ROJ HOZAN

Qamishlo- Defending their region, the people of North and East Syria say at every opportunity that they will protect the revolution in NE Syria, also known as women’s revolution, and the system built by themselves.

Stêr Qasim, coordinating member of the Women's Council of North and East Syria called on women to take a firm stance against the ongoing Turkish attacks on the region.

“The Turkish state has been planning to carry out massacres”

Starting her speech by expressing her condolences to the families of those who lost their lives and wishing a speedy recovery to the injured in the Turkish airstrikes on November 19, Stêr Qasim said, “The Turkish state always threatens the region. In the last airstrikes, it tries to use the explosion in Istanbul as an excuse. In the airstrikes, many civilians were killed and injured. And these airstrikes were openly launched. The airstrikes were planned before and many countries had known the airstrikes would be launched. The Turkish state aims to launch an operation into North and East Syria before the coming elections in Turkey in order to increase its votes. The Turkish state has been suffering from a national turmoil so it plays a role in deepening the crisis in Syria. Because the Turkish government has no other way to get rid of the internal crisis except the occupation. For this reason, it has been planning to carry out massacres against the people of North and East Syria.”

“Our people will respond”

Adding that the Turkish state poses a threat to the Middle East, Stêr Qasim said, “The Turkish government hasn’t done anything for its country. That is why many opposition parties and the peoples of Turkey do not want Erdoğan to stay in power. The ongoing Turkish attacks bring negative consequences for the people of the region. The Turkish state poses a threat to the Middle East.  The Turkish state built its system with the blood of people. It has carried out massacres and genocides against Armenian, Syriac, Arab and Alevi people. People from all nations do not want the presence of the Turkish state in their territories. Our people will respond to the attacks. We defend our people and our homeland.”

Call on women

Calling on women to take a firm stance against the Turkish attacks, Stêr Qasim said, “Racist systems and regimes always target women. We can see this in Kurdistan. The Turkish state targets all communities, nations and secs. For this reason, we call on all women to take a firm stance and struggle against the inhuman practices and brutal attacks of the Turkish state.”