Ömer Ağın, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP), said that the process that began with Abdullah Öcalan being taken captive as part of an international conspiracy 27 years ago is continuing today by targeting the paradigm of the Kurdish Freedom Movement in Rojava. Ağın said, “It is now clear to everyone that a major conspiracy has been organized against Abdullah Öcalan in particular, and against the Kurdish Freedom Movement and the Kurdish people more broadly.”
Ağın said the conspiracy that began in 1998 and continues today, particularly in Rojava, can only be fully understood by looking at Kurdish history, and made the following assessment: “When one looks at Kurdish history, the first conspiracies by regional states and the colonial powers that partitioned Kurdistan against Kurds, Kurdish values, and the Kurdish movement, however limited or narrow they may have been, were only the beginning. Such plots are abundant throughout Kurdish history. As examples, we can point to Dimdim Castle and Kani Pençezer. In that period, leaders who defended the values of the Kurdish people were targeted, particularly by Iran and regional states, and every effort was made to block the gains of the Kurdish people. The example of Mahabad should also be recalled. Similar developments occurred in 1975. It is possible to multiply such examples.
However, the conspiracy that began 27 years ago on 15 February and resumed on 4 January 2026 carries qualitatively different characteristics. Both in a narrow and broader sense, global powers and the classical colonial states in the region organized plots against Kurds, particularly against Mr. Öcalan, through tactical and strategic agreements, with the aim of dismantling the gains that the Kurdish people, above all the Kurdish Freedom Movement, had achieved through long years of struggle.
This assessment should not be viewed as a minor observation. The stage reached by the Kurdish struggle, the gains it has secured, and the methods it has developed make it easier to understand the reasons and content of this plot. The Kurdish Freedom Movement struggled for years, and some of the democratic forces extended support to this struggle. Movements in different parts of Kurdistan worked for Kurdish freedom through their own methods.
However, the Kurdish Freedom Movement did not work solely for freedom in the classical sense, but also for the socio-economic freedom of Kurds. It even developed new paradigms for this freedom, turned towards socialism with ideas aimed at abolishing exploitation, and, by drawing on the values of real socialism, critically assessed historical shortcomings to develop a path to freedom within the framework of the ‘unity and struggle of opposites.’ This method came to be called democratic confederalism and the democratic nation, and the struggle was carried out within this framework.”
Ağın said that alongside the regional and global powers that organized the conspiracy, some Kurds also fell into the illusion that the conspiracy was directed only at the leader of the movement or at a limited target. Ağın also said: “However, this was not the case. Some individuals indirectly left the Kurdish people isolated. They failed to assess the process correctly and leveled accusations against the Freedom Movement. Even so, many within the prudent segments of the Kurdish movement and those within the national unity of the people were unable to analyze the process with sufficient depth. Historically, Kurds have struggled in the classical sense to obtain national democratic rights or a nation-state. This struggle did not begin with the Kurdish Freedom Movement; previous movements also worked for these rights. Yet within the classical bourgeois-democratic framework and the capitalist nation-state paradigm, it was no longer possible for Kurds to attain freedom. At the foundation of all freedoms lay economic freedom.
Today, there is a federal structure in Southern Kurdistan (Başur); however, it is not stable, and there is no structure in which Kurds possess de facto status. Therefore, the formation of a democratic nation or a confederation has been defended and developed by the Kurdish Freedom Movement and its leadership (Öcalan).
The first conspiracy, in the process that began on 15 February, sought to suppress the developing paradigm while it was still in an embryonic stage. The main target of this conspiracy was to prevent democratic confederalism and the democratic national structuring from beginning to develop with the contributions of other nations and with the support of democratic forces and internationalist peoples around the world. All imperial powers, above all the United States, targeted the Kurdish movement and Mr. Öcalan for this reason.”
Ömer Ağın said the second conspiracy was set in motion through the attacks in Aleppo and made the following assessment: “The second conspiracy began in Aleppo. The aim was to leave Kurds isolated on the ground and to obstruct democratic structuring through provocations. The Kurdish Freedom Movement exposed these provocations and, with popular support, repelled this conspiracy. The main reason the second plot was thwarted was that Kurds did not abandon their positions around national democratic unity.
Today, the Third World War unfolding globally has turned the Middle East into the main theater of war. Imperial powers and regional states seek to eliminate what they see as the Kurdish obstacle. Kurds are both defending their national democratic rights and developing their socialist and democratic paradigms. For this reason, they continue to be the target of conspiracies. Yet the Kurdish Freedom Movement continues to advance through democratic and peaceful methods, grounding itself in the will of the people.
In short, conspiracies must be assessed within both historical and current contexts. The national unity of Kurds and their democratic struggle constitute the strongest line of resistance against conspiracies.”
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