NEWS CENTER- In the face of the attack on the Ahmet Kaya Kurdish Cultural Center in Paris, Kurds and their friends took to the streets in many European countries and demanded that the massacre be clarified.

 

The Kurds and their friends took to the streets against the massacre attacks targeting the Ahmet Kaya Kurdish Cultural Center and Kurdish shopkeepers in Paris, the capital of France.

 

Kurds living in Switzerland protested the massacre attack by taking to the streets in many cities. 

 

Geneva

 

An action supported by Swiss non-governmental organizations was held in front of the French Consulate upon the call of the Geneva Democratic Kurdish Society Center (CDK). During the action, posters of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan and a banner reading "The massacre that took place in Paris in 2013 continues in 2022" were carried.

 

Speaking on behalf of the CDK, Sıtkı Demir said that the Kurdish people know very well the perpetrators of the massacre and said, “The mentality that was carried out in Paris 9 years ago in 2013 and that killed 3 Kurdish women has not stopped attacking the Kurdish people once again today. "The French state is as responsible as the murderous forces in these massacre attacks living in the diaspora today,"

 

After the reading of the French press text by the Rojava Committee, the mass marched with slogans. The protest ended after the march.

 

Basel

 

The address of the protest in Basel was the central train station. In the speech made on behalf of the mass who expressed their anger against the massacre in the action organized with the participation of revolutionary institutions and NGOs from all walks of life, with the urgent call for action by the Ronahî Women's Council, it was stated that as Kurdish women, they will continue to be in the fields against the massacres against the Kurdish people wherever they are. After the speech, the mass marched and ended the protest after a moment of silence in the Claraplatz area.

 

Locarno

 

In the city of Locarno, in the canton of Bellinzona, the Kurds came together in Piazza Grande Square to protest the massacre attack targeting the Kurds in Paris.

 

CDK Co-chairman Recep Akkamış made a speech here on behalf of the mass: “This massacre is the continuation of the genocidal attack on the Kurdish people. We, as the Kurdish people, will respond by raising our resistance against the concept of massacre.”

 

The action, in which the German press text was read, ended with slogans.

 

St. Gallen

 

Swiss political institutions and NGOs also participated and supported the action held at Kornhausplatz upon the call of the Democratic Kurdish Community Center (CDK).Speaking on behalf of CDK at the action where the German press text was read, Zeynel Aslan said: “This situation disturbs the world gladios because the Kurds are building a new life in the Middle East and Kurdistan. The only thing they know is that there are only two options available to the Kurdish people. Destroy and slaughter. The Kurds' self-determination and any attempt at liberation poses a threat to them. But no matter how much they do not accept the reality of the Kurdish people, Kurds are everywhere and now the whole world recognizes the Kurds and world rights offer support. Why, because the Kurdish people demand a new life based on the freedom of the peoples? That's why a new concept is being created against the Kurds, and this Paris massacre is not independent of this concept, it is a part of it. But we know from Amed dungeon, Zap and Metina. No matter what happens, we will not stop fighting. We will destroy this concept and we will win.” The action ended with slogans.

 

Solothurn

 

In the city of Solothurn, Kurds and their friends gathered in front of the central train station to protest the massacre against the Ahmet Kaya Kurdish Cultural Center. Following the reading of the German press text read on behalf of CDK Solothurn, the action was ended with a call for participation in the central action that will be held in Paris tomorrow.

 

Lucerne

 

As soon as the news of the massacre attack was heard, Kurds living in the city of Lucerne gathered at Bahnhofplatz and held a rally, calling for urgent action. After the speech made on behalf of CDK, the action in which the German press text was read was ended with slogans against the massacre.

 

Germany

 

The armed attack against the Kurdish Cultural Association in Rotebühlplatz in Stuttgart, Germany, and the Kurdish Cultural Association in Paris, the capital of France, was condemned, and those who lost their lives in the massacre attack were commemorated. "Martyr Namirin", "Shoulder to shoulder against fascism", "Long live international solidarity", In the action where the slogans of "Terrorist Erdogan" were shouted frequently, it was said, "Today, we are in anger of the brutal attack against the Kurds in Paris, the capital of France. 4 people were martyred and 4 people were injured in the armed attack on the Kurdish Cultural Center in Paris."

 

In the statement made by the Swiss Democratic Kurdish Council (CDK-S) and the Swiss Kurdish Women's Union (YJK-S), they called for participation in the central march to be held in Paris tomorrow, as of tonight.

 

Cologne

 

Kurds, AGIF, Alinteri and German Left Movement activists, who came together at Bahnhofvorplatz upon the call of the Kurdish Democratic Society Center in Cologne, protested the massacre perpetrated against the Ahmet Kaya Kurdish Cultural Center in Paris. In the speeches made during the action, it was emphasized that as the anniversary of the massacre of three female revolutionaries Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez was approaching, a new Paris massacre took place and that this massacre was committed by the same forces.

