The Kurdistan Women's Union (KJK) released a statement denouncing the crimes committed by the Turkish state in North-East Syria and calling for an uprising against Turkey’s war on the values and achievements of the people.

The KJK statement on Thursday said the following:

In front of the eyes of the whole world, the Turkish state is committing genocide in North-East Syria and Rojava, massacring the civilian population, women, young people and those fighting for their land with warplanes, UCAVs and heavy weapons. It attacks the lands where Kurdish, Arab, Syriac, Turkmen and Armenian peoples live together, and commits war crimes openly and without hesitation, mainly in Tishrin, Qereqozax, Girê Spî, Tîl Temir and Kobanê.

 In recent days, the Turkish state has been targeting convoys, ambulances and the civilian population who are resisting at Tishrin to protect their water and land. Dozens of our people have been massacred since yesterday as our people have been targeted and massacred in front of the eyes of the whole public in a very despicable and reckless manner. We commemorate our martyrs with gratitude and respect and wish a speedy recovery to the wounded.

The time for words, statements or appeals is over. It is time to resist and take action at the highest level. It is time for all our people, especially women, to stand up without hesitation and in the spirit of resistance and uprising in Bakur, Bashur, Rojava and abroad. 

The Turkish fascist state is hostile to the Kurds and has declared open war on all the achievements and values of the Kurdish people. We call on all our people living in North-East Syria to flow to Tishrin and our people in Bakur to turn every place and space, especially the borders, into a field of resistance. It is the day to claim Rojava and the gains in North-East Syria. It is the day when women and youth must start resistance. Tomorrow may be too late.

We invite all sensitive circles and our friends to take part in this resistance.”