Demonstration on the anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne

On the anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne, a demonstration was held against the massacres of the Turkish army in Kurdistan.

On the 97th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne, a demonstration was held in the city against the massacres of the Turkish army in Kurdistan. The two-day protest march had already begun on Friday in Geneva. The embargo against the Maxmur refugee camp, which has now been in place for over a year, was also denounced.

The demonstration was organized by an alliance consisting of the Europe-wide umbrella organization of the Kurdish diaspora KCDK-E, the Kurdish umbrella organization in Switzerland CDK-S, the Confederation of Oppressed Migrants in Europe AvEG-Kon, the Democratic Alevi Federation (FEDA), the Party for Socialist Reconstruction SYKP and the European representation of the West Kurdistan (Rojava) party PYD.

The crowd staged a march from the Place de la Riponne to the front of the Palais de Rumine - the building where the Lausanne Treaty was signed. A minute's silence was held at the beginning. The closing rally hosted speeches by Demir Çelik of the Kurdish European Congress KCDK-E, Green politician Benjamin Rudaz and Deputy Mayor David Payot.

Treaty of Lausanne

The Treaty of Lausanne on July 24, 1923 not only defined the current state borders of Turkey, but also the division of Kurdistan. The agreement was concluded between Turkey and the allies of the First World War Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Greece, Romania and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. With the stroke of a pen the Kurds became Turks, Iranians, Iraqis and Syrians. As it soon turned out, even the civil rights granted to them were only on paper. The governments of all four states actually pursued a policy of resettlement and expulsion, violent oppression, Turkification and Arabization against the Kurdish folk.

 

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