Thousands women saluted Sakines in Dersim

DERSİM (DİHA) 9.3.2013 –  Speaking in the final 8 March woman rally being organized by Dersim Woman Platform in Dersim, the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Gültan Kışanak reminded the words of “I couldn’t cope with your lies and tricks, this became a worry for me.

However, I also didn’t kneeled in front of you, this will become worry for you” which Dersim Uprising’s leader Seyit Rıza said while he was executed. Kışanak added, “Sakine Cansız’s rebellious and resistance life became a worry for the enemy.”

A massive regional final rally, which was organized by Dersim Woman Platform with reference to 8 March International Woman Day with the motto of “From Rosas to Sakines, your word is our word and your path is our path” and “We will resist by organizing, we will win by resisting”, has been held at Square Seyit Rıza in Dersim today. Thousands of women including the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Gültan Kışanak, the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Co-chair Aysel Tuğluk, Labour Party (EMEP) General President Selma Gürkan joined in the massive woman rally.

Hundreds of women came to Dersim province from around cities Şırnak, Siirt, Batman, Diyarbakır, Elazığ, Bingöl, Urfa, Mardin and Muş. Women carried the poster of Sakine Cansız, Leyla Şaylemez and Fidan Doğan reading “Fired gun is fired to peace”, and other placards of “We will resist by organizing, we will rise up woman struggle by resisting, your word is our word, your path is our path”, “Hands being extended against peace must be broken” and “Shed light on, find the perpetrators” in the rally.

Roboski mothers also participated into the rally and carried their children’s photos. Women worn in their local clothes and hung scarves in the colours of red, gren, yellow. Thousands of women rose the barriers of “Sakine, Fidan and Leyla are among us”, “Don’t touch my will”, “Don’t touch my body”, “End to military operations”, “We want peace”, “End to women genocide” and “Sakine comrade is immortal”, women often chanted the slogans of “Long live Leader Apo”, “Martyrs will live forever”, “We are all PKK”, “Woman, life, freedom” and “End to military operations” in the rally. Futhermore, the poster of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Leader Abdullah Öcalan was carried.

‘We are guests of Sakine’

Speaking in the final 8 March woman rally being organized by Dersim Woman Platform in Dersim, the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Gültan Kışanak reminded the words of “I couldn’t cope with your lies and tricks, this became a worry for me. However, I also didn’t kneeled in front of you, this will become worry for you” which Dersim Uprising’s leader Seyit Rıza said while he was executed. Kışanak added, “Sakine Cansız’s rebellious and resistance life became a worry for the enemy.” Kışanak noted, “We are guests of Sakine comrade today.”

Thousands of women danced halays with cultural songs for hours. The mass finally visited the grave of Sakine Cansız.