Speaking to ANF, Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) Co-Chair Ahmet Karamus drew attention to the absolute isolation of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the concept of genocidal war against the Kurdish people.

Karamus stated that the isolation has spread to the whole society in the person of Abdullah Öcalan and said, “Although there has been a meeting with him recently, the isolation continues. Mr Abdullah Öcalan clearly states that the isolation continues. Even though only one meeting was held, this was a hope for the Kurdish people. We were able to get little information about his health, conditions and life at least. This was a source of joy for us. Although there was a so-called resolution process from 2009 to 2015, it became clear that the Turkish state did not have a project, will or concept to resolve the Kurdish question. The negotiations were held only to deceive the public. In this process, it was seen that the state did not have a solution-orientated project. The policy of oppression, attacks and persecution, which resumed especially after 2016, is part of a concept that aims to destroy the Kurdish people. The isolation of Abdullah Öcalan is part of this concept. This isolation is not an individual matter. The isolation is directed against the entire Kurdish people in the person of Abdullah Öcalan.”

Karamus emphasised that the isolation was directed against the thought and philosophy of Leader Öcalan and continued: “Despite all these attacks and isolation against Abdullah Öcalan, the Kurdish people have shown both nationally and internationally that Mr Öcalan is their will. The concept of war against Mr Öcalan, the Kurdish Freedom Movement and the Kurdish people failed to break this will. Tens of thousands of people who came together in Cologne said, ‘Abdullah Öcalan is the will of this people. The Kurdish question cannot be resolved without Abdullah Öcalan's role and mission'.”

Karamus drew attention to the invasion attacks of the Turkish state against North-East Syria and said, “The Rojava issue and the status of Rojava is one of the key issues in terms of the solution of the Kurdish question. Because Rojava has reached this point with Abdullah Öcalan's paradigm, thought and philosophy. Rojava has become a model for how problems in the Middle East can be resolved. The reason for the Turkish state's attacks on Rojava is the fear that the Kurds can resolve the problems of the Middle East through this model. They are also afraid that the system created in Rojava can resolve both the problems in the Middle East and the Kurdish issue. For this reason, the occupying forces target Rojava in all their messages. But can a solution be achieved through massacre, destruction and occupation? Of course not. Because the Kurdish people have shown who their will is in every field. For this reason, we hope that the forces cooperating with the occupying states, especially those who support the policies of the Turkish state, will understand that this cooperation will not bring any solution.”

Underlining that the Kurdish people are going through a very sensitive and dangerous process today, KNK Co-Chair concluded: “As the KNK, we have repeatedly attempted to unite the Kurdish movements in the four parts of Kurdistan and in the diaspora. However, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has chosen to cooperate with an occupying state like Turkey, which wants to exterminate the Kurdish people. This is an approach that jeopardises the existence of the Kurdish people. Today, as the Kurdish people, we are going through a very dangerous and sensitive process. We have repeatedly conveyed a message to the KDP that co-operation with the Turkish state is not a solution. Once again, we appeal to the KDP; let's not allow a second Lausanne in the 21st century. Let us not be anyone's pawn, let us not fall for the games of the Turkish state. I hope that the KDP will understand the policies and goals of the Turkish state as soon as possible and take its place among the national forces. Let's be the main actor in the Middle East that ensures a solution to the Kurdish question.”