PAJK: The PKK is the identity, hope and will of free women and the Kurdish people

Marking the 46th anniversary of the founding of the PKK, PAJK said that the PKK is the party of human dignity as well as the search for truth and has become the hope of salvation for peoples more than ever.


ANF
NEWS DESK
Wednesday, 27 November 2024

Partiya Azadiya Jinên Kurdistanê (PAJK) Coordination made a written statement on the 46th anniversary of the establishment of PKK. ‘PKK is the Identity, Hope and Will of Free Women and the Kurdish People,’ said the statement on PAJK's official website.

The Party of Free Women in Kurdistan (Partiya Azadiya Jinên Kurdistanê, PAJK) made a written statement on the 46th anniversary of the establishment of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on 27 November 1978 in the village of Fis in Amed (tr. Diyarbakir) province.

The statement by PAJK Coordination reads as follows:

“We welcome the 46th anniversary of the founding of the PKK with great enthusiasm and excitement, and on the occasion of this day, we congratulate Leader Apo (Abdullah Öcalan), who built the PKK as a result of great labour and who is the architect of the PKK. We congratulate comrades Haki Karer, Sakîne Cansız, Kemal Pîr, Mazlum Doğan, who took part in the first years of the establishment of the PKK and were among the pioneers, and all the martyrs who fought heroically and contributed greatly to the establishment of the PKK on its founding anniversary. Happy founding anniversary of the PKK to all women fighters and revolutionaries in the ranks of the honourable freedom struggle, to our people, to the mothers of martyrs who stood by the PKK and have survived until today and to the guerrillas.

The PKK has waged an unremitting and relentless struggle against the politics of denial and annihilation and has reached this point with the same will and determination as on the first day. The PKK is the identity, hope and will of free women and the Kurdish people. The PKK will always exist, because the PKK is the idea and philosophy of free women and free society. The PKK's struggle against the ‘fascist’ policies of the Turkish state is expanding and spreading. The PKK has made great sacrifices by giving conscientious and moral support to the resistance of the people.

The announcement of the founding of the PKK came at a dangerous and important time, when there was a great need for an intellectual and ideological vanguard to save society from genocide, cultural and national assimilation, and the pollution of the fascist politics of the Turkish state. With limited opportunities, the real leadership laid down the scientific basis and measures for the construction of a social, national and democratic liberation revolution based on women's liberation. This was done following the analytical and strategic historical studies carried out by Leader Abdullah Öcalan together with a group of ideological and intellectual friends. The anniversary of the founding of the party was a historic response and revenge against the fascist and occupying Turkish state. It was also the beginning of a new dawn towards the construction of the process of great national transformation. It restored hope and confidence among sections of Kurdistan society. This step turned into a revolution for the liberation of the Kurdish people and Kurdistan under the leadership of women and youth. This revolution represented the will of the libertarian peoples of the region and the world because of the heroism of the party members who chose the path of resistance and hard struggle on the road to freedom, and who wrote heroic epics in prisons, mountains and cities to defend cultural, political and social values against the fascist and occupying Turkish state.

The history of the PKK is full of events. The PKK has faced many obstacles and difficulties due to regional and international conspiracies against the philosophy of the Kurdistan Freedom Movement. To this day, the fascist Turkish state is waging a bloody war against the will of the Kurdish people everywhere, carrying out massacres every day, using all kinds of weapons, including chemical weapons. These atrocities are being committed in response to the global campaigns of support for the physical freedom of Leader Abdullah Öcalan, a political solution to the Kurdish question and the celebrations of the party's anniversary.

The PKK has played an important role in raising the Democratic Nation struggle in the Middle East and the world. The third line, which all peoples in the Middle East speak of, expresses itself through resistance against regional and hegemonic reactionary attacks and the attacks of the fascist and genocidal Turkish state. Taking the women's liberation line, the political line, the organised system that forms the consciousness and heart of women as its basis, the PKK has spread its influence to all leftist, ecological and libertarian sections of the world and is leading them. In its 47th year, more than ever, the PKK has reached the free society of Kurdistan and the Middle East, the Democratic Nation and women's freedom.

The PKK is the party of human dignity as well as the search for truth. In the 21st century, as the most revolutionary, dynamic and transformative party, it has become the hope of salvation for peoples more than ever. With its Democratic, Ecological and Women's Libertarian paradigm, the PKK is the source from which the whole society feeds. The PKK represents a peaceful solution and a democratic life with its Democratic Nation understanding against nation-statist and nationalist organisations. The PKK is the most assertive freedom movement against the male-dominated mind and culture with its socialist and women's libertarian understanding. Against capitalist modernity, our party, the PKK, is the only force that builds democratic modernity. We welcome the PKK's 47th year of struggle with great desire, determination and enthusiasm.

