Following the first two sessions of the conference, which started on Wednesday, the second day of the conference, kicked off this morning. 

 

The conference addressed the reasons of Turkish operation, its consequences, the reasons why the international forces did not prevent the operation, how they could have reacted to the it, how the Turkish state committed crimes in terms of the international laws, how the Rojava project could be protected and how the Syria crisis could be solved.

 

The speakers included representatives from the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, European parliamentarians, academics, civil society representatives and journalists.

 

The legitimacy of terrorism and terrorist groups by the state will be addressed by Osama Suleiman, founder and director of the Syrian Human Rights Observatory.

 

Egyptian journalist Nashet Elheedy will discuss the aggressive interventions of the Turkish state in the Arab world.

 

Among the remarkable participants is Per Örneus, humanitarian ambassador at the Swedish Foreign Ministry. He will evaluate Europe and its attitude towards the Turkish occupation.

 

Former American diplomat and political adviser, Peter W. Galbraith, is expected to focus on what the operation is like when examined under international law.

 

Professor Dr. David Graeber, will discuss the role of civil society for peace, Ilham Ehmed, Chair of the Executive Committee of the Democratic Syrian Assembly, will make assessments around the question, 'What kind of a solution to the Syrian conflict?'

 

The first day two interesting sessions were held. Among the speakers was former French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner who stressed that the Turkish operation cannot be defined as anything but "barbarism".

 

He underlined his support for the Kurdish people, and added that what happened in North and East Syria, cannot be explained in any  other way but barbarism.

 

Kouchner said that the simplest reason why the international forces and institutions remain unresponsive against the opereration, is the fact that the Kurds do not have a state, he pointed out that the division among Kurds is a problem rooted in old colonialism and said that unity is very important.

 

Amelia Chelly talked of the relations between the Turkish state and ISIS.

 

A place at the conference was also symbolically reserved for Kurdish woman politician Hevrin Xelef, who was brutally massacred by the Syrian National Army which is allied with the Turkish state on 12 October.

 

The trial of the Turkish state for the crimes committed is one of the main demands of the conference that also asked the European Union to take a firm stance against these attacks.