HDP Amed MP Dersim Dağ said that "women become the primary target of these special war policies, both because of their identity as being a young, more dynamic power in society and also because of their identity."
HDP Amed MP Dersim Dağ spoke to Nûçe Ciwan about the impact of the Turkish state’s policies on young women and the youth.
Asked about the increase in femicide, Dağ said: "With the voice of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan reaching the Middle Eastern peoples, women were able to breathe a breath of relief, finding space for themselves in life. With the heaviness of the isolation system, together with the introduction of absolute isolation all over again, Turkey, Kurdistan, women have begun to feel the impacts of the male-dominant mentality in all areas of life again.
On the other hand, there are special war policies that fascist states are currently carrying out on the peoples. Turkey is currently conducting private war policies on the Kurdish people and the biggest target of these special warfare policies is young Kurdish women.
They become the primary target of these special war policies, both because of their identity as being a young, more dynamic power in society and also because of their identity as a female.
As a direct result of special warware policies, many young women aged 17 to 18 in Kurdistan are exposed to harassment and rape by Turkish expert sergeants, soldiers and police. These expert sergeants, soldiers and police officers represent the state and they see the rape of a Kurdish woman as an achievement."
Asked about the ‘Take Action’ initiative, Dağ said: "We have started an initiative against these policies with the slogan ‘Take Action’. In this initiative, of course, we face many problems such as the issue of youth being left face to face with prostitution, drugs and addiction. Of course, we will also work on special warfare policies to solve such problems.
We are working on raising the awareness of the youth about these special war policies, what is being aimed at prostitution, drugs and addiction policies, why the youth should be organized and how they should be organized.
In the coming days, we will also have practical concrete actions and activities against drugs, prostitution and smuggling in the practical field."
