Kurds living in Europe and their friends took to the streets in many cities to support the Rojava Revolution, condemn the attacks by the Turkish state and to protest the Treaty of Lausanne on the anniversary.

FREIBURG

Kurds took to the streets in Freiburg where the representatives of the Freiburg Kurdish People's Assembly said: "The Kurdish people will not accept a new Treaty of Lausanne, which is intended to be imposed on us for another century under the threat of occupation and genocide. The Kurdish Freedom Guerrillas are resisting everywhere."

Demonstrators demanded the closure of the airspace of Northern and Eastern Syria.

PARIS

A big rally was held in République Square in Paris, organised by the French Kurdish Women's Movement (TJK-F) and the French Democratic Kurdish Council (CDK-F), on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Lausanne Treaty and the 10th anniversary of the Rojava Revolution.

Communist and Republicans Group Senator Pierre Laurent, NUPES deputy Danielle Simonnet and French Armenian Associations Coordination Council (CCAF) co-chair Mourad Papazian were among the speakers.

Emphasizing that as communists they stand by the Kurds' just struggle today, as they did yesterday, Pierre Laurent said: “NATO needs neither new members nor new soldiers. The silence about Erdogan's policy at the NATO summit in Madrid is unacceptable. On the anniversary of the Rojava Revolution, we asked numerous questions to the relevant ministries in our government, which remained silent about Erdogan's policy, which wanted to attack Rojava, the only hope for peace in the Middle East. They don't give an answer. We will continue to stand by Kurds. We will stand by democracy against despotism.”

NUPES Deputy Danielle Simonnet said: "Erdogan's desire to attack Rojava again is the product of fear of the egalitarian system the Kurds are implementing. Because Rojava shows that peoples, genders and beliefs can live together with the same rights. Our government must immediately break its silence and mobilize to preserve hope for peace in the Middle East.”

CCAF co-chair Mourad Papazian talked about his family who fled Van during the Armenian massacre. Papazian said: “It is necessary to be united against the Erdogan regime, which is a criminal regime. We must say stop Erdogan.”

During the action, CDK-F co-chair Xanê Akdoğan and former Van Ipekyolu Municipality co-mayor Veysel Keser said that they did not recognize the Lausanne Agreement.

The rally ended with a dance performance, slogans and a music concert by TEV-ÇAND artists.

FRANKFURT

A march was held in Frankfurt organised by FCDK KAWA. The demonstrators demanded that airspace be closed to Turkish flights.

 FCDK-KAWA co-chairs Münevver Altınışık and Mehmet Çopan made a speech and demanded people to stand up for Rojava.

Speaking afterwards, KON-MED co-chair Zübeyde Zümrüt pointed out that the Kurdish people are going through a sensitive process and added that the values ​​represented by the Kurdish people cannot be destroyed. Zümrüt condemned the betrayal by the KDP.

OSLO

A large banner with the inscription #NOFLYZONE4ROJAVA was unfurled to draw attention to the hashtag campaign launched against the invasion attacks at the Opera House in Oslo.