DÜSSELDORF – Led by the European Kurdish Women’s Movement (TJK-E) and the Kurdistan People’s Democratic Congress in Europe (KCDK-E), thousands of people gathered today for a demonstration in Düsseldorf under the motto “Li dijî êrîşa dewleta Tirk û bikaranîna cekên kîmyewî, Kurdistanê Biparêze (Protect Kurdistan from Turkish State Attacks and Use of Chemical Weapons) together.
Thousands of people gathered in the city began the demonstration with the song “Ey Reqîb” and participated in the demonstration with high morale and enthusiasm. Political parties and human rights representatives, representatives of women’s movements from all four parts of Kurdistan and various countries around the world, as well as activists from the ecological movement also took part in the large demonstration. Representatives of the Tamils, Zapatistas and Ezidis will also speak at the rally.
The Mekap shoe, which has become a symbol of solidarity with the fighting guerrillas at least since the protests in London against the KDP, was worn as a big statute during the demonstration. The crowd showed their allegiance to the resistance of the guerrillas who sacrifice themselves in the free mountains of Kurdistan to prevent Turkish fascism from occupying the territories and to protect the people from the cruel attacks. With this symbolism and with the high participation, the crowd gave a clear signal, not only for the repressive politics in Germany, which supports Turkish fascism, but also against the attacks of the fascist AKP-MHP regime with banned weapons and massive bombing of the civilian population .
In addition, they used white suits and yellow symbols to draw attention to the prohibited use of chemical weapons, thus drawing public attention to the crimes of the occupying Turkish state. The high spirits and morale at the demonstration was reinforced with joint singing and dancing, which also referred to the peaceful character of the demonstration in the face of the aggressive attacks by NATO partner Turkey, the Kurdish community and political activists involved in the freedom struggle in Kurdistan show solidarity as terrorists.
The crowd made it clear that they are no longer prepared to accept the public’s silence regarding the attacks on their homeland and the bearers of their hope and showed this by filling the streets of Düsseldorf.
