Thousands of people protested in Paris on Saturday against the attack on the Kurdish community that left three dead and three injured. The victims of the 23 December attack are revolutionary Evîn Goyî (Emine Kara), who only came to Europe in 2019 and previously worked on projects for displaced Yazidi people from Shengal in Rojava after decades of living in the mountains of Kurdistan; musician Mîr Perwer (M. Şirin Aydın), who fled Turkey due to a final sentence of 20 years imprisonment for alleged membership of a "terrorist organisation" and applied for political asylum in France; and Abdurrahman Kızıl, a Kurdish patriot in his 60s who was considered a memory of the cultural centre.

The demonstration in Paris was attended by French politicians and representatives of various organisations. Many demonstrators from abroad gathered in front of the Ahmet Kaya Cultural Centre, the site of the attack, and walked united to the Place de la République. A banner they carried read: "We will take revenge with the women's revolution". In addition to pictures of the three victims, demonstrators displayed photos of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez, revolutionaries murdered by the Turkish secret service in Paris on 9 January 2013. The demonstrators chanted "Jin, Jiyan, Azadî" (Woman, Life, Freedom) and "Şehîd namirin" (Martyrs are immortal).

The rally called on the French government to clarify the background of the attack. Berivan Firat of the Democratic Kurdish Council of France (CDK-F) said in a speech: "Because the assassination of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez ten years ago was not solved and the perpetrators were not punished, now another attack has taken place."

Afterwards, relatives of the victims took to the stage and pointed out the unanswered questions regarding the attack. The relatives remarked that the statements of the French government were insufficient and demanded that the background be clarified. Other speeches were given by Remzi Kartal, co-chair of Kongra-Gel, and by Zozan Serhat on behalf of the Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe (TJK-E). District Mayor Alexandra Cordebard expressed her sympathy and said that Kurds have lived in Paris for decades and the Kurdish people have made great sacrifices in the fight against ISIS to defend common values.

The vice-president of the Paris Bar Association, Vincent Nioré, said in a speech that the attack was not just a racist crime, but rather a planned and organised terrorist attack. French opposition politician Jean-Luc Mélenchon said the three victims were "political militants" of a common struggle: "Among them was our comrade Evîn. She was the leader of the Kurdish women in France and a heroine in the fight against ISIS, in which she was wounded. I bow my head in memory of her."

While more speeches were being made, a provocation by Turkish fascists in a car at the edge of the rally was responded to. When angry demonstrators chased the car, they were attacked by the police, resulting in clashes. The crowd started to move towards the Bastille and was separated by the police. The ensuing protests continued until the evening.