Erdoğan gave order for Paris massacre
In a written statement, the European Kurdish Women's Movement (TJK-E) said: "The Paris Massacre remains unpunished, despite facts and responsible were clear to the Kurdish people and its friend
In the past 7 years, new massacres have been carried out. The Turkish state has continued to carry out crimes against humanity in Western Kurdistan, Afrin, Serekaniye, Shengal, Northern Kurdistan, Southern Kurdistan, and Medya Defense Areas.”
The TJK-E said: “8 years ago, a brutal assassination took place in Paris. The Turkish state, wishing to complete the 100-year-old Kurdish genocide and applying the concept of total war, turned towards the leaders of the struggle for existence and Kurdish women's liberation.
Sakine Cansız (Sara), one of the founders of the Kurdish Freedom Struggle and one of the leading figures of the Kurdish Women's Movement, Fidan Doğan (Rojbin), who represented Kurds in the field of diplomacy in exile, and Leyla Şaylemez (Ronahi), a member of the Youth Movement, who carried the enthusiasm of the country's love in her soul, even though she was removed from her land, were murdered in the French capital.
We, the European Kurdish Women's Movement, on the 8th anniversary of the massacre, remember comrades Sara, Rojbin and Ronahi with respect and gratitude. We condemn this vile attack and state that we are more determined than ever in the struggle to bring the perpetrators to account.”
The statement added: “The murder of the three Kurdish women revolutionaries was implemented as part of the fascist Erdoğan regime's all-out war concept. The forces that carried out the massacre are clear. As a continuation of the international conspiracy against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, this political murder was committed with the support and partnership of international powers and on Erdoğan's instructions. MIT was the planner, Ömer Güney was the hit man.
The Kurdish people, Kurdish women and their friends have struggled to enlighten the massacre from the very first day. For the Kurds, the perpetrator is clear. The evidence was presented to the conscience of both the French judiciary and the democratic public in order to be legally accountable. However, the international concept and complicity behind the massacre was what held things back.
Unfortunately, the French state has not been able to act outside of this concept and for the past eight years has given in to silence, which amounts to be accomplice in the crime. As a consequence, the Paris Massacre remains as a black stain, legally, politically, conscientiously and morally.”
The statement continued: “As Kurdish women, we will not let go and we will bring the perpetrators to justice. On 9 January 2021, we will again be in the streets to claim accountability from those responsible for the Paris massacre. This year, instead of the central Paris action due to the pandemic, we will organize widespread mass protests everywhere.
On 6 January, we call everyone to demonstrate in front of the French Consulates, and on 9 January in Paris, France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Austria, Canada, England, Italy, and dozens of more cities we will shout ‘Erdoğan gave the order for the massacre. He must be judged'.”
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Re: WHY were Sakine Cansiz and friends killed 9 January 2013
Author: Anthea » Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:17 am
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Re: WHY were Sakine Cansiz and friends killed 9 January 2013
Author: Anthea » Wed Jan 06, 2021 2:30 am
Calls for action for Sakine, Fidan, Leyla
The European Kurdish Democratic Societies Congress (KCDK-E) co-presidential board made a written statement regarding the Paris killings
"We remember with respect Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez, who were murdered by the misogynist Turkish state on January 9, 2013 in Paris," the statement said.
"The death in prison of Ömer Güney, who was caught and was set stand trial as the only perpetrator, before his first hearing on 23 January was not a normal death and it proved the existence of international forces together with the Turkish state behind this villainous triple murder.”
KCDK-E pointed out that: “With the death of Ömer Güney, the evidence that the massacre was committed by the MIT (Turkish Intelligence Service) and the French state was wiped out. The killing of Ömer Güney is an approach of denial that does not recognize and ignores the will of the Kurdish women, youth and all the Kurdish people and their friends, who are in a determined and outstanding struggle to enlighten the massacre.
The French state has become a partner in crime by manifesting a joint approach like the fascist dictator Erdoğan, who drifted Turkey into a state of chaos and fascism. The French and Turkish states with their intelligence services have adopted a joint approach of denial towards the Kurdish people. This situation prompted the reaction and anger of all Kurdish women, youth and all other circles that give a joint fight against fascism. It has become a reason for a stronger struggle against injustice, oppression and massacre."
'Let's show our determination on the streets'
The KCDK-E statement continued:
“For this reason, we will take place in the actions to be staged all around the world between 6-9 January under the leadership of TJK-E, express our anger, reaction and determination as in 2013 when the triple murder took place, and make it clear to the French state that this massacre will not be left in the dark.
Leader Öcalan made the following determination: ‘Killing Sakine Cansız is not any different than killing me; this is a second Dersim massacre.' This massacre was actually the response of those, who did not want the Kurdish problem resolved and instead persisted in war, that the policy of denial and annihilation would be resumed.
As in the Paris killings, we have experienced how this strategy against the Kurdish people has been deepened further and maintained up to this day. The response to all these has been the determination and resistance that served to enhance the struggle all the time.
In accordance with the action calendar announced by the Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe, TJK-E, our people living in Europe, especially women and youth, should show their resistance at the highest level and participate strongly in all actions on this basis. In the marches and rallies to be held, determination for struggle should be displayed and participation should be ensured on this basis.”
My thoughts:
It is extremely sad that Sakine Cansiz and her friends are mostly forgotten. Kurds need to learn to prioritise instead of having assorted little protests that almost nobody ever hears about, concentrate on the most important.
Kurdish UNITY would be a good place to start.
Sakine Cansiz was a lovely person who spent all of her adulthood working towards Kurdish Freedom and Independence
The European Kurdish Democratic Societies Congress (KCDK-E) co-presidential board made a written statement regarding the Paris killings
"We remember with respect Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez, who were murdered by the misogynist Turkish state on January 9, 2013 in Paris," the statement said.
"The death in prison of Ömer Güney, who was caught and was set stand trial as the only perpetrator, before his first hearing on 23 January was not a normal death and it proved the existence of international forces together with the Turkish state behind this villainous triple murder.”
KCDK-E pointed out that: “With the death of Ömer Güney, the evidence that the massacre was committed by the MIT (Turkish Intelligence Service) and the French state was wiped out. The killing of Ömer Güney is an approach of denial that does not recognize and ignores the will of the Kurdish women, youth and all the Kurdish people and their friends, who are in a determined and outstanding struggle to enlighten the massacre.
The French state has become a partner in crime by manifesting a joint approach like the fascist dictator Erdoğan, who drifted Turkey into a state of chaos and fascism. The French and Turkish states with their intelligence services have adopted a joint approach of denial towards the Kurdish people. This situation prompted the reaction and anger of all Kurdish women, youth and all other circles that give a joint fight against fascism. It has become a reason for a stronger struggle against injustice, oppression and massacre."
'Let's show our determination on the streets'
The KCDK-E statement continued:
“For this reason, we will take place in the actions to be staged all around the world between 6-9 January under the leadership of TJK-E, express our anger, reaction and determination as in 2013 when the triple murder took place, and make it clear to the French state that this massacre will not be left in the dark.
Leader Öcalan made the following determination: ‘Killing Sakine Cansız is not any different than killing me; this is a second Dersim massacre.' This massacre was actually the response of those, who did not want the Kurdish problem resolved and instead persisted in war, that the policy of denial and annihilation would be resumed.
As in the Paris killings, we have experienced how this strategy against the Kurdish people has been deepened further and maintained up to this day. The response to all these has been the determination and resistance that served to enhance the struggle all the time.
In accordance with the action calendar announced by the Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe, TJK-E, our people living in Europe, especially women and youth, should show their resistance at the highest level and participate strongly in all actions on this basis. In the marches and rallies to be held, determination for struggle should be displayed and participation should be ensured on this basis.”
My thoughts:
It is extremely sad that Sakine Cansiz and her friends are mostly forgotten. Kurds need to learn to prioritise instead of having assorted little protests that almost nobody ever hears about, concentrate on the most important.
Kurdish UNITY would be a good place to start.
