NAV-DEM (German Democratic Kurdish Community Center) issued a written statement on the Global Day of Action to be held on May 26 against Turkish invasion.

The statement points out that the Turkish state is attempting to systemically change the demographic makeup of Kurdistan with their invasion attacks in Rojava, Bakur and Bashur and continues:

“BUILDING A TERRORIST REGIME”

“Deportations, looting, abductions and torture are but some of the outcomes of Turkey’s invasion war in Afrin. The Turkish airstrikes in Afrin were made possible with tanks coming from Germany, Russia’s greenlighting and NATO’s support. With support from these powers, using the most advanced aerial and terrestrial technological warfare, together with their army and all the warring gangs and Islamist terrorists, the Turkish state has managed to set up a terrorist regime in a region where only a short while ago gender equality, democracy and pluralism reigned and it was possible to coexist.

As NAV-DEM, we will support the protests organized throughout the world by the Kurdish people and their allies against the Turkish state’s invasion attacks in Kurdistan with high participation.”

The statement lists demonstrations to be held in Germany’s Berlin, Hannover, Munich, Cologne and other provinces and calls for strong participation to central and local protests.

PROTEST CALENDAR

The information provided by NAV-DEM is as follows:

Munich: Rally at 14.00 in Marienplatz

Berlin: Rally at 15.00 in Alexanderplatz (Weltuhr)

Hannover: March at 13.30 in Steintor

Cologne: Rally at 13.00 in Neumarkt

Kassel: March at 14.00 in Halitplatz

Giessen: March at 16.00 in Berliner Platz

Braunschweig: March at 13.00 in Kohlmarkt

Karlsruhe: March at 14.00 in Stephanplatz (Postgalerie)

Bremen:  Rally at 12.00 in BahnhofsplatzNuremberg: March at 16.00 in Aufsessplatz

Freiburg: Rally at 17.00 in Platz der Alten Synagoge

The NAV-DEM statement also calls for participation to other protests:

“We are calling on all members to participate in the protests against the AfD planned in Berlin on May 27. It is clear that we stand against inhuman ideas throughout the country, anywhere and any time. That is why we, as signatories of the Stop Hate call (https://www.stopptdenhass.org/), say: Our alternative is a democratic and open society, and our solidarity with peoples and against you! We will not let the AfD take the streets!

Let’s meet in Reichstagwiese on May 27 at 11.30.”