The vigil started in the Suruç district of Urfa on the border of Kobanê in protest at the invasion attacks against Northern and Eastern Syria continues on its 3rd day. The vigil, launched under the leadership of the Democratic Regions Party (DBP), Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) and Free Women's Movement (TJA), was attended by DEM Party Urfa MP Ferit Şenyaşar as well as many party members and members of the Peace Mothers Assembly on Wednesday.

Masses gathered in the district today, singing and dancing to Kurdish songs. A banner reading “Rojava rûmeta me ye” (Rojava is our honour) was unfurled and banners reading “Rojava is our red line” and “Bijî berxwedana Rojava” (Long live the struggle of Rojava) were carried. 

‘Resistance will continue’

TJA activist Edle Fidan protested the prevention of the activists from making a press statement at the Kobanê border on the pretext of “security” and said, “Rojava's security is our security”.

Commemorating Kurdish journalists Nazım Daştan and Cihan Bilgin who were killed in a Turkish UCAV attack in Rojava last week, Edle Fidan said, “These attacks are meant to leave the Kurds without status and destroy the gains in Rojava. But no one can leave the Kurds without status in the Middle East. We will continue our resistance against this. We do not accept a life without status. The life in Rojava is a life established by the women's revolution. We, as women, will embrace this life.” 

'The attacks are directed against Kurdish gains'

DEM Party Adıyaman Provincial Co-Chair Hüseyin Coşkun said, “Everyone is watching the events in Syria and North-East Syria with great concern. These attacks are directed against Kurdish gains.”

DEM Party Bismil District Co-Chair Mustafa Kurt called for unity against the attacks and said, “An attack is currently carried out by mercenaries. We reject the attacks against the people of Rojava.”

'We will always be in solidarity with the people of Rojava'

“The people of Suruç and the people of Kobanê are friends and relatives,” said MP Ferit Şenyaşar of the DEM Party: “We do not accept the attacks on the people of Rojava by ISIS remnant terrorist organizations. I hereby commemorate our journalist friends Nazım and Cihan who were killed in a combat drone attack. We condemn this genocidal mentality. As long as these attacks continue, we will not remain silent against these attacks, because to remain silent is to act against human dignity. The people of Rojava have been recognized by the international community for their struggle against ISIS. The people of Rojava are not a threat to Turkey. We will always be in solidarity with the people of Rojava.”

The demonstration ended with the slogan “Bijî berxwedana Rojava” (Long live the struggle of Rojava).