Women collected signatures in Berlin and Hamburg as part of the "100 Reasons to prosecute the dictator" campaign launched by the Kurdish women's movement in Europe which wants to bring "Turkish dictator Recep Tayyip Erdogan" to justice.

BERLIN

On Frankfurter Allee in Berlin, internationalists collected signatures for the campaign. Their statement said: "During the 18 years in power, the Turkish state under the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has committed thousands of unpunished crimes. Women have often been targeted by the Turkish government, which on the one hand normalizes femicide in society with its sexist mentality and policies, and on the other targets political women with violence, censorship and imprisonment. Despite a flood of evidence, these attacks have not been resolved. The campaign aims to hold the main perpetrator of these crimes accountable. In addition, the campaign aims to draw public attention to the AKP/MHP's misogynist policies and thus prevent further murders and crimes against women. Overall, the campaign situates itself within the framework of a worldwide struggle against feminicide. The first phase of the campaign is to collect 100,000 signatures by International Women's Struggle Day on March 8."

HAMBURG

In Hamburg-Altona, Rojbin Women's Council staged a demonstration as part of the campaign. The activists hung up pictures of women who have been murdered by the AKP/MHP regime. In particular, they commemorated Sada al Harmoush, co-chair of the Til Sheir Municipality Civil Council, and her deputy Hind al-Khedr, who were assassinated by ISIS on January 22 because they were Arab women actively involved in local politics and campaigning for a democratic Syria. "These feminicides represent a new high point in the long list of atrocities committed by the Erdoğan regime and are two more reasons why we want to bring dictator Erdogan to justice. This is what we as the Kurdish women's movement are demanding with our signature campaign," a spokeswoman said.

The activists collected signatures and also criticized the German government's ignorance of the crimes committed by Erdoğan's government against the backdrop of the Turkish foreign minister's visit to Germany yesterday.