10 bar associations in Northern Kurdistan reacted to the invasion attacks that resulted in civilian deaths and called on the government and all actors to seek peaceful and political solutions.
10 bar associations in Northern Kurdistan made a joint written statement on the invasion attacks of the Turkish state against North and East Syria.
The statement said that Turkey's warplanes carried out strikes in many areas of North and East Syria, leading to civilian deaths and damage to civilian living spaces.
The joint statement by the bar associations of Ağrı, Batman, Diyarbakır, Hakkari, Iğdır, Muş, Siirt, Urfa and Şırnak and Van provinces includes the following:
“Throughout history, the security policies preferred instead of peaceful policies to resolve the Kurdish issue have led to nothing but pain and tears. We believe that the military methods that have been tried over and over again instead of raising the hope for peace and making use of this possibility do not contribute to the solution. The areas targeted by airstrikes are where Kurds live densely and where security and civilian life have been re-established after the civil war in Syria. It is indisputable that the Republic of Turkey's maintenance of peaceful relations with neighbouring peoples has a positive impact on Turkey's internal and social peace. As the regional bar associations, with the responsibility of defending peace, we see the operations in the region that feed insolvency as dangerous for peace and invite the government and all actors to seek peaceful and political solutions.”
