The Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Women's Assembly made a written statement paying tribute to women journalists Gulistan Tara and Hêro Bahadîn who were murdered in an aerial attack by the fascist Turkish state in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq today.

The statement said: “Today, a car carrying journalists in Sulaymaniyah was bombed by a Turkish airstrike. We were deeply saddened to learn that two female media workers, Gülistan Tara and Hêro Bahaddin, were killed in this attack. We condemn this massacre against free press labourers and Kurdish women journalists. We wish a speedy recovery to the journalists who were reported injured in the attack.”

The statement continued: “The AKP-MHP fascist regime, which makes politics over the genocide of the Kurdish people, continues its dirty games by trying to expand the battlefield in Southern Kurdistan with new reconciliation agreements. The AKP-MHP regime, which is against the Kurds, wants to realise its Neo-Ottomanism dreams by drastically occupying Kurdistan lands. The administration of the Federal Region of Kurdistan, which paved the way for the occupation and became an accomplice, also caused the massacre of the children of Kurdistan. The people of Kurdistan will never accept this. KDP must immediately stop being a partner in this disgraceful crime. With such attacks, they are trying to silence the free press and hide the war crimes they commit in Kurdistan so that they do not reach the world public opinion. However, it should be known that the labourers of the free press tradition, in the pursuit of truth, will not melt the pen of their friends on the ground and will be the voice of truth in every way. We express our condolences to the Kurdish people.”