In a statement outside the Martyr’s Families Association office, families of martyrs in the Şehit Rüstem Cudi Refugee Camp (Maxmûr) expressed solidarity with the guerrilla forces and condemned the Turkish invasion attacks on southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).

'FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL'

The statement was read out by Murad Roboski, a member of the Martyrs' Families Association, who said the following:

“We are going through a strategic period. An all-out war is being waged against the Kurds and Kurdistan. All hegemonic powers, nation-states, notably the fascist AKP-MHP government and the KDP are taking part in this war seeking to exterminate us. Everyone, particularly the families of martyrs, all Kurdish people and democrats, should become fighters for freedom and democracy against murderous and genocidal fascism. Various schemes are being introduced against the Kurdish people, the Kurdish liberation movement and the gains of the Kurdish nation and Kurdistan. These dirty plans are interconnected with the isolation and torture imposed on Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan in Imrali prison.

As the families of martyrs and the entire Kurdish people, we will face great disasters if we do not act based on our duties and responsibilities, and if we do not carry out a revolutionary people's war strategy in the resistance areas together with our fighters. For this very reason, we will lead our lives and actions in accordance with the spirit and strategy of the revolutionary people's war and take an active role in counteractions.

'TIME FOR INSURRECTION AND RESISTANCE'

It is time for insurrection and resistance. Civil disobedience actions are no longer sufficient for the current process, nor are statements expressing condemnation. It's time to stand up against them. It is time for people's war and revolution. The only way to achieve success is the revolutionary people's war. We, as the families of martyrs who lost their relatives for this cause, will fight to the full extent in the footsteps of Öcalan and our children. We will step up the fight against the occupying enemies together with our guerrillas, and we will defeat the mercenaries and betrayers. We demand the same attitude and behaviour from all pro-freedom and democratic peoples and especially from the families of martyrs. Just as our heroes did not surrender to the enemy forces and became martyrs, we will never step back, and in company with our guerrillas, we will expand and embrace the outstanding resistance in Zap, Avaşin and Metina. We believe that this struggle will become victorious and that the invaders and betrayers of Kurdistan will be defeated. Victory will belong to the Kurdish people and the guerrillas.”