Sakine Cansiz was a lovely person who spent all of her adulthood working towards Kurdish Freedom and Independence
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Re: WHY were Sakine Cansiz and friends killed 9 January 2013
Author: Anthea » Thu Jan 07, 2021 9:44 pm
The 'Ya Star' of the Kurds, Sakine Cansiz
There is a lot to be said about Sakine Cansiz. However, what is more important is to understand Sakine Cansiz's fight, to expand it, to struggle the way she did, to reject the male-dominated world, to resist, to be comrade to Leader Apo, to become free
The fact that the 21st century is a century of Kurdish women's freedom means freedom for the whole Kurdish society. The fact that the century is the century of Kurdish women's freedom. Many Kurdish women joined the fight for Kurdish freedom as a way to obtain personal freedom away from the system of arranged marriages.
The freedom fighters took a vow to give up on sexual relationships and marriage
The level of fascism, the resistance of women against the brutality imposed on the whole society, peoples, and differences, and their leading role in social resistance, the persistence in this resistance are also an indication that this resistance will win. Women show that they will not stop until the dictator Erdogan is prosecuted and convicted, fascism is overthrown and the isolation is broken, until they Kurds gain freedom in total.
The awakening of the women who resisted in the 20th century under the leadership of Kurdish women, the awareness they have created themselves, the gradual spread and socialization of the pioneering female character give great hope to all women and humanity all around the world for the 21st century. This hope deepens and strengthens the belief that free life will come true and it becomes the fearful dream of any dominant mindset.
It is understood how much capitalist modernity and the fascist, monist, dictatorial practices - its regional collaborators of all kinds - are afraid of women's values and creations and the dynamism of society intertwined with women's values.
Fascism attacks what it fears most. In this sense, the fascist Turkish state, which is the regional representative of fascism, is afraid of the resisting women, the Kurds, revolutionaries and those who struggle for independence. Not all attacks are based on political lines. Some attacks are carried out with political discourses, some attacks are carried out with nationalist motivations, some attacks are carried out in the economic field.
When the fascist powers realize that they will lose, they attack women the most and use men in these attacks. Fascism turns every man it enslaves into its own soldier and makes them attack women. Every man motivated by fascism attacks women by adopting the worst, the wildest, the most unsocial sides.
Not entirely true as fundamentalist Muslims, such as ISIS, treat women far worse than any other group.
When we evaluate women's increasing resistance, we need to mention the great historical figures who shaped this resistance. Sakine Cansiz is a turning point in the existence of Kurdish women, in breaking the chain of denial and destruction, in the existence of women, in their awareness gained through resistance and emancipation.
There are turning points in resistance and liberation, too. Sakine Cansiz is the strongest response to the efforts aimed at an elimination of the Kurdish women’s identity and history. The resistance she displayed in the prison, the struggle she continued to carry out, her stance that never avoided resistance and struggle in any period of her life, her insistence in freedom, the social values she created in herself and her insistence to spread these values to the whole society and all her friends and the most beautiful practical embodiment of these have elevated Sakine Cansız to a goddess level.
Sakine Cansiz is the emergence of the mother woman who touched the soil and shaped the faces of people in all continents; the goddess who has always been longed for, expected and the belief in whose existence has not disappeared for a single moment. She is the reincarnation of Ishtar, Inanna or Cybele in this century.
Every society has a culture created in its history. Culture contains beliefs, traditions, aspirations, and goals within itself. When the Kurds got angry, when they were confused, when they needed a superior creator, they uttered the phrase "Ya Star" in every period of history. This discourse, this calling, is one of the rare values that the Kurds have preserved.
Our language, our culture, our land, our people may have been slaughtered, shot, destroyed and subjected to atrocities that a human being barely endures. However, nobody could take away our Star. Although this Star is not an incarnation itself, it is a mentality structuring, a free life, a woman-oriented society consciousness. And this mentality has been embodied by Sakine Cansiz.
Undoubtedly, there have been many women who are very close to this embodiment in the Kurdistan freedom movement. Zilan, Beritan, Nucan, Delal are also examples of Star's embodiment in different dimensions. Sakine Cansız, the sum of our entire history of resistance, is the advent of the Star to the present day as an answer to the unabated call of the Kurds from the depths of history. It is the most magnificent realization of ‘the rise from the ashes’.
There is a lot to be said about Sakine Cansiz. However, what is more important is to understand Sakine Cansiz's fight, to expand it, to struggle the way she did, to never accept subjugation of the Kurdish nation.
There is a lot to be said about Sakine Cansiz. However, what is more important is to understand Sakine Cansiz's fight, to expand it, to struggle the way she did, to reject the male-dominated world, to resist, to be comrade to Leader Apo, to become free
The fact that the 21st century is a century of Kurdish women's freedom means freedom for the whole Kurdish society. The fact that the century is the century of Kurdish women's freedom. Many Kurdish women joined the fight for Kurdish freedom as a way to obtain personal freedom away from the system of arranged marriages.
The freedom fighters took a vow to give up on sexual relationships and marriage
The level of fascism, the resistance of women against the brutality imposed on the whole society, peoples, and differences, and their leading role in social resistance, the persistence in this resistance are also an indication that this resistance will win. Women show that they will not stop until the dictator Erdogan is prosecuted and convicted, fascism is overthrown and the isolation is broken, until they Kurds gain freedom in total.
The awakening of the women who resisted in the 20th century under the leadership of Kurdish women, the awareness they have created themselves, the gradual spread and socialization of the pioneering female character give great hope to all women and humanity all around the world for the 21st century. This hope deepens and strengthens the belief that free life will come true and it becomes the fearful dream of any dominant mindset.
It is understood how much capitalist modernity and the fascist, monist, dictatorial practices - its regional collaborators of all kinds - are afraid of women's values and creations and the dynamism of society intertwined with women's values.
Fascism attacks what it fears most. In this sense, the fascist Turkish state, which is the regional representative of fascism, is afraid of the resisting women, the Kurds, revolutionaries and those who struggle for independence. Not all attacks are based on political lines. Some attacks are carried out with political discourses, some attacks are carried out with nationalist motivations, some attacks are carried out in the economic field.
When the fascist powers realize that they will lose, they attack women the most and use men in these attacks. Fascism turns every man it enslaves into its own soldier and makes them attack women. Every man motivated by fascism attacks women by adopting the worst, the wildest, the most unsocial sides.
Not entirely true as fundamentalist Muslims, such as ISIS, treat women far worse than any other group.
When we evaluate women's increasing resistance, we need to mention the great historical figures who shaped this resistance. Sakine Cansiz is a turning point in the existence of Kurdish women, in breaking the chain of denial and destruction, in the existence of women, in their awareness gained through resistance and emancipation.
There are turning points in resistance and liberation, too. Sakine Cansiz is the strongest response to the efforts aimed at an elimination of the Kurdish women’s identity and history. The resistance she displayed in the prison, the struggle she continued to carry out, her stance that never avoided resistance and struggle in any period of her life, her insistence in freedom, the social values she created in herself and her insistence to spread these values to the whole society and all her friends and the most beautiful practical embodiment of these have elevated Sakine Cansız to a goddess level.
Sakine Cansiz is the emergence of the mother woman who touched the soil and shaped the faces of people in all continents; the goddess who has always been longed for, expected and the belief in whose existence has not disappeared for a single moment. She is the reincarnation of Ishtar, Inanna or Cybele in this century.
Every society has a culture created in its history. Culture contains beliefs, traditions, aspirations, and goals within itself. When the Kurds got angry, when they were confused, when they needed a superior creator, they uttered the phrase "Ya Star" in every period of history. This discourse, this calling, is one of the rare values that the Kurds have preserved.
Our language, our culture, our land, our people may have been slaughtered, shot, destroyed and subjected to atrocities that a human being barely endures. However, nobody could take away our Star. Although this Star is not an incarnation itself, it is a mentality structuring, a free life, a woman-oriented society consciousness. And this mentality has been embodied by Sakine Cansiz.
Undoubtedly, there have been many women who are very close to this embodiment in the Kurdistan freedom movement. Zilan, Beritan, Nucan, Delal are also examples of Star's embodiment in different dimensions. Sakine Cansız, the sum of our entire history of resistance, is the advent of the Star to the present day as an answer to the unabated call of the Kurds from the depths of history. It is the most magnificent realization of ‘the rise from the ashes’.
There is a lot to be said about Sakine Cansiz. However, what is more important is to understand Sakine Cansiz's fight, to expand it, to struggle the way she did, to never accept subjugation of the Kurdish nation.
