After Peşmergeyî Derîn (PUK peshmergas who fought in Southern Kurdistan before the 1992 Gulf War) went to Qandil and expressed their support for guerrillas against the attacks of the Turkish state last week, hundreds of young people from Germiyan, Kirkuk, Sulaymaniyah and Raperin met at the village of Kilkey Kolen and left for Qandil around 07:00 this morning.

Hawrê Feridun, one of the youths heading to Qandil, spoke to ANF and said that they refuse Turkish occupation and collaboration. Feridun said that as the youth, they warn occupants and their collaborations that if they attack Shengal or Qandil, the youth of South Kurdistan will no be silent. Feridun noted that Dêrîn peshmergas put up a truly national stance when they went to Qandil and supported guerrillas on January 3, and recalled that these peshmergas know about intra-Kurdish fighting (Birakujî) but the youth does not want to experience it and has to be sensitive in order to avoid it.

In the meantime, the youths heading from Kirkuk to Qandil were stopped at Koye and two young people were detained by the Asayish here.