The genocidal AKP-MHP fascism is the enemy of all social values and represents world hegemony and capitalist modernity. As long as it remains on this fascist and monist line, it makes the whole society sick like cancer, growing into a gang and mafia. The PKK, which is experiencing the strongest time of its universal struggle, resisted against the strongest fascist power in this process and did not step back from its struggle. In particular, the struggle led by the HPG and YJA Star guerrillas broke the AKP-MHP fascism during the resistance process. The fascist Turkish state suffered blows and defeat at the hands of the YJA Star guerrillas.

The tactical mastery that emerged in this process has become a historical example. The PKK's prevailing resistance and struggle against the policies of the fascist Turkish state has grown and spread. As a result of this will and insistence on self-defence, it is the method of resistance of the age. The PKK has made great sacrifices for the moral and conscientious resistance of the peoples in Shengal, Maxmur, Bakur (North Kurdistan), Northeast Syria and all Kurdistan. Our Freedom Movement creates meaning and values in every moment with its army of martyrs and shakes the ground of the colonialist system with women's leadership and women's struggle. On this occasion, in the person of comrade Medya Egit, one of the pioneering militants of the PKK and PAJK and member of the YJA Star Military Council, and one of the greatest examples of this truth, we salute all our comrades who insist on victory on the line of sacrifice and fight with great resistance and determination for a free life.

We salute the heroic history of the PKK and consider its freedom stance and humanitarian approach sacred. We salute the Kurdish people and all other organisations, all freedom fighters and world democrats who advocate for the physical freedom of Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the solution of the Kurdish question.

We call on all libertarian, democratising and political forces of Kurdistan, Arab, global and civil society activities, women's, cultural and legal organisations to join the campaigns of support. This move shows the strength and will of societies to make a joint effort for the realisation of the physical freedom of Leader Abdullah Öcalan. It is also the only guarantee of appropriate solutions in this difficult process in the region and the world.”

The PKK gives meaning and importance to culture

TEV-ÇAND co-chairs of the Afrin-Shehba Canton said that Kurdish culture and art were not given enough importance before the PKK, and emphasized that after its establishment, culture was also accepted as an important part of the revolution.


ROJ DENİZ-RÛKEN EFRÎN
SHEHBA
Monday, 25 November 2024

Henan Sîdo and Newroz Silêman, TEV-ÇAND co-chairs of the Afrin-Sheba Canton, spoke to the ANF about the importance of Kurdish culture.

Henan Sîdo said that the PKK was not only a political and military movement, but also played an important role in the construction of social culture, and added: "Before the PKK, culture was not given enough importance within social movements, but with the PKK and its revolution, culture has become important in terms of society and revolution. The cultural movement played a major role in the revolution. We were initially established as a group and developed our work step by step. If the consciousness of protecting culture is at the core of a revolution, this revolution will be successful."

Sîdo added: "For this reason, the Freedom Movement has successfully resisted all attacks and plans targeting us for 50 years. Because this movement brought together and organized all segments of society. When we built our institutions with the Autonomous Administration process, TEV-ÇAND also organized within itself and actively participated in the revolutionary work. Before the establishment of the PKK, many political and national structures were established, but none of them gave the necessary importance to culture. The PKK, on ​​the other hand, became a pioneer in this field with the importance it gave to culture and its support. Culture reveals the identity of a society in revolution. The Kurdish people embrace their history and identity. Our work on this basis continues today."

A heritage reaching from Ayşe Şan to Martyr Mizgîn

Emphasizing that the development of Kurdish culture gained momentum with the establishment of the PKK, Afrin-Shehba TEV-ÇAND co-chair Newroz Silêman said: "The process that started with Rêber Apo [Abdullah Öcalan] and his friends in 1978 was a turning point for the Kurdish people. This was the creation of a new history and life. Women artists went through great difficulties and dark periods. Our emotions seemed to be trapped between four walls. However, thanks to the Freedom Movement and its resistance, women can now freely express their feelings and talents. For the first time, women’s freedom has become so debatable and women have found their own identities. The importance the Leader gives to women is a major factor in this. That is why, today, we women also embrace this labor and continue on this path."

Silêman added: “Today, thousands of women artists have emerged under the leadership of martyr Mizgîn and martyr Delîla. These martyrs took the lead, raised their voices, and said, we are women, we exist, we will develop our art in every field, we will use our art to serve the revolutionary people. With the growth of the Freedom Movement, we can say that today, as women, we have achieved our dreams and aspirations. Because when we were young, we did not have this many opportunities to develop ourselves and spread our voice everywhere, but today, thanks to the Freedom Movement and the martyrs, thousands of young women are filling the squares with their love, voice and color. Thanks to the Freedom Movement, every woman discovered her own talents and offered them to the service of society. Revolutionary art has come to this day with a legacy that extends from Ayşe Şan and Meryemxan to the martyrs Mizgîn and Delila. We are taking over this legacy and calling on young people to be the voice of society through art.”