Kongra Gel call for Long March
Kongra Gel call for Long March
In a statement about the "Freedom for Öcalan, status for the Kurdish people long march" which will take Kurds in Europe from Geneve to Strasbourg to ask for their rights and freedom for Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, Kongra Gel president Remzi Kartal called on all Kurdish people, intellectuals and institutions to join this long march and give support in all areas for the freedom of Kurdish people and their leader.
Pointing out to the total war the AKP government conducts against the Kurdish people and their Liberation Movement owing to the external support from the U.S. and NATO, Kartal underlined that; “The current phase when our struggle also requires a solution is a final process for all sides.”
Kongra Gel President Kartal, indicating that the attacks of the Turkish state imposed resignation to Kurds and tried to break their self-confidence and will, said the followings;
“To obtain a result from this war, Turkish Prime Minister Erdoðan carries out total attacks to inactivate all resistance positions of the Kurdish people as well as imposing isolation on our Leader. The government aims to silence the Kurdish opposition and to break the technical and fair defense will of the Kurdish people by means of arresting Kurdish deputies, mayors, lawyers and friends and using chemical weapons against guerrillas.
For this purpose, legal regulations have been prepared to prolong Öcalan’s intensified isolation which has continued for 186 days now.”
Underlining that Öcalan’s current situation was “vitally critical” for the Kurdish people and their struggle, Kartal added; “It is high time to ensure the freedom of our Leader and our people by defeating the total destruction and slaughter policies of Erdoðan government and imposing a solution with a splendid resistance in this historical final process of our struggle. It should be known that only a real and brave resistance could make freedom possible.”
Kartal also called for the enhancement of the campaigns and the Serhildan (uprising) movements that are conducted under the leadership of Kurdish women and youth.
Remarking that the long march would have significant effects on the current process, Kongra Gel President Kartal made the following call to the Kurds in Europe:
“I call on all our people, intellectuals and institutions to join this long march to give support in all areas for the freedom of our leader and people and to prod international institutions into action, the UN, EC and CPT in particular.”
Pointing out to the total war the AKP government conducts against the Kurdish people and their Liberation Movement owing to the external support from the U.S. and NATO, Kartal underlined that; “The current phase when our struggle also requires a solution is a final process for all sides.”
Kongra Gel President Kartal, indicating that the attacks of the Turkish state imposed resignation to Kurds and tried to break their self-confidence and will, said the followings;
“To obtain a result from this war, Turkish Prime Minister Erdoðan carries out total attacks to inactivate all resistance positions of the Kurdish people as well as imposing isolation on our Leader. The government aims to silence the Kurdish opposition and to break the technical and fair defense will of the Kurdish people by means of arresting Kurdish deputies, mayors, lawyers and friends and using chemical weapons against guerrillas.
For this purpose, legal regulations have been prepared to prolong Öcalan’s intensified isolation which has continued for 186 days now.”
Underlining that Öcalan’s current situation was “vitally critical” for the Kurdish people and their struggle, Kartal added; “It is high time to ensure the freedom of our Leader and our people by defeating the total destruction and slaughter policies of Erdoðan government and imposing a solution with a splendid resistance in this historical final process of our struggle. It should be known that only a real and brave resistance could make freedom possible.”
Kartal also called for the enhancement of the campaigns and the Serhildan (uprising) movements that are conducted under the leadership of Kurdish women and youth.
Remarking that the long march would have significant effects on the current process, Kongra Gel President Kartal made the following call to the Kurds in Europe:
“I call on all our people, intellectuals and institutions to join this long march to give support in all areas for the freedom of our leader and people and to prod international institutions into action, the UN, EC and CPT in particular.”
