BERJÎN KARA

Makhmour- The Kurdish people and their friends from Kurdistan and other countries react to the prison sentences given to Kurdish politicians in the Kobanê Trial on May 16. The verdict in Kobanê Trial ignores the will of the Kurdish people, Fatma Bîlen, Co-mayor of Makhmour Refugee Camp, said in an interview with NuJINHA.

Recalling AKP’s President Tayyip Erdoğan’s statements supporting ISIS attacks in 2014, Fatma Bîlen said, “When Daesh attacked Kobanê, Erdoğan said ‘Kobanî has fallen, it will fall’ to support Daesh. Everyone saw how Erdoğan supported Daesh. The whole world witnessed the brutality of ISIS and the massacre against the Kurdish people. However, the support by Erdoğan to Daesh was ignored by the whole world.”

 ‘The prosecution of politicians was overlooked’

 Emphasizing that the Kurdish people were in solidarity with the people of Kobanê when ISIS attacked the city, Fatma Bîlen said, “They mobilized to stop the atrocity of Daesh in Kobanê. Everyone in Northern and Southern Kurdistan went to Kobanê to protect the Kurdish people from this atrocity. At that time, the politicians, elected by the will of the people in Türkiye, announced their support for Kobanê. However, they have been standing trial for about 10 years for supporting the people of Kobanê. The prosecution of Selahattin Demirtaş and other politicians was overlooked by the whole world.”

‘We will keep holding protests for leader Apo and political prisoners’

The practices against political prisoners by the Turkish state is against humanity, Fatma Bîlen stressed, adding, “We see inhuman practices against the Kurdish people in Turkish prisons. Women, men and mothers face brutal and unethical practices in prison. We will keep holding protests for Kurdish leader Apo (Abdullah Öcalan) and political prisoners. Leader Apo and all prisoners have the right to family visits.”