abdullah Öcalan,” said the Executive Council of the KCK and pointed out the importance of cooperation with all democratic forces in Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran for a solution of the Kurdish question.

“The struggle against AKP/MHP fascism goes beyond the liberation of Northern Kurdistan and the democratisation of Turkey. This struggle concerns the liberation of all four parts of Kurdistan, the protection of the achievements and the democratisation of the whole Middle East. We call on all democratic forces, women and youth to participate in and strengthen this struggle,” the statement by KCK Executive Council said.