(en) In solidarity with all those fighting against
authoritarianism and autocracy in Turkey and Kurdistan [machine
translation]
Indignation have set themselves on the streets of Turkey after the suicide bombing of
fundamentalist murderers of Daesh (EI, Islamic State) in Suruç and cynical, shameful and
criminal attitude taken by the Turkish government then. Mass demonstrations and violent
clashes in almost all Turkish cities, from Istanbul to the predominantly Kurdish areas,
expressed the anger of a population that rebels against the bonds of complicity
increasingly evident that the government of Erdogan joined the Caliphate Al Baghdadi. The
official response has been swift: arrest of hundreds of Kurdish and leftist militants,
bombing PKK positions in Iraq and the YPG in northern Syria and, in general, a violence
that has killed the peace process and the ceasefire in force these last years. Make no
mistake, that some of the air raids and arrests have been directed against the Daesh and
their supporters in no way means that these are the main objectives of the offensive.
If anything, these are the excuse for the cynical attitude of the Turkish government,
whose response to the slaughter of Suruç is to lash clusters of victims and arrest the
deceased fellow. Just keep in mind that 85% of those arrested following the attack, are
members of pro-Kurdish or leftist groups and only the remaining 15% are salfistas. What it
was once a suspect is now an open secret: the state and the Turkish government collaborate
with Daesh in their fight against the secular and revolutionary forces in Turkey and
Kurdistan.
On the one hand, the 32 deaths and dozens of injuries among the brigade who had gathered
in Suruç to address the reconstruction of Kobanî are a clear message to all lay and
progressive sectors of the Muslim world for religious fundamentalists, all who defend
freedom against the imposition deserves death.
Ultimately, beyond any ethnic or religious excuse, the caliphate is but the cultural form
of the totalitarian state, in its most barbaric and intolerant version. Call Nazi or
fascist Daesh would be an anachronism. But as pointed out by several authors, the model of
the caliphate is not so much the medieval original, and the totalitarian dictatorships of
the twentieth century, dressed in a theocratic garb.
On the other hand, it is precisely on this ground that the Turkish government is more
Daesh affinities with the secular and liberal sectors of the country, especially
considering its own, more pronounced authoritarian drift the more support lost. So more
concerned about the establishment of a rebellious movement in Turkey and Kurdistan that
crimes against humanity may be committed by the Salafists. Genocide, sexual slavery and
adolescents from ethnic minorities, summary executions with the cruelest methods, torture,
persecution of homosexuals, the repression of women and in general all the atrocities that
comes with unbridled state power and schizophrenic-theocratic, they not seem to concern
both the Turkish state and the establishment of free zones in northern Syria and its
relationship with the rebellious left-wing opposition in Turkey itself.
Because the situation in the Middle East can not be explained as a clash between Arab and
Western, Christian or Muslim, or between ethnic Kurds and Turks, although these aspects
are also present. Not surprisingly, the suicide of Suruç was as Kurdish militia as the YPG
they send fans Daesh to rot in the hell every day. And finally, they are all Sunni
Muslims, as the units of the Free Syrian Army, fighting in Daesh Rojava against
dictatorship and Al-Assad, even though they had less prominence to the media level. What
is now in Turkey and Rojava pound it is rather a civil war between supporters of a
theocratic dictatorship, of a totalitarian state model adapted to the cultural and
historical characteristics of the area, and the enemies of religious imposition. It is a
dynamic that is repeated in many Muslim societies, but in no case the confrontation is so
bitter and violent as here. If we add the revolutionary and anti-state content of the
democratic confederalism defending militias of YPG in northern Syria, we understand why
the Turkish government is more afraid of his own internal opposition and the establishment
of liberated zones across its border that the army of suicidal fanatics and beheaders
caliphate. An armed people conquer their freedom is the bane of any state.
Beyond any differences that may have without falling into idealizations, CNT reaffirms its
commitment to freedom and against fanaticism and authoritarianism and therefore sends a
fraternal and libertarian hug to face every day the bombs and bullets of terrorist states
to defend a tax-free spaces, which are also ours. The blood of the martyrs of Suruç,
protesters killed by Turkish police and militiamen and fundamentalism they face every day
is the same as late libertarian in our hearts longing. His sacrifice also builds our
freedom and we are eternally grateful to them. His victories are ours. A strong embrace of
solidarity, fellows.
For the CNT-AIT,
Foreign secretariat .
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