On 25 November, guerrillas in the Zap region in Southern Kurdistan began an offensive which led to a partial withdrawal of the Turkish army. The bitter defeat for the AKP/MHP regime has been accompanied by a wave of repression in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan. The PKK also sees the massacre of 23 December in Paris, in which Emine Kara (Evîn Goyî), Şirîn Aydın (Mîr Perwer) and Abdurrahman Kızıl were shot dead in front of the Ahmet Kaya Cultural Centre, as an act of revenge by the Turkish state.

The PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) Executive Committee statement on the triple murder of Kurdish activists in Paris includes the following:

"We have learned from the statement of the People's Defence Forces (HPG) Press Centre on 25 December that the fascist AKP/MHP dictatorship has withdrawn its forces from many positions east and west of the Zap, a region it has been attacking and trying to occupy since 14 April. For eight months, the Turkish army took heavy blows in the face of HPG and YJA Star resistance. It could not even recover its thousands of dead and doused many with petrol and burnt them. Although the Turkish army used all kinds of prohibited weapons and poison gas, it could not withstand the guerrillas' blows. Despite these war crimes, it had to flee without even turning around. The plans of the AKP/MHP fascism to crush the guerrillas and occupy the Medya Defense Zones were doomed to failure from the beginning. They broke down in the eighth month of the war, as the army was not able to withstand the revolutionary guerrilla operations that started from 25 November. As a result, the Turkish army withdrew from dozens of positions.

"A PROOF OF THE VICTORY OF THE GUERRILLA"

This situation undoubtedly means that the HPG and YJA Star guerrillas have won a historic victory. It is proof of the victory of the guerrilla resistance. After the defeat in February 2008, this is the second major defeat of the Turkish army in the Zap region. Just as the defeat of Kobanê was the beginning of the end for the fascist ISIS hordes, the defeat in Zap is the beginning of the end for AKP/MHP fascism, which is fraternized with ISIS. The AKP/MHP fascism, which was defeated by the guerrilla in the Zap, will be defeated by the democratic politics in Northern Kurdistan and Turkey and thrown on the rubbish heap of history.

"CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GUERRILLA"

On this basis, we salute the guerrillas in Zap, Avaşîn and Metîna who have brought such a historic victory to our patriotic people and progressive humanity. We congratulate the HPG and YJA Star Central Command and all guerrilla fighters for this historic triumph and wish them continued success and victory. We remember the brave martyrs of this historic resistance and victory with respect, love and gratitude. They are the pride of our people and of all humanity. They are the creators and representatives of the new free life on the Apoist freedom line. As long as women's freedom, free Kurds and free humanity exist, our heroic martyrs will live on as immortal symbols of free humanity.

REVENGE ACTIONS

Since 25 November, we have seen that the AKP/MHP dictatorship, faced with its defeat by the guerrillas, has resorted to revenge actions against the civilian population and especially women's structures. At the same time, the isolation on Imrali has been tightened and the dungeons in Turkey have been transformed into torture and murder centres. The dictatorship has moved to terrorist attacks up to massacres in Northern Kurdistan, Turkey and abroad. It is clear that the banning of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and the attacks on the Democratic Regions Party (DBP), the arrest of the free press representatives and patriotic artists, the repression, torture and arrest of women who fight for freedom are part of this attack. The attack on the Ahmet Kaya Cultural Centre in Paris on 23 December and the despicable murder of comrade Evîn Goyî, a very valuable activist of our party who was a member of the Executive Council of the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), and two Kurdish patriots named Abdurrahman Kızıl and Mîr Perwer are vile attacks of the AKP/MHP regime in the face of its defeat in the Zap region.

"THE REGIME FEARS OUR PEOPLE AND OUR FRIENDS ABROAD AS WELL"

It is quite clear that the fascist AKP/MHP criminals, who could not stand up to the freedom guerrillas of Kurdistan and suffered defeat after defeat, are trying to take it out on our civilian population and especially the women fighting for freedom. As the regime in Kurdistan cannot achieve results, our people are attacked abroad. So, the government is afraid of our people and our friends abroad who are united with the guerrilla and popular resistance in our country. It is also very afraid of the vanguards of the freedom struggle. In the face of this, the government is more and more in a process of collapse every day.

"THE PARIS MASSACRE WAS PLANNED AND IMPLEMENTED BY MIT"

As a movement and a people, we know very well that the massacre of 23 December is a continuation of the massacre of 9 January 2013 in Paris. Those who murdered comrades Sara, Rojbîn and Ronahî in Paris on 9 January 2013 murdered comrade Evîn Goyî and two Kurdish patriots in Paris ten years later, on 23 December 2022. The decision for this massacre was made and it was ordered by Tayyip Erdoğan's government. The massacre was planned and carried out by MIT under Hakan Fidan. It is not important here who the shooter was and how he was prepared. The situation of the shooter is also similar. He was obviously very well prepared. Trying to portray this incident differently is futile. The Kurdish people and the democratic public will never believe or accept the efforts to distort the truth. The current French government must recognize this fact and expose the real culprits, bring them to justice and hold them accountable. It must know how to guarantee the safety of the representatives of the Kurdish people in France who fought heroically against ISIS and protected the French people from this scourge. If the massacre of 9 January 2013 had been investigated in a genuine, fair trial, the massacre of 23 December would certainly not have taken place. The absence of a genuine investigation into the massacre of 23 December will leave the door open for new massacres. This fact places a significant responsibility on the French state and government.

"WE SALUTE THE PEOPLE WHO FLOCKED TO PARIS"

Our people and our friends have fulfilled their responsibility as a democratic society. They flocked to Paris in the face of the massacre and stood up wholeheartedly for the martyrs. Through their extremely prudent and level-headed behaviour, they were able to thwart all kinds of attempts at provocation. We salute this very conscious and organised attitude and behaviour of our people and our friends. We are convinced that they will continue their actions for freedom and democracy until the massacre is cleared up and the fascist gangs of murderers who have taken up residence in Paris and other areas of Europe are exposed.

"OUR REVENGE IS CERTAIN"

We remember our martyrs in the second Paris massacre with respect, love and gratitude and share the pain of their families and our entire people. Comrade Evîn Goyî, this beautiful and brave daughter of Botan, dedicated her whole life to the struggle for freedom on the Apoist line of sacrifice. She committed herself wholeheartedly to the freedom of the Kurdish people and women and was always at the forefront of the freedom struggle. She made valuable contributions to the fight against the scourge of humanity, the fascist ISIS mercenaries. By fighting, she became free, by liberating herself, she became beautiful, and she was loved by our people and her comrades. As a party and a people, we will always honour the memory of this precious friend, and we will achieve her goals by avenging her.

"WE WILL ALWAYS BE VIGILANT AND PREPARED"

It is very clear: as a movement and a people, as women and youth, as the guerrilla, we will always be vigilant. As they say; the water may be still, but the enemy does not sleep! We will always be vigilant and cautious against the deceitful, insidious and murderous enemy. We will be vigilant and guard against all kinds of lies, tricks and deceptions in the special war. All this applies to our people and their friends abroad as well as to all four parts of Kurdistan. In the memory of the martyrs of Paris, we must always be awake, organised, prepared and militant. We must develop our struggle for the physical freedom of Leader Apo [Abdullah Öcalan] much more in all fields.

We remember once again with respect our Parisian martyrs and declare that we will always keep them alive in our struggle for freedom, which leads from victory to victory. We call upon all our people and their friends to carry out their tasks even more strongly on this basis and to further intensify our struggle to overthrow fascism and break the isolation in all fields!"