Ecologists, farmers, students, journalists, political party representatives, and civil society organizations gathered in Amed (tr:Diyarbakır) to announce the establishment of the Amed Ecology Council.

The meeting, held at the Tahir Elçi Conference Hall of the Diyarbakır Bar Association, was attended by numerous organizations and individuals engaged in environmental struggles. A banner reading “Bê jiyana ekojîk aşitî pêk nayê” (There can be no peace without an ecological life) was hung in the meeting hall.

At the opening of the meeting, Necdet Sezgin, a member of the Amed Ecology Association, explained the reasons for establishing the council, saying, “In this period of ecological destruction, it is urgent to create a common ground for struggle.”

Following a moment of silence and the election of the presiding council, ecologist Yıldırım Arslan spoke about the council's goals and operating principles and said, “We are experiencing a process that will lead to a renaissance in the Middle East. It is no longer enough to engage in theoretical efforts; it is time to bring these efforts together with society.”

In the charter read by Semra Dağdelen, an activist with the Ecology Association, the fundamental philosophy of the Council was defined with the emphasis that “ecological consciousness is fundamental ideological consciousness.” The text included comprehensive analyses of the relationship between humans and nature, socially structured communities led by women, a vision of a classless society, and symbiotic living with nature.

According to the charter, the ecological and social destruction caused by the hierarchical and oppressive civilization system is not limited to visible environmental crises; the relationship between society and nature has turned into an abyss. The Amed Ecology Council advocates the construction of democratic, ecological, and women's libertarian social structures to overcome this crisis.

The text stated that nature has been severely damaged in the Mesopotamian region due to various factors, such as dams and hydroelectric power plants built on the Tigris and Euphrates River basins, uncontrolled mining, oil and geothermal energy activities, chemical-dependent agriculture, and the loss of biological diversity. It emphasized that all this destruction has also led to a drift away from the cultural and moral values of the people.

The charter stated that environmental policies alone will not be sufficient to achieve a new model of society known as the “Third Nature”; radical changes in mindset and society are also necessary. Within the framework of the social ecology paradigm, a revolutionary policy against hierarchy and domination is advocated, and the solution must begin in local communities and grow by uniting with universal freedom movements, it added.

The text stated that an ecological society can only be built on the basis of direct democracy and libertarian local governance, and announced that the Amed Ecology Council has taken the first step toward this goal. With the emphasis that “the commune is a school where the individual is liberated,” the goal of transforming Amed into an ecological and democratic city was declared.

At the end of the meeting, a film screening on the ecological struggle was held. Following the closed session, the final declaration of the Amed Ecology Council will be shared with the public.