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Re: WHY were Sakine Cansiz and friends killed 9 January 2013
Author: Anthea » Fri Jan 08, 2021 8:11 pm
Sara's traces in Western Kurdistan: Free Kurdistan
They leave indelible traces on the path they crossed, on the lives they touch. The revolutionaries left traces and someone always follows them
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Sakine Cansiz (Sara) was brutally killed in Paris on 9 January 2013 together with her two comrades Fidan Dogan and Leyla Saylemez.
Sara was a freedom fighter who left her marks from the mountains of Dersim to the prison of Amed, from the mountains of Southern Kurdistan, Northern Kurdistan and Western Kurdistan to Europe and even the UK.
Sakine Cansiz followed the traces of the many Besê in the mountains of Dersim and left traces for the followers of freedom everywhere she passed. She left traces in Western Kurdistan, too. Traces that are followed by tens of thousands of women today.
Sara touched their life too
"All my life was a fight" Sara said, adding that "first encounters, first feelings are all very important." She left deep marks in every life she touched.
Behzat Mihemed Îsmaîl and Diya Ciwan (Sumeya Belto) in the village of Til Cemal in Dêrik, are some of the peoples touched by Sara's struggle and stance.
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After her work in Western Kurdistan, Sara was the guest of Behzat Mihemed Îsmaîl and Diya Ciwan for 9 days and 9 nights in Dêrik. She was on her way to the mountains. It was 1992.
Diya Ciwan, who shared some photographs taken during these 9 days and 9 nights of her visit with ANF for the first time, says: "I saw the love of free Kurdistan in her eyes".
Meeting with Sara for the first time
Uncle Behzat, the first to describe that visit, says that the freedom fighters came to their home many times while on their way to the mountains.
Uncle Behzat said that in 1992, after their education at Mahsun Korkmaz Academy, a large group of freedom fighters heading towards the mountain came to their home. "A group of 70-80 people came. Among them was Heval Sara."
We knew heval Sara and her resistance in Amed prison
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Uncle Behzat adds: "We already knew Heval Sara through her resistance in Amed prison.”
Uncle Behzat said that they could not communicate well due to the fact that Sara mainly knew Zazaki and Kurmanci. It was clear that she had serious health problems. But we understood that she was very attached to the Kurdish cause and ideology.”
Uncle Behzat added: "She stayed with us for 9 days and 9 nights. We were very happy when the group arrived, and we were also very sad when they left. But we understood that their cause required this. When she was martyred in Paris, we felt an incredible pain. But we have never lost faith that his comrades and friends will continue his cause and lead him to victory to the end."
Diya Ciwan says, "I was very happy as a woman when I met Heval Sara in our house early one morning."
Diya Ciwan says that they understood each other despite the different dialect, and adds: "I had a little daughter, her name is Fidan. Heval Sara was constantly taking her in her arms and walking around the room with her. That picture of her is still in front of my eyes and I will never forget."
The most beautiful life is a free Kurdish life
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Diya Ciwan also recalls a conversation she had with Sakine Cansiz: "One day I asked her 'you are so beautiful, why did you leave everything behind and choose this difficult life?' She said, ‘The best life is a free Kurdish life. We will not consider any life beautiful unless we are free. Beauty is only possible by living freely in our country, in our land, in our mountains.’”
I saw the spirit of resistance in her eyes
Diya Ciwan says: "As a woman, I was very impressed by these words. I saw the spirit of resistance, free Kurdistan in her eyes."
Ciwan adds: "I want to promise once again that we, as women, will follow Sara’s footsteps. If the enemy thinks it beaten Sara when she was martyred is wrong. There are tens of thousands of women currently walking in Sara's footsteps."
They leave indelible traces on the path they crossed, on the lives they touch. The revolutionaries left traces and someone always follows them
Click to Enlarge:
Sakine Cansiz (Sara) was brutally killed in Paris on 9 January 2013 together with her two comrades Fidan Dogan and Leyla Saylemez.
Sara was a freedom fighter who left her marks from the mountains of Dersim to the prison of Amed, from the mountains of Southern Kurdistan, Northern Kurdistan and Western Kurdistan to Europe and even the UK.
Sakine Cansiz followed the traces of the many Besê in the mountains of Dersim and left traces for the followers of freedom everywhere she passed. She left traces in Western Kurdistan, too. Traces that are followed by tens of thousands of women today.
Sara touched their life too
"All my life was a fight" Sara said, adding that "first encounters, first feelings are all very important." She left deep marks in every life she touched.
Behzat Mihemed Îsmaîl and Diya Ciwan (Sumeya Belto) in the village of Til Cemal in Dêrik, are some of the peoples touched by Sara's struggle and stance.
Click to Enlarge:
After her work in Western Kurdistan, Sara was the guest of Behzat Mihemed Îsmaîl and Diya Ciwan for 9 days and 9 nights in Dêrik. She was on her way to the mountains. It was 1992.
Diya Ciwan, who shared some photographs taken during these 9 days and 9 nights of her visit with ANF for the first time, says: "I saw the love of free Kurdistan in her eyes".
Meeting with Sara for the first time
Uncle Behzat, the first to describe that visit, says that the freedom fighters came to their home many times while on their way to the mountains.
Uncle Behzat said that in 1992, after their education at Mahsun Korkmaz Academy, a large group of freedom fighters heading towards the mountain came to their home. "A group of 70-80 people came. Among them was Heval Sara."
We knew heval Sara and her resistance in Amed prison
Click to Enlarge:
Uncle Behzat adds: "We already knew Heval Sara through her resistance in Amed prison.”
Uncle Behzat said that they could not communicate well due to the fact that Sara mainly knew Zazaki and Kurmanci. It was clear that she had serious health problems. But we understood that she was very attached to the Kurdish cause and ideology.”
Uncle Behzat added: "She stayed with us for 9 days and 9 nights. We were very happy when the group arrived, and we were also very sad when they left. But we understood that their cause required this. When she was martyred in Paris, we felt an incredible pain. But we have never lost faith that his comrades and friends will continue his cause and lead him to victory to the end."
Diya Ciwan says, "I was very happy as a woman when I met Heval Sara in our house early one morning."
Diya Ciwan says that they understood each other despite the different dialect, and adds: "I had a little daughter, her name is Fidan. Heval Sara was constantly taking her in her arms and walking around the room with her. That picture of her is still in front of my eyes and I will never forget."
The most beautiful life is a free Kurdish life
Click to Enlarge:
Diya Ciwan also recalls a conversation she had with Sakine Cansiz: "One day I asked her 'you are so beautiful, why did you leave everything behind and choose this difficult life?' She said, ‘The best life is a free Kurdish life. We will not consider any life beautiful unless we are free. Beauty is only possible by living freely in our country, in our land, in our mountains.’”
I saw the spirit of resistance in her eyes
Diya Ciwan says: "As a woman, I was very impressed by these words. I saw the spirit of resistance, free Kurdistan in her eyes."
Ciwan adds: "I want to promise once again that we, as women, will follow Sara’s footsteps. If the enemy thinks it beaten Sara when she was martyred is wrong. There are tens of thousands of women currently walking in Sara's footsteps."
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Re: WHY were Sakine Cansiz and friends killed 9 January 2013
Author: Anthea » Fri Jan 08, 2021 8:35 pm
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SARA - My whole life was a struggle
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SARA - My whole life was a struggle
(With English Subtitles)
https://youtu.be/YA49qeTScu8
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Re: WHY were Sakine Cansiz and friends killed 9 January 2013
Author: Anthea » Sat Jan 09, 2021 7:56 pm
Thousands demonstrate in Kobanê
for Sakine, Fidan, Leyla
People around the world took to the streets today to demand justice eight years after the murder in Paris of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez. Thousands of people took part in a demonstration in Kobanê
To mark the anniversary of the murders of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez by the Turkish secret service in Paris, thousands of people took to the streets in Kobanê today. The demonstration, organized by the women’s umbrella organization Kongreya Star, began at the Free Women's Square and led to Martyr Egîd Square, where a solidarity hunger strike for political prisoners in Turkey has been taking place since the beginning of the week.
In addition to the three Kurdish women murdered in Paris, Fatma Uyar, Sêvê Demir and Pakize Nayır, who were killed by the Turkish state in Silopi district of Şırnak in January 2016, were also remembered, as well as all the women revolutionaries murdered in Western Kurdistan.
