The co-chairs of Democratic Society Congress (DTK), Peoples' Democratic Congress (HDK), Party of Democratic Regions (DBP) and People’s Democratic Party (HDP) held a joint press conference in Amed (Diyarbakır) regarding the ongoing attacks of ISIS on the Kobanê canton of West Kurdistan.

Co-chair of DTK, Selma Irmak, co-chair of HDP, Figen Yüksekdağ, co-chairs of DBP, Kamuran Yüksek and Emine Ayla, spokespersons of HDK, Ertuğrul Kürkçü and Sebahat Tuncel, attended the press conference to call attention to the ongoing attacks on Kobanê and the resistance of the Kobanê people and protection units.

The co-chairs of the DTK, HDK, DBP, HDP will go to Suruç and Kobanê in solidarity with the people of town encircled by ISIS gangs, and the people on vigil at Suruç border in solidarity with the Kobanê resistance.

The spokesperson of the HDK, Ertuğrul Kürkçü, stressed that Kobanê has no friends but those struggling for freedom, democracy and a common liberation of all the peoples. Kürkçü stated that the war mandate of the government was not for the sake of the people of Kobanê.

HDP co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ said the feast days should be cheerfully welcomed by all the peoples, but now has been made miserable to all the oppressed. Yüksekdağ stressed that the people of Kobanê has undertaken the responsibility of resisting against a savagery on behalf of the humanity.

Yüksekdağ said the Kobanê resistance must be supported and shared, and called on the people of Turkey to act in solidarity with the people of Kobanê.

Speaking after, the co-chair of the DBP, Emine Ayna, said they will not allow the sacrifice of Kobanê people in the feast of sacrifice. Ayna stressed that the Middle East is being reshaped and witnessing a conflict, adding that ISIS was a proxy organisation being used as a means of massacre against the oppressed peoples in the Middle East. Ayna emphasised that despite all the attacks the Kurdish people will continue to give a struggle for existence as they have done so far, and attain their freedom.

DTK co-chair Selma Irmak said the people of Kobanê are facing a threat of massacre today and called on the world public to see the humanitarian tragedy in Kobanê. Irmak also stressed that; “ISIS must be well aware that these lands are the lands of Kurdistan. The people of Kurdistan are resisting today as they have always done in their history. Kurdistan is not like any other place. They must know that the Kurdish people are going to continue the resistance to the end."

Speaking after, the spokeswoman of the HDK, Sebahat Tuncel, said true peace will not be attained unless the threat of massacre in Kobanê is eliminated. Tuncel said the only way for the peoples to do against genocide was to resist.

Tuncel said the ISIS was being provided support by Turkey, adding; "Everyone must clarify which side they are on. Are you on the side of resolution and peace? Or will you be siding with this organisation committing crimes against humanity?” Tuncel asked.

Following the press conference, the co-chairs departed the border district of Suruç, of Urfa province, where a vigil is being held by Kurdish people since the beginning of the attacks on Kobanê on 15 September.

Some of the co-chairs will then cross into Kobanê on the first day of the Eid (Muslim festival of sacrifices) in solidarity with the people of town encircled by ISIS gangs, while others will stay in Suruç in support of the people on vigil in solidarity with the Kobanê resistance.