The protest in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva, which has taken place every Wednesday since 25 January 2021, was taken over this week by activists from the Kurdish youth movements TCŞ and Teko-Jin. Today’s demonstration began with a minute's silence in memory of YPJ commanders Jiyan Tolhildan and Roj Xabûr and YAT fighter Barîn Botan, who died in a Turkish drone strike in Qamishlo last week.

After a minute of silence, a statement was made on behalf of TCŞ and TekoJIN, referring to the Turkish invasion of Southern Kurdistan and the chemical weapons attacks: “The Turkish state is suffering high casualties in this despite NATO's modern weapons technology and continued war crimes through the use of banned warfare agents. It is not only the guerrillas who are affected by the occupation attacks. Most recently, on 20 July 2022, nine civilians were massacred in Zakho, including children, and more than 20 people were injured.”

On the anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne, signed on 24 July 1923, the two youth organisations declared that the NATO-backed Turkish invading army was pursuing neo-Ottoman dreams and attacking Kurdistan with all its might: "As a youth movement, we declare that we will not accept the borders that have been drawn and will resist the Republic of Turkey and all states that try to destroy Kurdish achievements. We will defend ourselves wherever we are."

With the Treaty of Lausanne, the Ottoman Empire was partitioned by France and Britain. The treaty established the present-day national borders of Turkey and the quadripartition of Kurdistan. In order to take a stand against the agreement from a Kurdish perspective, a conference led by the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) took place in Lausanne on Sunday with the participation of more than fifty political parties and organisations. The event took place in the Palais de Rumine, where Kurdistan was divided into four parts 99 years ago.