THE FREE WILL OF THE PEOPLE
CANNOT BE STOPPED!
On the
morning of 19th August, Turkey woke up to the administrative takeover of
elected local councils. In the early hours of the morning, accompanied by the
security forces, the fascist Turkish state raided and usurped councils in
Diyarbakir, Van and Mardin. HDP (People’s Democratic Party Diyarbakir City
Council co-chair, Selçuk Mızraklı, Mardin City Council co-chair, Ahmet Türk,
Van City Council co-chair, Bedia Özgökçe Ertan were arrested and removed from
office and replaced with caretaker administrators appointed by the governors. The arrests and removal from office of mayors, party executives and
co-chairs elected through the free will of the Kurdish people and the
replacement of those removed from office by the administrators is a ploy of the
fascist Turkish Republic and its current representative the fascist AKP
government to bring the people to their knees. The taking into custody of
hundreds of people and the breaking down of doors and searching of council
buildings by the police is the usurpation of the free will of the people by the
government.
The
suppression, arrests and usurpation of the councils by the fascist AKP
government that follows their total loses in city councils during the 31st
March local elections, and their complete defeat in the follow up election on
23rd June in Istanbul are a direct indication of Turkish type
fascism.
The free will of the people cannot be stopped!
The years
of murder, extra judicial executions, people going missing during custody and
torture in Turkish Kurdistan has not prevented the rightful and legitimate
struggle of the Kurdish people. On the contrary, it has intensified their
struggles. Presently the councils in the area are run with the overwhelming
majority vote of the people. Despite the provocations of the fascist Turkish
Republic, in the March 31st elections, the people once again voted
with their own free will.
Those in
power, cannot swallow the successes, during the elections, of the HDP, the
party supported by the democratic forces in Turkey and is the main reason
behind this specific move to obstruct the response of the democratic forces
against the occupation and suppression that has been carried out during this
time by the fascist state that also harbours plans to extend this occupation to
the Syrian Kurdistan. Along with support from international imperialist powers,
the fascist Turkish Republic placed thousands of soldiers at the borders in
order to carry out the occupation. With the heavy weaponry that it has acquired
from the imperialist powers, and has placed at the border, the Turkish government
is ready to invade. The recent move for administrative takeover of local
councils is an attempt to supress the struggle and the opposition of the people
against this invasion.
As the
ATIK (Confederation of Workers from Turkey in Europe), we condemn the
administrative takeover and the suppression of the city councils of Diyarbakir,
Van and Mardin by the fascist Turkish State and we wish to extend our support
to the co-chairs of the council. We call upon all democratic forces, workers
and labourers to stand up against these attacks and support the co-chairs of
the councils.
We condemn the removal from office of the co-chairs of
council in Diyarbakir, Van ve Mardin.!
The rightful will of the people cannot be obstructed!
Down with Fascism, Long Live the Brotherhood and
Sisterhood of the People!
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