KCK issues greetings to all Christians

The KCK Peoples and Beliefs Committee issued a written statement and sent greetings to the Christian peoples on Christmas.

The Committee for Peoples and Beliefs of the KCK issued a statement to send greetings to "the Christian peoples of the world are currently celebrating Christmas, and humanity in general is preparing for the transition into a new year."

The statement said: "As the Kurdistan Freedom Movement, which strongly supports and struggles for the unity, equality, and brotherhood of all peoples and beliefs, we wish all Christians in Kurdistan as well as all Christian peoples of the world a merry Christmas. We strongly hope that in 2025 the wars in the Middle East and all over the world will come to an end and all humanity will have an equal, democratic, and free life in peace, tranquility, and brotherhood. We express our condolences to the relatives of those who lost their lives in the attack at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on the eve of Christmas Day, and wish a speedy recovery to the injured."

The statement added: "The year 2024, which was characterized by war, collapse, and great tragedies on the one hand, but also by a great struggle, resistance for democracy, and freedom that brings glory to the dignity of humanity on the other, is coming to an end. Given the current circumstances, it is crucial to dedicate traditional celebrations and sacred customs to solving humanity’s problems and crises. We believe that all existing problems in the Middle East can be solved by raising the common struggle for freedom and democracy and by developing and increasing the unity, solidarity, equality, and brotherhood of all peoples and beliefs. That understanding is what we base our struggle on."

The statement continued: "In 2024, in the war waged by the capitalist sovereign powers in the Middle East, the peoples suffered great pain and experienced almost irreparable destruction. In this intense period of conflict in the Middle East, all peoples living in the region, including Christian peoples, have struggled for life under great dangers, and this struggle is still ongoing. The Turkish genocidal regime continues to wage wars and conflicts that pose great dangers to the lives of all peoples living in the region, especially those living in Syria. The genocidal regime of the AKP-MHP intensifies its attacks on Rojava and North and East Syria by the to-it-affiliated gangs and mercenaries that it tries to camouflage under the name of ‘SNA’."

The statement underlined that "the genocidal, fascist Turkish regime, which threatens all beliefs, cultures, and different peoples, particularly including the Assyrian and Armenian peoples living in the region, casts a shadow on the joy of the celebrations of our peoples and continues to threaten the peoples with its attacks. The genocidal, fascist Turkish regime knows no bounds in its attacks, displaying its hostility not only to the Christian faith in the region but also to Alevi, Êzidi (Yazidis), and Democratic Muslim circles. In the face of such genocidal and fascist aggression, it is most appropriate for the people of all peoples and faiths to form and strengthen a unity based on the understanding of the ‘Democratic Nation’ and do their part in building the new Syria. As the Kurdistan Freedom Movement, we wish that this year’s Christmas will be instrumental in the realization of the construction of a democratic, free Syria where the freedoms and authenticities of all peoples and beliefs are recognized and where equality, unity, and solidarity prevail. We believe that the peoples of all faiths living in Syria and Rojava can lead such a successful struggle."

The KCK said: "On this occasion, we call on the peoples to be more organized, in solidarity and unity against the colonialist, genocidal, fascist powers and states not only in Kurdistan but all over the Middle East and the world. With these feelings and thoughts, we once again say Merry Christmas to the entire Christian world, especially our Armenian, Assyrian, and Chaldean peoples of Kurdistan, and we hope that 2025 will be a year in which all evils that oppose human conscience and morality will come to an end. We hope that everyone will contribute to implementing the will of the peoples to weave the model of coexistence in love, peace, brotherhood, and equality in the construction of Democratic Syria, and that 2025 will be the year of the victory of the struggle for the Democratic Nation in Rojava and all of Syria."