Within the scope of  “conscientious objection" campaign launched by Kurdish  Conscientious Objection Movement, 17 youngsters in Diyarbakýr declared their conscientious rejection saying; “We aren’t going into the service, we aren’t committing crime against humanity.

The number of young people declaring conscientious rejection within the scope of “conscientious objection" campaign launched by Kurdish Conscientious Objection Movement, is increasing day by day. The last declaration was made by 17 youngsters in Diyarbakýr who came together in BDP Diyarbakýr building and made a press statement on the subject. Speaking on behalf of the group, Ömer Karabal remarked that militarist countries can’t offer peaceful solutions, saying; “Their ideas are based on killing, obedience culture and unicity. Governments with militarism-indexed systems give nothing except from death, pain and disasters to offer to peoples, our world and nature.

‘WE ENTIRELY BOYCOTT THE TURKISH ARMY’

“Why would we be enlisted in TSK (Turkish Armed forces) that ignores our individuality, draws us away from our human virtues, changes us to almost a killing robot and murders Kurdish youngsters during their military service under the cover of suicide?” asked Karabal and added; “Our childhood had to continue with trauma process. They took our identity that we started to find out where we belong to. When we intended to claim our rights, we faced extrajudicial execution on streets. And now, they want to give us arms and make us fight against our people. We have many reasons for our refusal but we don’t have any reason for doing military service in TSK. On this basis, we entirely boycott the Turkish army which is the main responsible for denial, destruction policies and massacres of Turkish state”.

Translation: Berna Ozgencil