The Co-Presidency of the KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) Executive Council released a statement regarding the Israeli attacks on Iran, which have been going on since last night. According to media reports, at least 78 people have been killed and 329 others injured in Israel's large-scale attack on Iran so far.

The KCK statement on Friday includes the following:

Last night, Israel launched a wide-ranging airstrike operation against Iran. Unfortunately, this attack has further deepened the war that escalated on October 7, 2023, and which has already caused great harm to the people, leading to destruction and great suffering. The war, developed by states for the sake of power, authority, and hegemony, does not solve any problems and solely causes great harm to the people. Its only result is great suffering, death, loss, and destruction. The fact that war does not solve anything and only deepens and exacerbates the existing problems has been sufficiently demonstrated by the history of the Middle East, which has been marked by uninterrupted war for over a century. We condemn this war, which caused so much harm for the people. It must be realized by everyone that war is not a method to develop any solution. War policies must be abandoned.

As the Kurdish freedom movement, we act with awareness of this historical reality and truth. We believe that all the prevailing problems can and must be solved through the democratic politics and democratic negotiation method put forward by  Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan. We call on everyone to reason with this understanding and act on this basis. The tactic of war must be abandoned, and instead the path must be paved for democratic politics, dialogue, and negotiations.

We reiterate that the solution to the problems in the Middle East can only be achieved through Democratic Modernity and the concept of ‘Democratic Nation’ put forward by Abdullah Öcalan. It is a proven reality that with the Capitalist Modernity’s concept of a unitary nation-state, and with the greed for power, authority, and hegemony, it is impossible to establish a peaceful life in the Middle East, which has always been like a colorful garden of rights, beliefs, and cultures. This understanding, which has been pursued for over a century, has placed the Middle East in a major impasse. It is well known that Abdullah Öcalan is making great efforts to overcome this historical impasse in the Middle East. His ‘Call for Peace and Democratic Society,’ developed on February 27, 2025, was aimed at overcoming this historical impasse. The deepening war and the harm it has caused to the people have once again highlighted the importance of this historic call. Based on this historical reality, we call on the people, particularly women, and all democratic and social forces, to further deepen their understanding of Abdullah Öcalan and his historic call, to strengthen their organizations, and to unite firmly to develop a democratic solution."