TJK-E: Erdoğan gave order for Paris massacre, must be tried

TJK-E said in a statement on the anniversary of the 9 January 2013 Paris Massacre: "It was Erdoğan who gave the order. Let’s bring him to justice." The European Kurdish Women's Movement calls for action on 6 and 9 January.

In a written statement, the European Kurdish Women's Movement (TJK-E) said: "The Paris Massacre remains unpunished, despite facts and responsible were clear to the Kurdish people and its friend. In the past 7 years, new massacres have been carried out. The Turkish state has continued to carry out crimes against humanity in Rojava, Afrin, Serekaniye, Shengal, Bakur, Bashur, and Medya Defense Areas.”

The TJK-E said: “8 years ago, a brutal assassination took place in Paris. The Turkish state, wishing to complete the 100-year-old Kurdish genocide and applying the concept of total war, turned towards the leaders of the struggle for existence and the women's liberation. Sakine Cansız (Sara), one of the founders of the Kurdish Freedom Struggle and one of the leading figures of the Kurdish Women's Movement, Fidan Doğan (Rojbin), who represented Kurds in the field of diplomacy in exile, and Leyla Şaylemez (Ronahi), a member of the Youth Movement, who carried the enthusiasm of the country's love in her soul, even though she was removed from her land, were murdered in the French capital. We, the European Kurdish Women's Movement, on the 8th anniversary of the massacre, remember comrades Sara, Rojbin and Ronahi with respect and gratitude. We condemn this vile attack and state that we are more determined than ever in the struggle to bring the perpetrators to account.”

The statement added: “The murder of the three Kurdish women revolutionaries was implemented as part of the fascist Erdoğan regime's all-out war concept. The forces that carried out the massacre are clear. As a continuation of the international conspiracy against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, this political murder was committed with the support and partnership of international powers and on Erdoğan's instructions. MIT was the planner, Ömer Güney was the hit man.

The Kurdish people, Kurdish women and their friends have struggled to enlighten the massacre from the very first day. For the Kurds, the perpetrator is clear. The evidence was presented to the conscience of both the French judiciary and the democratic public in order to be legally accountable. However, the international concept and complicity behind the massacre was what held things back. Unfortunately, the French state has not been able to act outside of this concept and for the past eight years has given in to silence, which amounts to be accomplice in the crime. As a consequence, the Paris Massacre remains as a black stain, legally, politically, conscientiously and morally.”

The statement continued: “As Kurdish women, we will not let go and we will bring the perpetrators to justice. On 9 January 2021, we will again be in the streets to claim accountability from those responsible for the Paris massacre. This year, instead of the central Paris action due to the pandemic, we will organize widespread mass protests everywhere. On 6 January, we call everyone to demonstrate in front of the French Consulates, and on 9 January in Paris, France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Austria, Canada, England, Italy, and dozens of more cities we will shout ‘Erdoğan gave the order for the massacre. He must be judged'.”