People in Amed protest attacks on Northern and Eastern Syria

The Democratic Regions Party (DBP), Free Women’s Movement (Tevgera Jinên Azad-TJA) and Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) made a statement in front of the DEM Party building in Amed’s (Diyarbakır) Peyas (Kayapınar) district. A banner reading “Rojava rûmeta me ye (Rojava is our honour)” was opened during the statement. 

DBP Amed Provincial co-chair Mehmet Şirin Gürbüz pointed to the fall of the Baath regime in Syria and said: “The door to a new process has opened to end the Syrian civil war that has been going on since 2011. As of 8 December, the existence of an authoritarian regime that ignored the democracy and freedom demands of the peoples of Syria and Rojava came to an end. This opened the door to a historic opportunity for the democratic future of Syria and Rojava.”

Protest against attacks

Gürbüz said: “Rojava and Syria today more than ever need dialogue on a democratic ground and policies that will bring a solution. However, in such a process, attacks against Rojava continue. The targeting of Rojava, especially since 27 November, not only undermines the solution discussions, but also deepens the Syrian crisis. It is unacceptable to target Rojava at a time when the Syrian civil war is evolving into a new process after the fall of the Baath regime.”

‘The target is the women’s revolution’

Gürbüz added: “The spirit of internationalist struggle, the democratic life model and the women’s revolution are the targets of the attacks. The targeting of Rojava threatens the future of not only the Kurdish people but of all the peoples of Syria. Because the new model of life built in Rojava is the only solution to the crises in the Middle East today. We would like to underline that, as DBP, we did not remain silent in the face of these attacks yesterday, and we will not remain silent today. We will continue to defend Rojava in the strongest way. We would like to take this opportunity to state that we will continue our struggle with determination.”

‘Don’t remain silent’

Gürbüz continued: “Targeting Rojava is targeting the peoples’ demands for freedom and democracy. It is a historical duty and responsibility to stand against political understandings that target such a model. We call on all democratic forces and international public opinion not to remain silent about the attacks targeting Rojava and to be a voice for the anti-war and freedom struggle.”