The final rally was opened with a minute of silence. Afterwards, Mizgîn Xelîl from the coordination of Kongreya Star in the Euphrates region gave a speech in which she held the Turkish state responsible for the triple murder in Paris and referred to the role of Sakine Cansız as a founding member of the PKK:
"Comrade Sakine fought against the fascist system in all areas of life. The Paris killings were a continuation of the international plot against Abdullah Öcalan. With Heval Sakine, the women's movement has been attacked. This was followed by the attacks in Silopi, the brutal murder of Hevrîn Xelef and the murders of our precious women friends in Helince here in Kobanê. As the attacks become more violent, more and more women are resisting.
The murder of Sakine, Fidan and Leyla has led to thousands of women becoming active. Her struggle is now continued by Leyla Güven and thousands of other imprisoned women. As long as the attacks and occupation continue, we too will continue to resist."
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Re: WHY were Sakine Cansiz and friends killed 9 January 2013
Author: Anthea » Sat Jan 09, 2021 8:13 pm
The search for justice continues
Eight years ago today the bodies of three revolutionary Kurdish women were found at a Kurdish Information Centre in a Paris suburb
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) co-founder Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Dogan and Leyla Saylemez had been shot in the head in what bore all the hallmarks of a targeted assassination.
According to French authorities, there was no sign of a forced entry, meaning that the murderer either knew the entry code or was let in by the victims.
But we may never know the truth — the main suspect Omer Guney, who was arrested soon after the killings, died in prison just days before his trial was due to start.
His death leaves the killings shrouded in mystery, with allegations of a cover-up and state murder.
The murdered women were key figures in the Kurdish movement. Dogan worked at the Kurdish Information Centre in the French capital and was believed to be close to PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan.
Comments made by then French President Francois Hollande claiming that he had regular meetings with one of those killed — believed to be Dogan — drew the ire of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
In a televised appearance he demanded answers from Hollande as to why he had been “in communications with these terrorists.”
And he raged against those in Europe whom he accused of harbouring “PKK terrorists” on their soil.
Saylemez was a Kurdish rights activist who, like so many of her contemporaries, had been charged in Turkey with “membership of a terrorist organisation.”
But the main target of the killings is believed by many to have been the revolutionary leader Sakine Cansiz.
Cansiz, known as Sara, has iconic status in the movement and was co-founder of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in 1978. She remains an inspiration to Kurdish women fighting for liberation.
People’s Democratic Party (HDP) honorary president Sebahat Tuncel explained how she grew up hearing about Cansiz, how she had resisted and spat in the face of her torturers.
Born to an Alevi family in the Kurdish city of Dersim, she became active in the Kurdish liberation movement after she met activists as a teenager.
She first encountered PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan at a university study group and began debating ideology, attending and organising meetings and marches.
Cansiz soon ran into trouble with the authorities and was arrested in Izmir in western Turkey before returning to engage in education on how to organise the Kurdish liberation movement and the revolutionary struggle.
She was arrested again as part of the 1980 military coup and sentenced to 24 years in prison for establishing a branch of the PKK in Elazig.
She spent 10 years in the notorious Diyarbakir prison, where torture and sexual assault were commonplace. It was known for its brutality, with electric shocks and beatings taking place on a daily basis.
Not a single woman during that time turned informant, something that is largely credited to the strength and resilience that Cansiz inspired in others.
For the Kurdish community there is a strong suspicion and belief that the murders were ordered or carried out by the Turkish intelligence services (MIT).
Guney was caught with blood on his shoes and DNA linking him to the crime scene, with investigations revealing he was in the Kurdish Information Centre at the time the murders are believed to have been committed.
He is thought to have had right-wing Turkish nationalist sympathies, infiltrating the Kurdish movement as a driver and taking on other tasks.
Guney had taken photographs of the personal details of around 300 members of Kurdish organisations which were sent and then deleted from his phone.
And a voice recording posted on the internet by an anonymous source is alleged to be that of Guney speaking to unidentified MIT officers about the assassination plans.
Also included in the investigation file are papers which claim that the “execution order” was given by four MIT administrators.
The document, entitled “Ref: Sakine Cansiz, Codenamed Sara” is alleged to have been signed by MIT officials Yuret, U.K. Ayik, S. Asal and H. Ozcan.
It alleged that an operative known as “Legionnaire” had been paid €6,000 to prepare the assassinations and had met MIT officers in Turkey prior to the killings.
Turkish intelligence dismissed the evidence, claiming the document was not genuine. They insist the killings were carried out by an individual who wanted to derail the peace talks which it was revealed were taking place between MIT agents and Ocalan just weeks before the shootings.
Some have suggested that it may have been an internal PKK feud targeting Cansiz, an important figure in the Kurdish movement.
However in January 2018, the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) executive co-presidency issued a statement asserting the name of the man who planned the Paris killings as Sabahattin Asal, a high-ranking MIT official who had also taken part in the peace negotiations with Ocalan.
The statement claimed that two MIT officers captured by the PKK confessed that Asal was the person who masterminded the murders.
The KCK said the admission and the role of Asal in the Imrali peace talks shed new light on the role of the Turkish government in the killings and its real policy toward the so-called Kurdish question.
It would not be the first time that Turkish intelligence services have been suspected or accused of playing a role in extrajudicial killings.
Those fears took on a new significance in January 2018 with allegations made by HDP MP Garo Paylan of a new wave of assassins being sent across Europe with a hit list, including prominent academics, journalists and political opponents.
The attempted murder of outspoken Kurdish footballer Deniz Naki, who was shot at while driving on a motorway in Germany three years ago yesterday (Fri), adds fuel to those claims.
Naki believes that he was targeted by either a Turkish government agent or right-wing Turkish nationalists.
In October last year it is alleged that operatives from the National Intelligence Organisation (MIT) were behind a plot to assassinate Democratic Union Party (PYD) Salih Muslim and Aldar Khalil of the executive committee of the Democratic Society Movement (Tev-Dem).
And in December Italian citizen Feyyaz Öztürk claimed he had been blackmailed by MIT to kill or hurt Berivan Aslan, an Austrian regional politician of Kurdish heritage.
Investigators have not been able to identify the perpetrators of the Paris killings, however the evidence so far points to Ankara, and specifically the Turkish intelligence services.
It is believed to be the first time that a state has been an official suspect in a “political murder.”
The implication in the indictment is clear. “There are legions of indications that give cause to think that the MIT was involved with the inciting of the murders and carrying them out.
“It was discovered that Omer Guney was involved in spying activities and that he was secretly in touch with a couple of spies in Turkey,” it reads.
This begs the question: did Guney know too much? There was no evidence available to suggest that Guney had been unwell prior to his sudden death, which came just weeks before he was due to take to the stand.
If his alleged illness had been known, then why did prosecutors not bring him to trial sooner?
Rumours are circulating that Guney may have been killed to put an end to the case and sweep it under the carpet before the Turkish state became more deeply implicated and secrets unravelled.
However lawyer for the families Antoine Comte has consistently said that the case is not over yet and he wants to question MIT officers who have been implicated in the murders.
“It is almost impossible right now to extradite these people with finalised crimes from the country they are in,” he explained.
Comte said that the evidence and statements from the MIT officers held by the PKK could be “very important for the case” and may confirm the documents held by the French prosecutor.
France reopened the case in 2019. But a new rapprochement between Paris and Ankara announced yesterday could see the two nations close ranks once again to deny justice and leave the deaths shrouded in mystery.
French intelligence has sought to close the case despite evidence it supplied regarding a prison meeting held between Guney and Ruhi Seman, an associate and work colleague when he lived in Germany.
This meeting was notable as it was the first the murder suspect was allowed while in prison. Even his family had not been permitted a visit at that stage.
But despite clear evidence the Guney passed him a note detailing a bid to break out of prison, which it is believed he wanted to be handed to MIT, Semen has never been questioned.
DITIB operates some 900 mosques in Germany, and is alleged to be the most important part of the Erdogan regime's intelligence network.
Semen also operated the Türkspor Hausham sports club which is used by Turkish nationalists and is alleged to have trained Guney in how to carry out assassinations of Kurdish politicians there.
The German government has confirmed that Guney was found with an unlicensed weapon during a police road check in 2005 and on a second occasion in 2011 officers caught him carrying teargas and a knife.
The truth about the killing of the trio may never be known, but the fight for justice and accountability continues.
