KCDK-E called on Kurds to join Dersim Festival

KCDK-E called on all Kurds to join the Dersim Festival with the spirit of resistance against isolation.

KCDK-E Presidential Board issued a written statement on the Dersim Festival.

The statement said: “As every year, this year Dersim people will celebrate the Dersim Festival on May 24 and 25. The KCDK-E call on all Kurds to join the festival and commits itself to work in its preparation. In the spirit of resistance of Seyit Riza, with the enthusiasm of Alişer and Zarife for creating a free Kurdistan.”

The statement added: “The Dersim Festival is not any festival. Every activity organized in the name of Dersim Festival and Dersim also represents a stance against the genocide and the violence in Dersim. It is an activity making sure Seyit Rıza, Yigit Aliser and Zarife live on. We call on all Kurds to join the activities organised by the Festival.”

The statement also recalled the 1938 Dersim Massacre, “a genocide against all Kurds. Seyit Rıza, Alişer and Zarife did not only fight for Koçgiri and Dersim, they fought for the entire Kurdistan, they were not only martyrs of Dersim, but also martyrs of Kurdistan.”

The KCDK-E underlined that this year’s festival will be marked by the hunger strike resistance led by HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven, “who - said the statement - is leading the resistance of the comrades in prisons as well as the resistance of all activists on hunger strike around the world.” and in the resistance spirit of our comrades who are on a hunger strike all around the world, who pioneered the move of 'freeing isolation, freeing fascism, liberating Kurdistan.'

The 11th European Dersim Festival will be held on 24 and 25 May and the this year’s slogan will be ‘Don’t touch my language, belief, nature, culture, identity’.