Ahmet Türk speaks at Swedish Parliament

2019-10-02 09:54:05


	NEWS DESK - Democratically elected mayors of Diyarbakır, Mardin and Van were suspended by Turkish Interior Ministry on August 19 and governors were appointed trustees in their place.

	Mardin Metropolitan Municipality Ahmet Türk, who was removed from the post and replaced by a trustee by the Turkish regime, attended a meeting at Swedish Parliament via video conference.

	 

	The meeting against the trustee coup was organized by the Kurdish Solidarity Group, formed by groups from the Swedish Parliament.

	 

	Many Swedish parliamentarians and politicians attended the meeting which lasted an hour.

	 

	Mardin Metropolitan Municipality Ahmet Türk, who was removed from the post and replaced by a trustee by the Turkish government, attended the meeting via video conference.

	 

	Türk also answered Swedish parliamentarians who mainly asked questions about international solidarity, obstruction of the Kurdish freedom struggle and the terrorism label on the Kurds.

	 

	In his speech in Turkish and Kurdish, Türk highlighted the following;

	 

	“In Turkey, the terrorism charge is not directed against the PKK alone. All Kurds who demand or fight for rights and freedoms are considered terrorists. Öcalan is a significant actor for peace. However, he is not allowed to play this role through the imposition of a strict isolation upon him. The struggle of the Kurds is not for their emancipation alone, it is for the democratization of the entire Middle East. As seen in the case of refugees, the attack against us affects Europe as well.”