In the run-up to the presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey on May 14, the Aleppo Coordination of women’s umbrella organization in North-East Syria, Kongra Star, expressed their support for the Green Left Party and women fighting to defeat the AKP-MHP regime.

Representatives of non-governmental organizations and political parties joined the Kongra Star Aleppo Coordination, which made a press statement at the Martyrs’ Square in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood.

The statement read out by Kongra Star Aleppo Coordination Member Fehîme Hemo said: “We stand in solidarity with women who fight for the achievement of democracy and stand as candidates for the upcoming elections. Thanks to them, a new history will be made to carry society forward on a democratic basis.”

The statement continued: “The 21-year-old repressive regime of the AKP and MHP has dragged the Turkish state into a political, economic and social crisis and also penetrated into neighbouring countries by supporting terrorism.”

“The 21st century is the century of women’s freedom,” the statement concluded.