As the historic resistance of YPG/YPJ fighters against the gangs of ISIS is going on in the Kobanê town of West Kurdistan in the 58th day, Kobanê Crisis Coordination held a press statement in Arîn Mîrkan Tent City in Suruç district of Urfa regarding their report on the refugees sheltered in the district.

The Kobanê Crisis Coordination, which was formed by Democratic Society Congress (DTK), DBP (Party of Democratic Regions, formerly BDP), HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party), HDK (Peoples' Democratic Congress), Suruç Municipality and Rojava Solidarity and Aid Association, organized a press meeting regarding the ongoing resistance in Kobanê, solidarity and support actions at the borderline and the situation of Kobanê refugees in the district. HDP Urfa MP İbrahim Ayhan, HDP Mardin MP Gülser Yıldırım, DBP Urfa Provincal Co-chair Celalettin Ekmen, HDP Party Assembly Member Mehmet Doymaz, DBP Suruç District Co-chair İsmail Kaplan and Rojava Solidarity and Aid Association Member Faruk Tatlı participated the press conference in the Arîn Mîrkan Tent City.

'Kobanê resistance is representing all values of humanity'

HDP Urfa MP İbrahim Ayhan made the press statement on behalf of the coordination. Ayhan said: "We are calling on all the world from Arîn Mîrkan Tent City. Our call is to all the humanity. The attacks of ISIS gangs are going on for two months. The attacks by ISIS are aimed at all the humanity in the person and identity of Kurds, Turkmen, Syriacs, Assyrians, Armenians, Arabs and Alevis. The resistance against this barbarism is representing all the values of humanism."

Call for 'sincerity' from government

MP Ayhan criticized the policies of AKP government regarding Kobanê, and added: "The AKP government is not fulfilling the requisite of universal contracts and it is also not acting in line with the present social tissue in face of the huge inflow of people coming from Kobanê. The approach and attitude of the goverment is fatal. It is hostile towards the people owning up the resistance of Kobanê. This appoach is not for the benefit of anybody. Approach towards Kobanê is the approach towards all the Kurds. I am calling on the government to become sincere and to act in line with international contracts."

Risk of epidemics

Ayhan said the number of refugees coming from Kobanê is as high as 180-190 thousand, and that of those sheltered in tent cities is around 17 thousand. Ayhan underlined that; "Matter of health is a matter all by itself. Those who have not AFAD recruitments cannot benefit from services apart from emergency clinics in the hospital. There are important problems in feeding, hygiene and heating, as well. Winter is approaching day after day, and there is need for wintery clothes and blankets etc. All these problems must be resolved as soon as possible. There is risk of epidemics if the required measures are not taken."