KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) General Presidential Council Member Sozdar Avesta spoke to Çıra TV about the situation in Efrîn, Shengal Women’s Units (YJŞ) decision to join in the Great Battle operation and the national congress efforts by the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK).

“IT WILL BE THE END OF ERDOĞAN”

“The atrocities Erdoğan and Bahçeli commit against the Kurdish people continue, particularly against the people of Efrîn. Efrîn is a rich province, especially in terms of nature. That is why they fire artilleries and start fires. But now they also want to attack with ground troops,” said Avesta and added that Erdoğan will be crushed under the weight of the Shehba attack and it will bring about the en of Erdoğan.

Avesta said, “If the Turkish state enters Efrîn they won’t be able to get out,” and continued:

“Everybody knows they don’t want Raqqa liberated. Like our patriotic people came together around Kobanê when the city was attacked, we should once again gather into a circle around Efrîn now. The operation to liberate Raqqa is about to be completed. Nobody can stop that now, with the start of the Great Battle.

"YJŞ’S PARTICIPATION IS AN IMPORTANT STEP"

ISIS built a headquarters for themselves to subdue women and destroy the free women’s will, and that is the Shengal region in Iraq. They took the Êzidî women there to Mosul. They tied their hands and feet and chained them to trucks, to be sold in markets. This was also in the media. They violently murdered 19 women who didn’t bow down to them. The same thing happened in Raqqa. Nobody could object because Raqqa was under their control. Thousands of women are trapped in their homes in Raqqa. Nobody knows exactly how many there are. For these reasons, the Raqqa operation is truly symbolic. YJŞ’s decision to participate is also a great and important step. The Êzidî people deserved more than anybody else to participate in this operation. So I consider the operation a great step.

The Êzidî people have come to realize that unless they build their autonomy, they will always be facing new genocides. They know very well that whatever state they lean on will not protect them. When we look at the paradigm of Leader Apo and our Movement since the beginning, we always see the third way as prominent, to build yourself as a force by using your own strength.”

“THE GENOCIDE AND THE AUTONOMY NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED”

Avesta pointed out that appeals have been submitted to the UN, the US and Canada to have the massacres the Êzidî people suffered as genocide and added: “When there is a single decision on the autonomy of Shengal, thousands of enemies an circles start working against the recognition of the autonomy and the genocide. For that they have surrounded the people and divided them. For the last 3 years, they have turned Shengal into a dungeon.”

NATIONAL CONGRESS

KCK General Presidential Council Member Sozdar Avesta also mentioned the discussions on the referendum in Southern Kurdistan and the national congress efforts launched on June 12 and continued:

“There are great problems in the south, and there is a dictatorship in the North. They disbanded democratic politics. They have left the Kurdish people to suffocate in every way conceivable. There will be an important workshop on July 15-16 where people will vote for national unity and determine finer points to work on. So all forces should try to lead this. For us, there are zero issues, the national congress is the will of the Kurdish people.”