The 3-day tent action in Solothurn, Switzerland, against the invasion and massacre attacks carried out by the invading Turkish state against Kurdistan, has been completed.

The action lasted 3 days in Kreuzacker Square and was organised by Solothurn Democratic Kurdish Community Center (CDK), Pınar Women's Commune, Revolutionary Kurdish Youth Movement TCŞ and Teko-Jin.

Exposing the genocidal face of the Turkish state, the people of Kurdistan informed the public about the need for the closure of Rojava, Maxmur, and Shengal airspace, as well as about the 10 years of the Rojava Revolution.

During the tent action, signatures were collected by activists within the framework of the campaign to remove the PKK from the list of terrorist organisations.

'Attacks happen every day'

FEDA co-chair, Demir Çelik, said: “We celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Rojava Revolution while at the same time we protest the deep isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, and fight against those who invaded and want to annex Kurdistan. I salute all of you and thank you for carrying out this action. The colonial and genocidal Turkish state deepens the suffering of our people every day. This state, which wanted to destroy our language and culture with a cultural genocide, carried out a massacre in a village in the city of Zakho in South Kurdistan. In this massacre, 9 people, including children, were killed. We are protesting this murderous mentality.”

Call to attend march in Lausanne

Çelik said that this year is the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne (24 July 1923) and underlined that Kurdistan was divided into 4 parts by this treaty. The Kurdish politician called for participation in the march to be held in Lausanne today.

Çelik said: “These are the days of the anniversary of the agreement that divided Kurdistan into four parts. The Kurds were divided into four different states a century ago. Our struggle is a struggle for unity. For this, we must strongly participate in the central march to be held in Lausanne today. We have to be a voice against the genocidal colonial mentality targeting the Kurds. Our people and their friends have to stand together against the occupation, against isolation. Supporting the Rojava Revolution, the women's revolution, means that Rojava will gain a status. In the near future, the revolution in Rojava will also come to the fore in the wider context of a solution for Syria. We must strongly participate in the marches, actions and activities that will be held in order not to allow a new Lausanne.”