The women who were murdered in Paris are the inspiration for those who are leading the fight against ISIS in Syria and the brutal and tyrannical dictatorship of Erdogan in Turkey.
Kurdish women launched the 100 Reasons to Jail the Dictator campaign last November compiling a comprehensive dossier and a petition in support of a bid to see Erdogan brought to trial in The Hague and charged with war crimes.
It will run until March 8, International Women’s Day, and they are calling for support for their campaign for Turkey’s misogynistic and tyrannical leader to be held to account.
We must stand for justice for Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Dogan and Leyla Saylemez and all Kurdish Freedom Fighters
Eight years ago today the bodies of three revolutionary Kurdish women were found at a Kurdish Information Centre in a Paris suburb
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) co-founder Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Dogan and Leyla Saylemez had been shot in the head in what bore all the hallmarks of a targeted assassination.
According to French authorities, there was no sign of a forced entry, meaning that the murderer either knew the entry code or was let in by the victims.
But we may never know the truth — the main suspect Omer Guney, who was arrested soon after the killings, died in prison just days before his trial was due to start.
His death leaves the killings shrouded in mystery, with allegations of a cover-up and state murder.
The murdered women were key figures in the Kurdish movement. Dogan worked at the Kurdish Information Centre in the French capital and was believed to be close to PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan.
Comments made by then French President Francois Hollande claiming that he had regular meetings with one of those killed — believed to be Dogan — drew the ire of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
In a televised appearance he demanded answers from Hollande as to why he had been “in communications with these terrorists.”
And he raged against those in Europe whom he accused of harbouring “PKK terrorists” on their soil.
Saylemez was a Kurdish rights activist who, like so many of her contemporaries, had been charged in Turkey with “membership of a terrorist organisation.”
But the main target of the killings is believed by many to have been the revolutionary leader Sakine Cansiz.
Cansiz, known as Sara, has iconic status in the movement and was co-founder of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in 1978. She remains an inspiration to Kurdish women fighting for liberation.
People’s Democratic Party (HDP) honorary president Sebahat Tuncel explained how she grew up hearing about Cansiz, how she had resisted and spat in the face of her torturers.
Born to an Alevi family in the Kurdish city of Dersim, she became active in the Kurdish liberation movement after she met activists as a teenager.
She first encountered PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan at a university study group and began debating ideology, attending and organising meetings and marches.
Cansiz soon ran into trouble with the authorities and was arrested in Izmir in western Turkey before returning to engage in education on how to organise the Kurdish liberation movement and the revolutionary struggle.
She was arrested again as part of the 1980 military coup and sentenced to 24 years in prison for establishing a branch of the PKK in Elazig.
She spent 10 years in the notorious Diyarbakir prison, where torture and sexual assault were commonplace. It was known for its brutality, with electric shocks and beatings taking place on a daily basis.
Not a single woman during that time turned informant, something that is largely credited to the strength and resilience that Cansiz inspired in others.
For the Kurdish community there is a strong suspicion and belief that the murders were ordered or carried out by the Turkish intelligence services (MIT).
Guney was caught with blood on his shoes and DNA linking him to the crime scene, with investigations revealing he was in the Kurdish Information Centre at the time the murders are believed to have been committed.
He is thought to have had right-wing Turkish nationalist sympathies, infiltrating the Kurdish movement as a driver and taking on other tasks.
Guney had taken photographs of the personal details of around 300 members of Kurdish organisations which were sent and then deleted from his phone.
And a voice recording posted on the internet by an anonymous source is alleged to be that of Guney speaking to unidentified MIT officers about the assassination plans.
Also included in the investigation file are papers which claim that the “execution order” was given by four MIT administrators.
The document, entitled “Ref: Sakine Cansiz, Codenamed Sara” is alleged to have been signed by MIT officials Yuret, U.K. Ayik, S. Asal and H. Ozcan.
It alleged that an operative known as “Legionnaire” had been paid €6,000 to prepare the assassinations and had met MIT officers in Turkey prior to the killings.
Turkish intelligence dismissed the evidence, claiming the document was not genuine. They insist the killings were carried out by an individual who wanted to derail the peace talks which it was revealed were taking place between MIT agents and Ocalan just weeks before the shootings.
Some have suggested that it may have been an internal PKK feud targeting Cansiz, an important figure in the Kurdish movement.
However in January 2018, the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) executive co-presidency issued a statement asserting the name of the man who planned the Paris killings as Sabahattin Asal, a high-ranking MIT official who had also taken part in the peace negotiations with Ocalan.
The statement claimed that two MIT officers captured by the PKK confessed that Asal was the person who masterminded the murders.
The KCK said the admission and the role of Asal in the Imrali peace talks shed new light on the role of the Turkish government in the killings and its real policy toward the so-called Kurdish question.
It would not be the first time that Turkish intelligence services have been suspected or accused of playing a role in extrajudicial killings.
Those fears took on a new significance in January 2018 with allegations made by HDP MP Garo Paylan of a new wave of assassins being sent across Europe with a hit list, including prominent academics, journalists and political opponents.
The attempted murder of outspoken Kurdish footballer Deniz Naki, who was shot at while driving on a motorway in Germany three years ago yesterday (Fri), adds fuel to those claims.
Naki believes that he was targeted by either a Turkish government agent or right-wing Turkish nationalists.
In October last year it is alleged that operatives from the National Intelligence Organisation (MIT) were behind a plot to assassinate Democratic Union Party (PYD) Salih Muslim and Aldar Khalil of the executive committee of the Democratic Society Movement (Tev-Dem).
And in December Italian citizen Feyyaz Öztürk claimed he had been blackmailed by MIT to kill or hurt Berivan Aslan, an Austrian regional politician of Kurdish heritage.
Investigators have not been able to identify the perpetrators of the Paris killings, however the evidence so far points to Ankara, and specifically the Turkish intelligence services.
It is believed to be the first time that a state has been an official suspect in a “political murder.”
The implication in the indictment is clear. “There are legions of indications that give cause to think that the MIT was involved with the inciting of the murders and carrying them out.
“It was discovered that Omer Guney was involved in spying activities and that he was secretly in touch with a couple of spies in Turkey,” it reads.
This begs the question: did Guney know too much? There was no evidence available to suggest that Guney had been unwell prior to his sudden death, which came just weeks before he was due to take to the stand.
If his alleged illness had been known, then why did prosecutors not bring him to trial sooner?
Rumours are circulating that Guney may have been killed to put an end to the case and sweep it under the carpet before the Turkish state became more deeply implicated and secrets unravelled.
However lawyer for the families Antoine Comte has consistently said that the case is not over yet and he wants to question MIT officers who have been implicated in the murders.
“It is almost impossible right now to extradite these people with finalised crimes from the country they are in,” he explained.
Comte said that the evidence and statements from the MIT officers held by the PKK could be “very important for the case” and may confirm the documents held by the French prosecutor.
France reopened the case in 2019. But a new rapprochement between Paris and Ankara announced yesterday could see the two nations close ranks once again to deny justice and leave the deaths shrouded in mystery.
French intelligence has sought to close the case despite evidence it supplied regarding a prison meeting held between Guney and Ruhi Seman, an associate and work colleague when he lived in Germany.
This meeting was notable as it was the first the murder suspect was allowed while in prison. Even his family had not been permitted a visit at that stage.
But despite clear evidence the Guney passed him a note detailing a bid to break out of prison, which it is believed he wanted to be handed to MIT, Semen has never been questioned.
DITIB operates some 900 mosques in Germany, and is alleged to be the most important part of the Erdogan regime's intelligence network.
Semen also operated the Türkspor Hausham sports club which is used by Turkish nationalists and is alleged to have trained Guney in how to carry out assassinations of Kurdish politicians there.
The German government has confirmed that Guney was found with an unlicensed weapon during a police road check in 2005 and on a second occasion in 2011 officers caught him carrying teargas and a knife.
The truth about the killing of the trio may never be known, but the fight for justice and accountability continues.
The women who were murdered in Paris are the inspiration for those who are leading the fight against ISIS in Syria and the brutal and tyrannical dictatorship of Erdogan in Turkey.
Kurdish women launched the 100 Reasons to Jail the Dictator campaign last November compiling a comprehensive dossier and a petition in support of a bid to see Erdogan brought to trial in The Hague and charged with war crimes.
