Long Life Leader APO
THE COPRESIDENCY OF KCK EXECUTIVE COUNCIL / TO OUR PEOPLES AND THE PUBLIC OPINION
On the 15th anniversary of the international conspiracy against Leader Abdullah Ocalan, we strongly condemn all the forces taking active part in the conspiracy. We pay our grateful tribute to those martyrs who sacrificed their lives during the resistance under the motto ‘you cannot darken our sun’. We greet with respect Leader APO who showed a great sagacity and made enormous efforts rebutting the international conspiracy.
A conspiracy had been planned against the Kurdish People and
the Kurdish Freedom Movement when the Kurdish People’s Leader was held
captive in Kenya on February 15, 1999. An elimination offence against
the Free Kurd had been unleashed. The conspirators wanted to smash the
Free Kurd, for it had spoiled their games and had rendered the
cultural genocide policies ineffective. They wanted to punish Kurdish
People’s Leader for what he had done to bring about a free spirit, a
free attitude and a free identity for the Kurdish People.
International forces started to say “Yes for the PKK, No for APO” when
they came to realize Leader APO’s role in strengthening the PKK’s
position. They had ruminated over controlling the PKK and rendering it
ineffective by eliminating Leader APO. This has been the reason behind
all the blackening and discrediting campaigns against Leader APO.
Despite all the heavy attacks by the Turkish state and reactionary
forces, the PKK managed to keep and advance its power. That’s why they
wanted to separate ‘the head’ from the body; a case witnessed a lot
throughout the history of Kurdistan.
By establishing a Free Kurdish identity, the PKK has intended
to settle the Kurdish question within the framework of fraternity
between the peoples of the region. Therefore, PKK’s struggle has been
twofold: settling the Kurdish question and, at the same time,
democratizing the countries in the region. The international forces
have deemed this struggle dangerous for their interests and have
nurtured enmity towards it. Therefore, they have planned a conspiracy
against the Kurdish People’s leader and taken him captive in an
attempt to prevent the Freedom Movement from achieving success. Those
taking Leader APO captive had ruminated that the PKK would be
disintegrated within 6 month and thereby the main obstacle in the way
of their policies will be removed.
But the conspirators couldn’t reach their aims due to the
guidance principles of Leader APO and the great struggle of the
Freedom Movement and the Kurdish people against the conspiracy. As a
result of this struggle, Leader APO gained a more influential and
effective role, the Kurdish People raised their level of organization
and consciousness, and the Freedom Movement got stronger and greater.
Today, Leader APO is the most influential leader in the Middle East
and the Kurdish Freedom Movement is the most effective political
force. Leader APO is the basic pioneer and the actualiser of this
revolution.
Despite all attempts to eliminate him, the Kurdish People’s
Leader has become the leading force not only for the Kurdish People,
but also for all the peoples of the Middle East. It is only him who
has come up with genuine ideological and political solutions for all
the problems in the Middle East. With his ideological and political
influence he is the leader who would determine the future of the
Middle East.
With the paradigm, policies and democratization perspectives of
Leader APO, the Kurds gained a pioneering role and position in the
Middle East. In the Middle East, the 21st century will be the century
of the Kurds. Equipping themselves with the mentality of radical
democracy, they will not only free themselves but also all the peoples
in the region. Leader APO is the ideological, theoretical and
paradigmatic pioneer of this democratization process while the Kurdish
people are its greatest social force. With its ideological and
political capacity, the freedom Movement has turned this social force
and power of thought into the most basic dynamic of the revolution of
the Middle East.
The international conspirators and those who want to eliminate
the Kurds through cultural genocide got into action when they realized
that Leader APO, Kurdish People and the Freedom Movement has gained
such capacity. They started campaigns for discrediting Leader APO and
the Freedom Movement. Their aim was to render Leader APO and the
Freedom Movement ineffective at a time when they had become the
freedom hope of a people. Also they intended to inflict setbacks on
the peoples’ struggle for freedom and democracy and secure the
continuation of chaos in Turkey. Those forces attacking Leader APO and
our Movement are the chaos mongers who want to run and continue their
policies through chaos. Therefore, having realized these facts, our
peoples should raise their struggles and take a stance against those
chaos mongers who have increased their offences against our Leader and
our Freedom Movement.
The AKP administration has benefited from the state of deadlock
in the Kurdish question and has based its existence on the
continuation of that deadlock. In order to get the AKP abandon this
policy and embark on the democratization process, Leader APO and the
Freedom Movement gave its all to ensure a non-conflict situation and
bring about democratic settlement and a free life. But the AKP
administration has given no response to these steps aiming at helping
Turkey break the deadlock. Instead, it squanders the opportunities and
reserves for democratization and the settlement of the Kurdish
question by stringing out the problems and adopting delusionary
policies. This will sound the death knell for both the settlement
process and the AKP itself. The AKP administration will either start
deep and comprehensive negotiations or it will drown in the Kurdish
deadlock and will be relegated to the ash bin of history.
On the 15th anniversary of the conspiracy, our peoples and
democratic circles should raise their common democratic struggle
everywhere so as to get the AKP take democratization steps. Chanting
“Free Leader, Free Kurdistan” slogans, they should turn the protests
into actions for the democratization of Turkey and the settlement of
the Kurdish question.
On the 15th anniversary of the conspiracy, we should also take
a stance against those who have distorted and montaged Leader APO’s
dialogues in Imrali and have attacked the moral values of our movement
and our peoples. Therefore, we should take to the squares and show our
attitudes in the sternest manner against these offences. We will spoil
the games and rebut the plots of those who want to base their
existence on creating conflict between the peoples and breaking
peoples’ hope for freedom and democracy. We should show to all, friend
or foe, that we will defeat the conspirators and establish a free and
democratic life for our peoples.
Long Life Leader APO
Long Life the Resistants Against the Conspiracy
Long Life the Free Democratic Unity of the Peoples