In a statement to ANF, Murat Karayýlan, head of Kurdish Communities Union's Executive Council, has evaluated this year’s Newroz celebrations where hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets. Karayýlan remarked that a new process has begun last February and added; “I evaluate this new process as the process of freedom. We refuse the system of the Turkish state and we should also stop joining the army, speaking Turkish and paying tax. If the system doesn’t recognize us, we won’t recognize it either.”
The freedom struggle of the Kurdish people is intended to be prevented, underlined Karayýlan and pointed out to the suppressions of the fascist system which –he said- has also put a ban on Newroz celebrations this year with an aim to prevent the riot of the Kurdish people. The isolation imposed on Leader Öcalan, the sexual abuse that Kurdish children are subject to in prison, the arrest of around seven thousand politicians and slaughters against the Kurdish people are all the results of the suppression of the system, noted Karayýlan.
According to Karayýlan, “The participation in this year’s Newroz celebrations is a significant attitude and resistance of the Kurdish people who have broken the police barricade in Amed and Istanbul. People have displayed a great will despite all obstacles put before them and fascist attacks they were subject to. Despite all the calls we made before the Newroz, celebrations witnessed a state terror and violence. However, we cannot ermain silent in the face of the cruelty and colonialist attacks.”
Karayýlan indicated the discrimination of the Turkish media against hundreds of thousands who joined celebrations and added that the same attitude is also displayed by Turkish judiciary as well as state authorities and politicians. Remarking that the news of the Turkish media mainly consisted of scenarios made up by media directors and members, Karayýlan added that the Turkish media exhibited a hypocrite approach towards the Kurdish people and the actions they perform.
“They don’t see the developments, truths and slaughtered Kurds in Kurdistan. I condemn this approach which doesn’t see Kurds as people. They don’t accept that the PKK is the people themselves”, said Karayýlan referring to the members of the Turkish media.
KCK Executive Council President Karayýlan continued as follows; “Erdoðan applies cruelty on the people in Kurdistan under the name of advanced democracy. Numerous politicians, human rights defenders, union members, lawyers and artists have been put in prison while young people have been abused in prison and slaughtered in the village of Roboski. They intend to blacken the future of the Kurdish people. however, we will not accept these unlawful practices any more. The rebel of the Kurdish people which has begun in this year’s Newroz in Amed will be enhanced with our honor and dignity. The historical 2012 Newroz will be the beginning of the rising and freedom struggle by our people. ”
The Newroz tradition, which was started by Mazlum Doðan in Amed prison 30 years ago, will be kept alive with the same spirit from now on as well. Newroz is the day of rebellion, freedom and unity. Our people shall raise their voice against the AKP fascism and exploitation, underlined Karayýlan.