It will run until March 8, International Women’s Day, and they are calling for support for their campaign for Turkey’s misogynistic and tyrannical leader to be held to account.
We must stand for justice for Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Dogan and Leyla Saylemez and all Kurdish Freedom Fighters
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Re: WHY were Sakine Cansiz and friends killed 9 January 2013
Author: Anthea » Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:27 pm
Turkish official admits Paris murders
In a television broadcast aired on CNN-Türk on February 16, the former head of the General Staff's Intelligence Department, Ismail Hakkı Pekin, admitted that the Paris killings on January 9, 2013, were an operation by the Turkish state
On January 9, 2013, a hitman had murdered three Kurdish revolutionaries Sakine Cansız, Leyla Şaylemez and Fidan Doğan in Paris. All traces pointed to the Turkish secret service MIT.
Ömer Güney, the arrested murderer, died in French prison under dubious circumstances before the trial was opened. Authorities in France and Germany did everything they could to let the investigation fall asleep.
Now, former high-ranking government official Ismail Hakkı Pekin is setting the ball rolling anew with a remark on a Turkish television program. In a television broadcast on the attacks on the Gare region in the Medya Defense Zones, he said there must be targeted liquidations of KCK leaders in Iraq, Syria and Europe.
"They also have their elements in Europe," he said and added, "We have to do something in this direction in Europe. I mean, it was already done once in Paris ..."
The European Kurdish Democratic Societies Congress (KCDK-E) and the Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe (TJK-E) released a statement calling on European governments, especially France, to act.
"Statements in state media are tantamount to murder orders"
The statement by KCDK-E and TJK-E includes the following:
"After the heavy defeat of Gare, a representative of the Turkish state admitted the massacre in Paris in front of running cameras and spread new threats and dirty propaganda against Kurds in Europe.
With threats, the Turkish state wants to cover up its defeat and responsibility for the massacre of captured Turkish soldiers and MIT agents. These statements in the media of the fascist state are tantamount to murder orders against the representatives of the Kurdish freedom movement and its leadership."
With the admission by the former intelligence officer, the associations see their demands for justice and clarification confirmed once again. The statement continues, "Former intelligence chief Ismail Hakkı Pekin has openly announced in his words that new massacres like the one in Paris can and will be committed.
"The French state is an accomplice"
The dictator Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ordered the massacre of the three Kurdish revolutionaries. It was his killers who carried out the assassination. The French state has prevented the investigation of the massacre, scandalously disregarded international law and made itself an accomplice of the perpetrators.
The French government should consider this public confession as concrete evidence and reopen the trial on the murders. This must create the basis for bringing Erdoğan and the other culprits before an international court and convicting them. Against the background of this statement, all European states must take measures due to the threats of the fascist Turkish state against the people from Turkey and Kurdistan living in Europe.
The European countries and France know the work of the intelligence networks of the Turkish state. The remarks of the former intelligence chief Ismail Hakkı Pekin represent concrete proof that the Turkish state is preparing new murders.
As KCDK-E and TJK-E, we once again call on the French government to use this opportunity to take responsibility. Our struggle for freedom, equality and democracy against AKP/MHP fascism will continue with determination."
In a television broadcast aired on CNN-Türk on February 16, the former head of the General Staff's Intelligence Department, Ismail Hakkı Pekin, admitted that the Paris killings on January 9, 2013, were an operation by the Turkish state
On January 9, 2013, a hitman had murdered three Kurdish revolutionaries Sakine Cansız, Leyla Şaylemez and Fidan Doğan in Paris. All traces pointed to the Turkish secret service MIT.
Ömer Güney, the arrested murderer, died in French prison under dubious circumstances before the trial was opened. Authorities in France and Germany did everything they could to let the investigation fall asleep.
Now, former high-ranking government official Ismail Hakkı Pekin is setting the ball rolling anew with a remark on a Turkish television program. In a television broadcast on the attacks on the Gare region in the Medya Defense Zones, he said there must be targeted liquidations of KCK leaders in Iraq, Syria and Europe.
"They also have their elements in Europe," he said and added, "We have to do something in this direction in Europe. I mean, it was already done once in Paris ..."
The European Kurdish Democratic Societies Congress (KCDK-E) and the Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe (TJK-E) released a statement calling on European governments, especially France, to act.
"Statements in state media are tantamount to murder orders"
The statement by KCDK-E and TJK-E includes the following:
"After the heavy defeat of Gare, a representative of the Turkish state admitted the massacre in Paris in front of running cameras and spread new threats and dirty propaganda against Kurds in Europe.
With threats, the Turkish state wants to cover up its defeat and responsibility for the massacre of captured Turkish soldiers and MIT agents. These statements in the media of the fascist state are tantamount to murder orders against the representatives of the Kurdish freedom movement and its leadership."
With the admission by the former intelligence officer, the associations see their demands for justice and clarification confirmed once again. The statement continues, "Former intelligence chief Ismail Hakkı Pekin has openly announced in his words that new massacres like the one in Paris can and will be committed.
"The French state is an accomplice"
The dictator Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ordered the massacre of the three Kurdish revolutionaries. It was his killers who carried out the assassination. The French state has prevented the investigation of the massacre, scandalously disregarded international law and made itself an accomplice of the perpetrators.
The French government should consider this public confession as concrete evidence and reopen the trial on the murders. This must create the basis for bringing Erdoğan and the other culprits before an international court and convicting them. Against the background of this statement, all European states must take measures due to the threats of the fascist Turkish state against the people from Turkey and Kurdistan living in Europe.
The European countries and France know the work of the intelligence networks of the Turkish state. The remarks of the former intelligence chief Ismail Hakkı Pekin represent concrete proof that the Turkish state is preparing new murders.
As KCDK-E and TJK-E, we once again call on the French government to use this opportunity to take responsibility. Our struggle for freedom, equality and democracy against AKP/MHP fascism will continue with determination."
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Re: WHY were Sakine Cansiz and friends killed 9 January 2013
Author: Anthea » Sun Feb 28, 2021 4:06 am
Germany will not disclose info
on Paris killer's collaborator
PKK founder Sakine Cansız, KNK Paris Representative Fidan Doğan and Kurdish Youth Movement member Leyla Şaylemez were murdered in Paris, on 9 January 2013. Their killer, Ömer Güney died suspiciously in prison in France on 17 December 2016, but the role of his friend in Germany, Ruhi Semen, has not yet been fully clarified and no investigation has been launched against him
Ministry of Internal Affairs doesn't answer
Die Linke MP, Gökay Akbulut, recently submitted a question to the Bundestag regarding Semen, one of Ömer Güney's close friends in Germany and the only person to visit him in prison. Akbulut asked whether German security units had information about Semen's role in the massacre, and in the attempt to make Ömer Güney escape from prison.
In addition, the Ministry of Internal Affairs on behalf of the Merkel government was questioned about 9 different issues such as whether Ruhi Semen's statement was taken in Germany at the request of France and whether there is an ongoing investigation. Answering to ANF on 23 February 2021, the ministry avoided most questions by saying that "personal information cannot be disclosed".
Semen met Güney in prison
The Ministry of Internal Affairs said that the Federal Prosecutor's Office did not open an investigation against Güney's collaborator, adding: "The Federal Government does not have information on whether [R.S. Ruhi Semen] was involved in the murders carried out in 2013". However, before the 9 January massacre, it was revealed that Güney met with Semen in Ankara and then Semen tried to get Güney out of prison.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs gave a clear answer only to the question of whether the French authorities informed Germany after Semen's visit to Güney and the escape plan was exposed. Stating that France informed Germany about Semen on 8 January 2014, the ministry said: "The information that could affect our so far good cooperation with France is not disclosed.”
The Ministry added: "Information that would endanger the life safety of people is not disclosed". 8 January 2014, the date mentioned by the Ministry of Interior, corresponds to the meeting between Semen and Ömer Güney in prison. It was determined that Semen was a messenger for Turkish secret services, MIT.
Güney conveyed the plan to escape from prison to Semen with a note he wanted to send to MIT, which was deciphered by the French security units. German state police and judicial units did not question Ruhi Semen who then went to Turkey. Returning to Germany years later, Semen continues to work with the DITIB, a kinf of MIT branch.
