The Democratic Regions Party (DBP) released the final declaration of the meeting held in Amed on 5 May 2024 with the participation of Co-Chairs Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar and Keskin Bayındır and Party Assembly (PM) members.

The results of the 31 March Local Elections, the absolute isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, the Kobanê Conspiracy Case, the war policies that the ruling powers want to deepen in the Middle East geography, the AKP-MHP government's expansionist occupation plans for Southern Kurdistan and North-East Syria, the poverty imposed on the people, the high inflation and the state of political crisis in which the political power is in, were evaluated in depth and solutions were discussed on the basis of raising the struggle for democratic politics.

"Our Party Assembly saluted the will of our people at the ballot box in the 31 March local elections and the honourable resistance of the people of Van against the trustee attempt, and put forward with a high determination that the democratic struggle should be increased in the coming period," the final declaration said.

'ABDULLAH ÖCALAN MUST BE FREED'

The final declaration stated, "Our Party Assembly has once again expressed that the isolation on Mr Abdullah Öcalan, who has made it his mission to establish peace as one of the basic conditions for building social and political peace, should be lifted and he should be physically freed. Our Party Assembly believes that the dismissal of the Kobanê conspiracy case, which, obvious with all the evidence that is a political conspiracy case, targeting democratic politics and whose final hearing will be held on 16 May, and the release of all political prisoners will be an important step towards ensuring social peace."

Noting that the state of absolute incommunicado on Abdullah Öcalan continues, the final declaration stated: "Mr Abdullah Öcalan, who is a chance for the democratic solution of the Kurdish question, has been kept under isolation in İmralı Island for 25 years, which is a crime against humanity, and has not been allowed to meet with his lawyers and family for the last three years. No news can be received from Mr Abdullah Öcalan in any way. This situation makes the people of Turkey, especially the Kurdish people, anxious, raises concerns about his health, and most importantly threatens the peace of the country and the region, killing the hope of coexistence. The 31 March 2024 Local Elections have shown that the isolation and war policies of the AKP-MHP government have collapsed, the peoples have demonstrated their will for peace against the government and once again expressed that the isolation on Mr Öcalan must be lifted as soon as possible."

‘ABDULLAH ÖCALAN IS THE SUBJECT OF PEACE’

"As the Democratic Regions Party, we will take the political will of the Kurdish people in the Kurdistan geography as a basis and will continue our struggle for a democratic, equal and honourable peace", the declaration continued, "The political, military, economic and class war waged by the AKP-MHP government together with the Ergenekon remnants against the Kurdish people has been defeated. Despite all the pressures, the Kurdish people have said that isolation is a crime against humanity and have clearly given the message that the subject of peace is the Kurdish People's Leader Mr Abdullah Öcalan. On this basis, it is necessary to start allowing lawyer meetings with Mr. Öcalan and to enter into a process of dialogue and negotiation."

'ELECTION RESULTS ARE THE LIQUIDATION OF THE DECOMPOSITION PLAN'

Regarding the elections, the declaration said the following: "Although the AKP and MHP fascist government wanted to usurp the will of the Kurdish people by using all the means of the state, in some places by using transported voters, in some places by using the state's force apparatus, the Kurdish people gave a strong response at the ballot box against the trustee mentality. All political parties, especially the fascist ruling coalition, and all political parties that pursue racist, sexist and monist policies were buried in the ballot box with the will of women who struggle for freedom. The fascist government is trying to hide its electoral defeat by attacking women, youth and the gains of the Kurdish people. The policies implemented throughout the history of the Republic, which have never succeeded, will bring the end of the AKP and MHP fascist government as well as other governments.

The message of the Kurdish people in the elections has given us the courage and determination to expand democratic politics in every field. The Kurdish people have demonstrated in the Van resistance that they will defend their municipalities against trustees to the end. It should be known that our people will defend their political will to the end and will not allow trustee practices against the threat of trusteeship, which is wanted to be waved over our municipalities like the sword of Damocles with the dirty special war propaganda launched immediately after the elections. The municipalities are ours, those who hope to benefit from usurpation and plunder will find the invincible will of the Kurdish people against them.  

Now before us is the struggle to shape our paradigm of democratic local governments in flesh and bones without any obstacles. We will build democratic confederalism on the basis of assemblies and communes together with the peoples and we will definitely succeed."

‘THE SYSTEM OF EXPLOITATION PLANS TO DEEPEN THE WAR IN EVERY FIELD’

The final declaration pointed out that: "Kurdistan, the cradle of democratic civilisation, the Middle East and its geography have been the centre of wars, massacres, physical and cultural genocides since ancient times. In the face of these attacks, the oppressed peoples have continued to defend human values by paying great prices and have never compromised their struggle for existence.

War is the raison d'être of the ruling powers. The ruling powers have started wars in every crisis period when they realised that they would lose and tried to overcome political crises by deepening the war. This is the purpose of the sovereign powers to keep the wars alive and continuous. This is also the main reason why the ongoing problems in the Kurdistan geography cannot be resolved democratically. The system of exploitation, which wants to control new market areas, trade routes, demographic structure and form of government, plans to deepen the war in every field in our region.

While the winners in war are the rulers, the losers are the peoples, nature and the hope of coexistence. The AKP-MHP government is also a pro-war government. It maintains its power with uninterrupted war and hostility against the Kurdish people. Chemical gases and bombs are being used in the mountains of Kurdistan, assassinations and murders are being committed, underground and above-ground energy resources, communication, transport, lighting facilities, food warehouses, water networks, faith institutions, schools, universities and hospitals in Rojava are being bombed, civilians are being massacred, in short, the gains of the Kurdish people are being targeted.

WAR IN SOUTHERN KURDISTAN

Turkey, together with the Regional Government of Northern Iraq, wants to expand its battlefield in Kurdistan and is trying to establish permanent base areas in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq). It continues its occupation attempts with periodic attacks against Northern and Eastern Syria. The reality of a political power that tries to exist with Kurdish hostility and mobilises all the resources of the state for war is dragging the people of Turkey into the abyss, causing the people to live in poverty and misery more and more every day.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHOUT THE VOICE OF PEACE

As the DBP, we want everyone to know that we will continue to express the peoples' will for peace loudly against the government that wants to deepen the war and that we will be in resistance against the war. With 100 years of oppression and occupation attempts, the state mind, which has been implementing a policy of decomposition for 10 years, has seen in the last elections that the struggle for freedom will not end, but will continue to grow stronger. The state mind must see and realise this reality. Our party will raise the politics of life against the politics of death and will continue to shout the voice of peace in an organised resistance."