FEREH DAWUD

Qamishlo- The people living in the Kurdistan Region have been protesting the ongoing Turkish attacks on their region since Turkey launched a ground and air cross-border operation in the territories of the Kurdistan Region on April 17 with the support of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP or PDK). Speaking to NuJINHA, the Kurdish teachers in the city of Qamishlo, northeastern Syria, condemn the attacks.

“We never give up our right cause”

Teacher Fatma Mehmud stated that Turkey has been attacking the Kurdistan Region in cooperation with the KDP to break the will of the Kurdish people and said,” We strongly condemn these attacks. They should know that we never give up our right cause. The Kurdish people in four parts of Kurdistan should rise up and condemn these attacks. We all know that the Turkish state is the enemy of the Kurdish people and still the PDK cooperates with the Turkish state. This hurts us. How can Kurds attack Kurds? The blood that flows in our veins is Kurdish blood. We strongly condemn the PDK's cooperation with the Turkish state and say that we will resist these attacks.”

 “The aim is to annihilate the Kurds”

Emphasizing that the PDK should put an end to its betrayal, Fatma Mehmud said, “The aim of the Turkish state is to commit a genocide against the Kurds. As a Kurdish teacher, I call on the PDK not to support the Turkish state. We are Kurds and our blood is the same, we hope that the PDK will give up this stance and react to the attacks of the Turkish state. The aim of the Turkish state is to annihilate the Kurds not only in the Kurdistan Region but also in four parts of Kurdistan.”

 “We will resist oppression”

 “As the Kurdish people, we resist and demand our rights,” Kurdish teacher Şerin İsmail said, “We are against the attacks of the Turkish state. The Turkish state knows that the guerrillas protect us in the mountains, that’s why it attacks our mountains to leave us unprotected. As the Kurdish people, we will never give up our right cause.”