Die Linke MP Akbulut: France and Germany should respond
Die Linke MP Gökay Akbulut questioned the Ministry of Interior and called on Germany and France to "tell what you know about the 9 January massacre". Akbulut pointed out that this incident had a serious impact on the Kurds living in Germany and Europe, and that the task of explaining to the Kurdish public the issue falls on both countries.
Akbulut reminded the confession of Ismail Hakkı Pekin, former Chief of Intelligence of the Turkish General Staff, and said: "Pekin openly said that new 'assassinations should be carried out in Europe.' After this statement, European countries, especially France and Germany, should take precautions to prevent similar massacres and assassinations from happening again. Most importantly, MIT's activities in Europe, which has increased recently, must be prevented.”
on Paris killer's collaborator
PKK founder Sakine Cansız, KNK Paris Representative Fidan Doğan and Kurdish Youth Movement member Leyla Şaylemez were murdered in Paris, on 9 January 2013. Their killer, Ömer Güney died suspiciously in prison in France on 17 December 2016, but the role of his friend in Germany, Ruhi Semen, has not yet been fully clarified and no investigation has been launched against him
Ministry of Internal Affairs doesn't answer
Die Linke MP, Gökay Akbulut, recently submitted a question to the Bundestag regarding Semen, one of Ömer Güney's close friends in Germany and the only person to visit him in prison. Akbulut asked whether German security units had information about Semen's role in the massacre, and in the attempt to make Ömer Güney escape from prison.
In addition, the Ministry of Internal Affairs on behalf of the Merkel government was questioned about 9 different issues such as whether Ruhi Semen's statement was taken in Germany at the request of France and whether there is an ongoing investigation. Answering to ANF on 23 February 2021, the ministry avoided most questions by saying that "personal information cannot be disclosed".
Semen met Güney in prison
The Ministry of Internal Affairs said that the Federal Prosecutor's Office did not open an investigation against Güney's collaborator, adding: "The Federal Government does not have information on whether [R.S. Ruhi Semen] was involved in the murders carried out in 2013". However, before the 9 January massacre, it was revealed that Güney met with Semen in Ankara and then Semen tried to get Güney out of prison.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs gave a clear answer only to the question of whether the French authorities informed Germany after Semen's visit to Güney and the escape plan was exposed. Stating that France informed Germany about Semen on 8 January 2014, the ministry said: "The information that could affect our so far good cooperation with France is not disclosed.”
The Ministry added: "Information that would endanger the life safety of people is not disclosed". 8 January 2014, the date mentioned by the Ministry of Interior, corresponds to the meeting between Semen and Ömer Güney in prison. It was determined that Semen was a messenger for Turkish secret services, MIT.
Güney conveyed the plan to escape from prison to Semen with a note he wanted to send to MIT, which was deciphered by the French security units. German state police and judicial units did not question Ruhi Semen who then went to Turkey. Returning to Germany years later, Semen continues to work with the DITIB, a kinf of MIT branch.
Die Linke MP Akbulut: France and Germany should respond
Die Linke MP Gökay Akbulut questioned the Ministry of Interior and called on Germany and France to "tell what you know about the 9 January massacre". Akbulut pointed out that this incident had a serious impact on the Kurds living in Germany and Europe, and that the task of explaining to the Kurdish public the issue falls on both countries.
Akbulut reminded the confession of Ismail Hakkı Pekin, former Chief of Intelligence of the Turkish General Staff, and said: "Pekin openly said that new 'assassinations should be carried out in Europe.' After this statement, European countries, especially France and Germany, should take precautions to prevent similar massacres and assassinations from happening again. Most importantly, MIT's activities in Europe, which has increased recently, must be prevented.”
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Re: WHY were Sakine Cansiz and friends killed 9 January 2013
Author: Anthea » Wed Mar 24, 2021 3:36 am
Kurds urge France to lift the
state secret on Paris killings
Kurds in France will organize a demonstration on Wednesday to urge French intelligence to provide the investigation team with information on the murder of three Kurdish female revolutionaries in Paris, in January 2013
The Democratic Kurdish Council of France (CDK-F) said that the French authorities have yet not removed the "state secret" on the information possessed by French intelligence services.
On January 9, 2013, in Paris, PKK founding member Sakine Cansız (Sara), KNK Paris Representative Fidan Doğan (Rojbin) and Kurdish youth movement member Leyla Şaylemez (Ronahi) were killed by three bullets each in their heads.
While the investigation revealed that the triple murder was organized by the Turkish intelligence agency, the French authorities have refused to share the information with the prosecutor who conducted the investigation on the grounds that it was a state secret.
“This refusal has a huge impact on the progress of the investigation and ensures that these terrorist crimes committed by the Turkish intelligence service (MIT) on French soil go unpunished,” CDK-F said. "Not lifting the state secret will be a serious denial of justice by the French authorities.”
CDK-F called for a demonstration at ‘28 Place Vendôme’ near the Ministry of Justice on Wednesday, 24 March, to demand the removal of state secret designation and ending impunity.
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Re: WHY were Sakine Cansiz and friends killed 9 January 2013
Author: Anthea » Fri Jan 07, 2022 11:07 pm
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WHY were Sakine Cansiz and friends killed 9 January 2013
This weekend, as tributes to Sakine, Fidan and Leyla continue throughout Europe, we remember the execution of Sakine and her friends and ask WHY?
Black wreaths in front of the French Consulate in Copenhagen were laid by women activists to condemn the Paris Massacre, while a commemoration rally was held in Kassel, Germany.
While members of the Seve Women's Assembly laid black wreaths in front of the French Consulate in Copenhagen to condemn the Paris Massacre, a commemoration rally was held in Kassel, Germany.
Members of the Seve Women's Assembly, in Copenhagen, laid black wreaths in front of the French Consulate in Copenhagen to mark the 9th anniversary of the killing in Paris of PKK co-founder Sakine Cansız (Sara), KNK Paris Representative Fidan Doğan (Rojbin), Youth Movement Member Leyla Şaylemez (Ronahi).
Speaking during the action – which will be followed by a rally to be held in Copenhagen center on January 9 - the women representatives said: "Although 9 years have passed, justice has not been served. Those who remain silent are partners in this massacre. The Kurdish women's struggle for justice will continue without interruption."
Memorial in Kassel
Patriotic Kurdish families and international activists attended a memorial organised by TCK-E and Tev-Çand in Kassel to mark the 9th anniversary of the Paris Massacre.
Activists paid tribute to Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez and handed out leaflets to passers-by
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Re: WHY were Sakine Cansiz and friends killed 9 January 2013
Author: Anthea » Mon Dec 19, 2022 6:05 pm
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Paris Massacre - Remove Secret!
PKK founder Sakine Cansız (Sara), KNK Paris Representative Fidan Doğan (Rojbîn) and Kurdish youth movement member Leyla Şaylemez (Ronahî) were murdered by the Turkish state in Paris, the capital of France, on 9 January 2013
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the massacre, the French Kurdish Women's Movement (TJK-F) and the French Democratic Kurdish Council (CDK-F) held a press conference.
A large protest march will be held in Paris on January 7th. The series of protest actions will begin on 4 January 2023 with the slogan "Remove State Secret! End 10 years of impunity".
End 10 years of shame!
The statement made at the meeting in three languages (Kurdish, French and Turkish) is as follows: "We commemorate the 10th anniversary of the murder of our comrades Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez, in Paris, on 9 January 2013.
These 3 women were fighting for the freedom of the Kurdish people and Kurdish women in particular. This inhuman attack against our comrades was carried out by Turkish intelligence forces, with the instructions of the fascist Erdoğan, and with the open and covert support of local forces.
We commemorate our comrades Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez with gratitude and affection, and we bow respectfully before their memories. On the occasion of the 10th anniversary, we condemn once again with great anger the fascist Turkish state that planned, decided and carried out this massacre, and all the forces that gave open or covert support and approval to the killings, remained silent and prevented those responsible from being exposed.
The 9 January Paris massacre went down in history as a black mark. As Kurdish women, we know very well those who carried out this event. We know these forces from the NATO conspiracy against Abdullah Öcalan, who was expelled from Syria on 9 October 1998 and kidnapped on 15 February 1999.
We recognize these forces from their approval of the chemical weapons attacks used by the Turkish state against our guerrillas and our people in Kurdistan. All NATO members, as well as the Turkish state that carried out all these attacks, are responsible for this massacre. On the 10th anniversary of the Paris massacre, we condemn these forces once again.
