A delegation of the Citizens' Ecological Co-operation Movement (Kyriakos Tsimillis, Vice President A' and Giorgos Perdikis, Provincial Secretary and Member of the International Relations Committee) met today with Mrs.M. Zabarta, Head of the Union Committee Office in Cyprus to express our concern and anguish over Turkey's ongoing attacks against the Kurds in Iraq and Syria.
A statement said that "the Movement of Ecological Citizens' Co-operation, we raise our voice against the terrorist attacks of the Turkish State against the Kurds in Iraq and Syria and the fascist violence against them and within Turkey itself. The military operations by land and air, which have been going on for many years, have, according to all information, reached the use of chemical weapons in violation of the provisions of international conventions, with hundreds of victims. Those politicians or active citizens, scientists, journalists and others who protest this violence and terrorism are imprisoned and any media or other voice of resistance is silenced. The cases of MPs from the HDP party and the President of the Turkish Medical Association, Sebrem Korur Fincanci, whose offence was her reference to the possible use of chemical weapons in Iraqi Kurdistan, are mentioned. Recently the police once again violently broke up protest demonstrations and made further arrests."
The Movement of Citizens' Ecological Co-operation notes, "with sadness and concern, the silence of both the European Union and the United Nations on this state terrorism, which is not unrelated to the incomprehensible(?) two-measures and two-stops policy for the invasion of independent states, when it comes to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus".
The Political Committee of the Movement unanimously decided to adopt the call of the Peoples' Democracy Party (HDP) and express our full support to the Kurdish People's struggle for survival and vindication as well as the Turkish democratic citizens' struggle for democracy. It also condemns Turkey's attacks against the Kurds in Iraq and Syria and calls for the release of detained parliamentarians, journalists, scientists and other active citizens.
In the context of the meeting, the danger of the militarization of the Karpasia peninsula, a particularly ecologically sensitive area, following the recent actions of the occupation regime, was underlined.
In conclusion, the Movement believes that it is finally time for the European Family to take a clear stand against what violates its own principles!
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