 

Kon-Med Co-chair Zübeyde Zümrüt said in her speech, “We know the murderers and our enemies very well. They have targeted Kurdish women, civilians and peoples for years. As the anniversary of the massacre of Heval Sara, heval Rojbin and heval Leyla was approaching, a similar massacre was carried out in Paris this morning. It should be known that this attack was carried out in our house, in our association. The Kurdish people and their friends should not remain silent against this,”

 

'We condemn the forces behind it'

 

Former HDP Deputy Nursel Aydoğan said, “At around 12:00 today, another massacre took place in the heart of Paris. We condemn the perpetrators of the massacre and the forces behind it. Whoever did this massacre, even if it was a French national, we know very well those who committed this massacre and the forces behind it.”

 

Nuremberg

 

In addition to the attack on the Kurdish Cultural Center and Kurdish shopkeepers in Paris, the raid by the German police by breaking down the doors of the Nuremberg Democratic Kurdish Community Center and the houses of some patriots, and the detention of KNK member Tahir Koçer, protest by FED-GEL Co-chairs, ADGB and their German friends was done.

 

In the protest, representatives of institutions made speeches, demanding that the German state abandon its criminalizing policies towards Kurds and that Tahir Köçer be released immediately.

 

In the action, which also drew attention to the massacre in Paris, “It is important not who carried out this massacre, but by whom it was organized. The Kurds and their friends know very well that the fascist Erdogan and his government are responsible for the massacre.

 

Stuttgart

 

In the city of Stuttgart, Germany, in Rotebühlplatz, in Paris, the capital of France, the armed attack on the Kurdish Cultural Association was protested, and those who were martyred in the massacre attack were commemorated. The flags of parties and organizations such as PKK, MLKP, AVEG-KON, Partizan, ATIK, YDG were unfurled in the action where slogans such as "Martyr Namirin", "Shoulder to shoulder against fascism" and "Long live international solidarity" were shouted.

 

In the speech made during the action, "Today we are enraged by the brutal attack against the Kurds in Paris, the capital of France. 3 people were martyred and 3 people were injured in the armed attack on the Kurdish Cultural Center in Paris. Refugees due to the war waged by the Turkish state against the Kurdish people. "We protest that the Kurds, who have been organized here with different institutions, have been targeted. The French state must fulfill its responsibility, knowing that it is directed by the Turkish state." After the speeches, the crowd marched with slogans.

 

Mannheim

 

There was also a protest rally in Mannheim, Germany. The people gathered in Wasserturm, pointing out that the attack was not a coincidence, and pointed out that the Turkish state had an organized plan. The rally, which called for all the Kurdish people and their friends living in Europe to go to Paris to protest tomorrow, ended with the slogans of "Martyr namirin".

 

Berlin

 

The attack on the Kurdish institution in France was also protested in Berlin. The attack on the Kurdish Cultural Center and shopkeepers in Paris, the capital of France, was protested in Berlin, the capital of Germany. A protest meeting was held with the participation of people from Kurdistan, Turkey and internationals who came together with the urgent call of the Dest-Dan Women's Assembly and the Nav-Berlin Assembly. Many representatives of political parties and non-governmental organizations participating in the protest rally said, “The perpetrators of the attack in Paris are obvious. The fact that the perpetrators of Sara, Rojbin and Ronahî, who were murdered in Paris on January 9, 2013, and the forces behind them were not revealed, paved the way for these attacks today.”

 

During the action, slogans such as "Sara Rojbîn Ronahî", "Jin Jiyan Azadî" and "Bimre xiyanet" were chanted.

 

Darmstadt

 

People of Kurdistan, who came together at Luisenplatz, the busy square of Darmstadt, Germany, condemned the attack in Paris with a rally. The people of Kurdistan rushed to Paris tomorrow to embrace the martyrs and wounded.

 

Copenhagen

 

In Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, the people of Kurdistan came together in front of the French Consulate and condemned the massacre carried out against the Ahmet Kaya Cultural Center in Paris.

 

In the speech made, the following was emphasized: “The Kurdish people will not remain silent against these massacres and we do not accept them. The whole world and the public should know that this massacre is not independent of the policies and incentives of the Turkish state, which has made Kurds a target everywhere and keeps all kinds of massacres and attacks open with its genocidal policies. No matter where the attack comes from, with the dirty war policies of the Turkish state against the Kurdish people, it has made the Kurds and their elite personalities open targets with illegal and arbitrary practices everywhere and on every platform. The Turkish state carries its war and policies of total annihilation against the freedom struggle of the Kurdish people to the international arena with its army, police and gang structures such as ISIS, which is their own product. The murderous state policy that murdered Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez in the same city in 2013, has carried out a massacre again today with the same motivation. If the French state had exposed this massacre in all its aspects, this massacre would not have happened and would not have happened today. During the speech, slogans such as "Fascist Erdoğan, we protest the massacre carried out by ISIS leader Erdoğan in Paris, do not remain silent, more massacres will occur if we remain silent" were chanted.

 

Giessen

 

Following the call of Kurdish freedom movements and organizations, the people of Kurdistan, who came together in Giessen, Germany, protested the massacre in Paris. At the rally led by the Giessen DTKM, the public demanded an immediate explanation of the forces behind the massacre and called on everyone to flock to Paris, where the attack took place tomorrow.