World Peace Day call from Peace Mothers

  • actual
  • 11:01 31 August 2024
  • |
img

ISTANBUL- Peace Mothers, who have been continuously struggling for an honorable peace, stated that the effects of the war are felt in every field and that negotiations should be held with Abdullah Öcalan, the only person who can ensure peace. 

People all over Turkey and Kurdistan are preparing to take to the streets on  World Peace Day, against the war and isolation policies. In Istanbul, a mass demonstration will be held at Kadıköy İskele Square on September 1, World Peace Day.  
 
 
Peace Mothers, who have been involved in the struggle for peace since the 1990s, spoke about their demands for an honorable peace and the path to it.  
 
Sabiha Bozan
 
Peace Mother Sabiha Bozan (65) stated that they have applied to many places, especially the Ministry of Justice and the Parliament, for a lasting peace in Turkey. Bozan steted that despite their struggle in every field, Turkey has left their outstretched hand in the air and said: “We want a new negotiation with Abdullah Öcalan on World Peace Day. War is very easy, there is war everywhere in the world today, the important thing is to build peace. For this, Abdullah Öcalan must first meet with his lawyers and family. Abdullah Öcalan has not been allowed to meet with his family and lawyers for 42 months. The isolation deepens the war policies even more. First of all, a negotiation must take place. Then these oppressive policies in prisons must end.”
 
DEMAND FOR AN EQUAL AND HONORABLE PEACE
 
(Bedia Gökguz) 
 
Peace Mother Bedia Gökguz (66) expressed her condolences for the murdered women journalists in the Federated Kurdistan Region. Expressing that the state continues to massacre their children as long as they want peace as mothers, “As Peace Mothers, we want an honorable, equal and free peace. When we say peace, the state imposes surrender and betrayal on us, saying 'if you accept these, there will be peace'. It is not possible for us to accept this.  Yes, we want peace, but we want a peace where we can live in dignity, justice, freedom and equal conditions like all the peoples of the world” Gökguz said. 
 
THE STRUGGLE OF KURD MOTHERS 
 
Noting that the demand for peace has been raised all over the world on World Peace Day for years, Gökguz continued as follows: “In previous years we were detained on September 1st, World Peace Day just for saying peace. Why is the Kurdish people denied this right while the whole world is granted the right to peace?  However, when we look at history, the Kurdish people have always been a people who have always wanted peace and have never declared war on any people, they have only defended themselves when they were attacked by others. For this reason, September 1st World Peace Day is a day identified with the Kurdish people. As Kurd mothers, we will always continue to demand peace as long as an honorable peace is not achieved in this country.”
 
'PAVE THE WAY FOR THOSE WHO WILL ENSURE PEACE' 
 
(Maytap Toprak)
 
 
Peace Mother Maytap Toprak (56) stated that a great war is being waged against the Kurdish people. Noting that they want an honorable life like other peoples in the world, Toprak said: “We want our identity and language. We want to live our culture freely. Today, if even 10-year-old children talk more about war than peace, everyone is responsible for this.” 
Reminding Öcalan's statement on the solution of the Kurdish issue, “I can solve this in a week”, Toprak said that those who cannot achieve peace should pave the way for those who can.
 
(Güler Buğday)
 
 
Güler Buğday (75) said that World Peace Day is important, but that no one in the world truly embraces peace. Stating that the word peace in the world is only on paper, “When we look at the Middle East today, blood is flowing. Although it is not called a war, there has been a war in Kurdistan for 40-50 years. Persecution and denial are increasing. Every war in the world has ended in peace. As a mother we say peace, peace, peace. Everything is allowed in these lands, but they cannot tolerate peace, they always want war” she said. 
 
Emphasizing that those who started the war do not want peace, Buğday drew attention to what is happening in Palestine.  Stating that the rulers continue the war to protect their seats, Buğday called on all democrats, socialists and people of conscience to stand against the war.
 

View More Articles

04/07/2025
09:57 Youth to meet on agenda of ‘Peace and Democratic Society Process’
09:55 We are more hopeful than ever for national unity says KNK Co-chair
09:25 'There is no chance to postpone or delay the national congress'
09:24 'I want to visit Öcalan' campaign: The main goal is freedom of Öcalan
03/07/2025
16:34 What did the European delegation discuss at the 'Round Table'?
14:05 DEM Party convenes
14:04 DFG June report: 16 detentions, 6 arrests
12:34 Youth to organize 'Democratic Society Workshop'
11:04 Legal regulations are needed to make process permanent says CHP member
11:03 IHD Istanbul Branch Chair: Ill prisoners cannot wait for September-October
11:00 KJAR: We are fighting for free women and a democratic Iran
02/07/2025
16:16 People of Şirnex demand cancel of dam projects
13:45 Delegation from Europe demands immediate and unconditional release of Öcalan
11:44 Attack on Baloch women in Iran: 1 dead, 11 injured
11:12 Abdullah Öcalan sends message to European delegation
10:12 Women to convey demands on process to Parliament
09:27 Occupation continues in Serêkaniyê, Girê Spî, and Efrîn
09:21 Embargo continues in Makhmur: Hundreds of patients unable to access treatment
09:20 Health of ill prisoners worsens in Antalya prisons
09:19 ‘Workers must be the subject of the process’
09:18 Increased Pressure on Kurds in Iran: Demand for autonomy suppressed
01/07/2025
16:17 Details of the draft DEM Party to submit for the commission
15:15 European Delegation Visits DEM Party in Istanbul
15:07 Family of Rozerin Çukur Reacts to Constitutional Court Ruling: We could not find justice
13:09 Delegation from Europe submits petition to meet Abdullah Öcalan
13:00 Fatma Bostan Ünsal: Concrete legal and political steps must accompany peace rhetoric
11:50 Bar Association Chairs urge TBB to form legal monitoring committees
11:10 Seferi Yılmaz: Everyone must work for peace against war profiteers
09:39 Let’s hold firmly to the process says Writer Faik Tac
08:32 Tatvan festival: We women are ready for process
08:27 Operation against CHP members in Izmir: Tunç Soyer detained
30/06/2025
17:00 Amed Ecology Assembly: Let's defend nature with communes
14:54 Women's festival on its second day
14:15 Kerim Boran releases
11:46 Mothers: Unity must be achieved
10:57 People want to meet Abdullah Öcalan to come to Turkey
10:42 Civil society organisations call on government to take steps
10:14 4 years since the Istanbul Convention cancelled: We will not give up
09:26 Presidential pardon for ill prisoner Boran
29/06/2025
15:24 Struggle of the Kurdish people will end in victory says DBP Chair Bayındır
14:21 'Women should be involved in process'
13:48 Labour in Democratic Society Workshop: Let’s be builders, not watchers
12:25 War increases the number of disabled
11:56 According to Constitutional Court, killing of Rozerin Cukur lawful!
10:43 Journalists: Those threatening our colleague must be prosecuted
10:28 The problems of the 'Others' await solutions
09:47 Constitutional jurist Yokuş: The process will succeed with legal guarantees
08:00 Final declaration of Sheikh Seid conference published
27/06/2025
18:04 Call for Freedom of Abdullah Öcalan at UK Parliament
16:26 Rights organisations declare start to work to contribute to process