People’s Defense Center Commander Şerif Goyi spoke to the ANF about the AKP’s attacks on the Kurdish Freedom Movement and the Kurdish people.

Goyi pointed out that the AKP uses all their might and all technology available but still fail to achieve results against the people and the guerrilla, and stated that the guerrilla is strong enough to answer all kinds of attacks. Goyi said: “Voiding Erdoğan’s policies can be accomplished through unity among Kurds. Our people should play their patriotic role. They should continue with their role in the urban wars,” and pointed to the importance of fighting Erdoğan under a joint umbrella.

 

“IT WILL BE THE END OF AKP”

Goyi stressed that the “AKP is bringing about their own end with these policies,” and said the following:

“The system Erdoğan built in Turkey is a fascist system. A system built on a monist mindset can never last. We have seen the end of the dictatorial regimes, and when you look at Erdoğan’s policies that can be seen clearly. It’s not just Kurds who are against this situation, many opposition circles in Turkey are against it. Writers, artists, intellectuals are imprisoned for writing a few words. That means ‘nobody can speak but Erdoğan’. Erdoğan and his team are weak, and thus they adapt everything for themselves. With this, they underline their monist mindset and exhibit their weakness. Because only a weak person would be afraid of different ideas. Many segments of the society are disturbed by this. Erdoğan wants to dominate everywhere, but he can’t make it last long like this. We have seen the end of all dictatorial regimes.”

“HIS POLITICS ARE BASED ON DECEPTION”

Goyi mentioned the July 15 coup attempt and said:

“Since then they arrested so many people. Like that would bring peace back to a Turkey in chaos. They say they want to bring peace to Turkey and thus end unrest in the Middle East. But the greatest source of disruption in Turkey is Erdoğan himself. And he makes it seem like there is great social peace in Turkey. Erdoğan’s current policies are based on deceiving the Turkish people and the intellectuals. They developed a one-man system under the guise of the law, constitution and humanity. The examples are out there. They imprisoned mayors. They imprisoned MPs. The danger most prominent in Turkey now is that he is at war with everybody. Erdoğan himself has no trust in the system he built. Because every day the chaos grows, the violence increases. They see the only way it can keep standing is through oppression, torture and murder. People can’t freely talk or think. Answers for the questions of where a one-man regime will go and how will it end up are fairly well known. The AKP laws have nothing to do with actual law. They have nothing to do with even humanity.”

“WE ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO ANSWER ANY THREATS”

Goyi also spoke about the AKP’s intense attacks on the guerrilla in 2017 and pointed out that AKP has failed to achieve results despite using all their strength and all available technology. Goyi stated that the AKP’s policies for the guerilla’s Botan area have particularly failed and added:

“AKP is targeting the guerrilla areas. They are particularly focused on Botan. They think if they take Botan they can annihilate the guerilla. They should know that Botan will never fall. They want to dominate certain locations by building outposts and security roads on the borderline. Why Botan? Because Botan has always been the center of the war since the beginning. It is not possible for Erdoğan to take this center. This has been displayed in the urban wars as well. It has become clear what the people hold dear in their hearts. It has been displayed in the referendum. Botan is the center of humanity and it showed this clearly. They think they can end the Movement if this center falls. But the guerrilla isn’t tied to one hill or one spot. They try to make it seem like a huge accomplishment when they take one hill. The guerrilla are everywhere. Not just up the mountains. Everything is crystal clear. They built all those roads on the hills. But the guerrilla is strong enough to take wherever they wish. That is not a solution, the only solution is to accept the will of the Kurdish nation. The Party has been issuing calls for years to bring peace and prosperity to Turkey. There have been calls so Turkey doesn’t end up like certain countries and achieves a solution based on peace. But none of them were truly answered. They think of the solution to the Kurdish issue on a base of annihilation. They want to create a solution through erasing the names Kurd and Kurdistan completely. But that will hurt Erdoğan. The Kurdish people and the guerrilla are not like they were before. They have formed their order and they have organized everywhere. They are strong enough to answer any and all threats. Erdoğan’s system will end only him, it isn’t enough to end the center of the war.

“ERDOĞAN’S SYSTEM WILL END TURKEY”

Lately the lies they tell that they ‘ended the guerilla’, that ‘new recruits are down’ don’t produce any results. Nobody will believe these lies anymore. They used to say, ‘there are just a few left on the mountains, and we will end them too’, but the guerrilla grew day by day. They think they have ended the guerrilla when they take one hill. They lie to themselves and to the people. Instead, Erdoğan has ended Turkey. He has great trouble domestically and with foreign countries. Their policy is focused on constantly deceiving the Kurdish people. Erdoğan’s system will end Turkey, because it is a one-man regime. They can drag it along with technology only for so long.”

“THERE WILL BE A GREAT ANSWER IF THERE IS UNITY”

Goyi pointed out that the Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan’s philosophy is a hope and a way for the people and that the only way to void Erdoğan’s fascist policies is to achieve Kurdish unity. Şerif Goyi from the People’s Defense Center said the following:

“Today the Kurds are not without options. The solution is the philosophy of the Leader. The philosophy of the Leader is a path and a hope for all. While Erdoğan has fallen out with foreign countries due to his deceitful anti-democratic politics.

Turkish media is seen as Erdoğan’s media. They all speak Erdoğan’s words, which is a great insult to media. This is a stance that has nothing o do with journalism ethics. They make it seem like ‘whatever Erdoğan says is true’, but whenever Erdoğan speaks he speaks of tyranny, lies and death, he doesn’t have any other policies. Even if we were to leave the Kurds aside and just look at Turkey, he is in a conundrum in every issue. His problem isn’t just with the PKK. The Kurdish people have always resisted and always will in the future. They shouldn’t get any baseless ideas.

AKP’s policies have failed, but they don’t allow this to be reflected in the media. They make it seem like the opposite. When everybody speaks with their own free will, the truth will come out. Can they achieve success with a few aircrafts and scout planes? That is impossible. If there are anybody who believe these, they should know that the true loser is Erdoğan. If the press is allowed to reflect the truth, the real facts will emerge. We are a guerrilla army. We are not a regular army. Nobody has been able to end or prevent the guerrilla resistance, and nobody can in the future. These things they don’t even believe themselves. If they think they can finalize this war like this, they are mistaken.

Voiding Erdoğan’s policies is possible through achieving unity among Kurds. Our people should play their role as patriots. They should continue their role in the urban wars. If all come together under one umbrella and fight Erdoğan, the greatest response will be given. We will never step back.”