On the evening of 20. November 2022 kamen ca. 50 People together in downtown Kassel, to protest against the Turkish state's air strikes on settlements and infrastructure in Rojava and Southern Kurdistan.
Since Saturday evening, the Turkish Air Force has been bombing numerous villages and towns in the autonomous self-government in the north- As in many other German cities (west) and Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq). In the last few days there have been increasing reports of deaths and injuries. In addition to settlements, a granary and a hospital were also completely destroyed. On the evening of 20.11.2022 Several dozen people spontaneously came together in downtown Kassel, to demonstrate their solidarity and resistance against the attacks of the Turkish state.
“In these minutes the brave heroes become, which the entire world in front of Preserved IS terror, bombed by Turkey and abandoned by the entire world public! Turkey is now trying to bring this to an end, something their Islamic State allies were unable to do!”
a participant in the demo in a speech
The air strikes in Rojava are aimed at the entire border strip in the north, which borders Turkey. In Southern Kurdistan, bombings are reported both in Qendil and in the Yazidi core area of Shengal. There fell 2014 The Islamic State invaded and committed genocide and femicide against the Yazidi population.
The fascist Turkish government pretended, that the air strikes were a revenge attack on the bomb attack in the Istanbul shopping mile 13.11.2022 be. A few hours after the attack, the Turkish government blamed the PKK and YPG, to be responsible for the attack that left six dead and dozens injured. Both organizations firmly deny responsibility for the attack and assume that the Turkish government has staged a pretext for another invasion.
The attacks on the Kurdish areas are a large-scale military operation, which didn't come as a surprise. For months, Erdoğan has been announcing a new attack on Rojava. At the same time, Turkey's war of aggression against southern Kurdistan, which has been going on since April and is in violation of international law, continues (Northern Iraq). In the last few months it has become known again and again, that the Turkish military is using poison gas against the Kurdish guerrillas in the mountains.
“It is a war of the dirtiest kind, which violates all applicable laws of war”, said one participant at the demonstration. Since Saturday evening, Kobanê has been the main focus, the heart of Rojava- Revolution, under Turkish fire. The city was 2014 known worldwide for resisting and defeating the so-called Islamic State.
On Monday, the 21.11.2022 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan also announced an imminent ground offensive against the autonomous areas in the north- and eastern Syria and the southern Kurdish region in northern Iraq.
“These attacks are directed against all people, who stand on the side of the Kurdish freedom movement. They are an attack on the women's revolution, to a life in harmony with nature, on social self-determination and self-defense. They are an attack on the peaceful coexistence of all peoples, on social emancipation, feminist achievements and international solidarity! Long live the resistance in Kurdistan! Down with the attacks of the Turkish state! Long live the women's revolution in Rojava!“
an activist from Women Defend Rojava Kassel
Also in the Iranian part of Kurdistan, where people have been since mid-September after the assassination of Jîna Mahsa Amini protesting in the streets, Attacks on the subsequent revolutionary movement increased sharply. The situation is currently deteriorating in several Kurdish cities in Iran. During protests last week, Iranian Revolutionary Guards fired indiscriminately at demonstrators, the number of injured and dead is increasing dramatically.
As in Kassel, there were protests nationwide last weekend against the attacks by the Iranian and Turkish states against the Kurdish population and in solidarity with the ongoing protests in Iran.
Both last Saturday at the Solidarity demonstration with the protests in Iran as well as at the demonstration on Sunday evening against the Turkish air strikes, Further protests were announced. The military attacks and state repression of the two fascist regimes should not go unanswered, said the activist from Women Defend Rojava Kassel in conclusion.