The French State is responsible for the enlightenment of the 9 January Paris Massacre and for bringing those responsible to justice and prosecuting them. However, for 10 years, serious and concrete steps have not been taken by the French state to shed light on this event. Justice is still in the dark. That's why we say in this 10th year: ‘Remove the state secret! End 10 years of shame!’
Actions start on 4 January
Everyone, friend or foe, should know that as Kurds and Kurdish women, we will struggle until those responsible for this massacre are brought to justice. Starting from 4 January 2023, we will be in action until 9 January 2023, especially the people and women of Kurdistan living in France. We will commemorate our martyrs.
On Wednesday, 4 January, we will meet women and friends from Kurdistan in front of the Kurdistan Information Office. We will carry out our act of justice.
On Saturday, 7 January, we will hold our justice march with the participation of our people across Europe.
On Monday, 9 January, we will hold our commemoration event, again in front of the Kurdistan Information Office, with an official ceremony to be organized by the Municipality of Paris.
We call on all of our people, women and friends, and all peoples who demand justice and freedom, to join our actions in the strongest way and with the same anger and determination as on the first day after the killings."
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Re: WHY were Sakine Cansiz and friends killed 9 January 2013
Author: Anthea » Sun Jan 08, 2023 3:08 am
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France: slain Kurds deserve Justice
"It's here in Paris where my sister and her friends were killed," said Metin Cansiz, the brother of Kurdish activist Sakine Cansiz, who was gunned down in January 2013
"France has a debt of justice towards us."
His eyes are red and his hands tremble as he looks back on the fate of his sister, killed in the French capital on the night of January 9, 2013.
Cansiz, a white-haired 61-year-old, was speaking days before the 10th anniversary of the still-unsolved slayings. His family, he said, had lost a loved one "sacrificed" on the altar of Franco-Turkish relations.
The approaching anniversary comes days after an eerily similar triple slaying on December 23 at the Kurdish Cultural Centre in Paris -- just a few minutes' walk from the site of the 2013 shootings.
French prosecutors say the suspect in the latest killings has admitted to wanting to "murder migrants", but many Kurds who spoke to AFP said they suspected a "terror" act orchestrated by the Turkish state.
Metin's own commitment to the Kurdish separatist cause saw him spend time in a Turkish jail after the 1980 military coup there.
"This year we feel all the more this responsibility and pain," he explained, speaking through an interpreter.
Sakine Cansiz, 54 was a founder of the PKK Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has waged a long insurgency against Turkey, and which Ankara and its Western allies consider a terrorist group.
She was shot dead in 2013 along with two other women: Fidan Dogan, 28 and Leyla Saylemez, 24 at the Kurdish Information Centre in Paris' 10th district.
- Killer never caught -
In last month's attack, Abdurrahman Kizil, singer Mir Perwer and Emine Kara, leader of the Movement of Kurdish Women in France linked to the PKK, were shot dead by a man named as William Malet.
Metin knew the victims of these shootings too.
He arrived in Paris from the Netherlands just three days before the December attack.
He went to the cultural centre the following day, where Kara was preparing the annual remembrance ceremony.
"She insisted I didn't get the train on my own. I told her it was fine and she should herself take care.
"And two days later...," he said.
He and the other relatives of those slain in 2013 are still seeking justice, because those responsible have still not been identified.
A Turkish maintenance worker at Charles de Gaulle airport had been due to go on trial for the attack, but he died from a brain tumour shortly before his trial was due to start, in December 2016.
The activists' families point to documents they say prove the involvement of Turkey's spy agency (MIT). In 2014, MIT officially denied any role.
Kurdish groups have urged France to declassify its files on the case.
In May 2019, a French anti-terrorist judge was tasked with re-opening the investigation.
But Metin Cansiz said he was "very disappointed" with a December 20 meeting between relatives' families and the judge, who cited "obstacles" preventing him advancing the case.
"My sister lived here, she was under the protection of France," he said.
"These three women were killed here and that is down to a lapse in security on the part of France.
"We shall only be able to mourn when those responsible are brought to justice," he concludes.
https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/30 ... :-relative
France: slain Kurds deserve Justice
"It's here in Paris where my sister and her friends were killed," said Metin Cansiz, the brother of Kurdish activist Sakine Cansiz, who was gunned down in January 2013
"France has a debt of justice towards us."
His eyes are red and his hands tremble as he looks back on the fate of his sister, killed in the French capital on the night of January 9, 2013.
Cansiz, a white-haired 61-year-old, was speaking days before the 10th anniversary of the still-unsolved slayings. His family, he said, had lost a loved one "sacrificed" on the altar of Franco-Turkish relations.
The approaching anniversary comes days after an eerily similar triple slaying on December 23 at the Kurdish Cultural Centre in Paris -- just a few minutes' walk from the site of the 2013 shootings.
French prosecutors say the suspect in the latest killings has admitted to wanting to "murder migrants", but many Kurds who spoke to AFP said they suspected a "terror" act orchestrated by the Turkish state.
Metin's own commitment to the Kurdish separatist cause saw him spend time in a Turkish jail after the 1980 military coup there.
"This year we feel all the more this responsibility and pain," he explained, speaking through an interpreter.
Sakine Cansiz, 54 was a founder of the PKK Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has waged a long insurgency against Turkey, and which Ankara and its Western allies consider a terrorist group.
She was shot dead in 2013 along with two other women: Fidan Dogan, 28 and Leyla Saylemez, 24 at the Kurdish Information Centre in Paris' 10th district.
- Killer never caught -
In last month's attack, Abdurrahman Kizil, singer Mir Perwer and Emine Kara, leader of the Movement of Kurdish Women in France linked to the PKK, were shot dead by a man named as William Malet.
Metin knew the victims of these shootings too.
He arrived in Paris from the Netherlands just three days before the December attack.
He went to the cultural centre the following day, where Kara was preparing the annual remembrance ceremony.
"She insisted I didn't get the train on my own. I told her it was fine and she should herself take care.
"And two days later...," he said.
He and the other relatives of those slain in 2013 are still seeking justice, because those responsible have still not been identified.
A Turkish maintenance worker at Charles de Gaulle airport had been due to go on trial for the attack, but he died from a brain tumour shortly before his trial was due to start, in December 2016.
The activists' families point to documents they say prove the involvement of Turkey's spy agency (MIT). In 2014, MIT officially denied any role.
Kurdish groups have urged France to declassify its files on the case.
In May 2019, a French anti-terrorist judge was tasked with re-opening the investigation.
But Metin Cansiz said he was "very disappointed" with a December 20 meeting between relatives' families and the judge, who cited "obstacles" preventing him advancing the case.
"My sister lived here, she was under the protection of France," he said.
"These three women were killed here and that is down to a lapse in security on the part of France.
"We shall only be able to mourn when those responsible are brought to justice," he concludes.
https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/30 ... :-relative
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Re: WHY were Sakine Cansiz and friends killed 9 January 2013
Author: Anthea » Mon Jan 09, 2023 2:17 am
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I wish to add my commiserations to Sara's family and friends. Sara dedicated her life for a free Kurdistan
Sadly, I do not know believe Kurds have done enough to find the truth behind the 2013 saughter
Covering up the 2013 massacre
“On the 10th anniversary of the massacre on January 9, 2013, which is known as the Paris Massacre in the history of the Kurdish people, we would like to once more commemorate all the January martyrs in the person of our comrades Sakine Cansız (Sara), Rojbin and Ronahi and all the martyrs of revolution and democracy with respect, love and gratitude. We reiterate our promise of success and victory to all our martyrs in the person of the Paris Martyrs
Sara spat in the face of fascism in the prisons of the genocidal colonialist state and became a symbol of resistance and freedom for the struggle of all Kurds. Sara’s struggle in prison, in the mountains and in the political and social arena. All those who struggle for freedom along the lines of the paradigm that has been refined in the slogan “Jin, Jiyan, Azadî” are today walking in the footsteps of Sara.
On the 10th anniversary of their martyrdom, we would therefore like to commemorate our comrades Sara, Rojbin and Ronahi once again with respect, love and gratitude and reiterate our promise to lead their struggle to victory.”
I wish to add my commiserations to Sara's family and friends. Sara dedicated her life for a free Kurdistan
Sadly, I do not know believe Kurds have done enough to find the truth behind the 2013 saughter
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