İSTANBUL - Drawing attention to the importance of Kurdish unity in the centennial of the Treaty of Lausanne, politician Abdullah Demirbaş said: "We must come together around national interests and form our political alliance."
The Treaty of Lausanne, which was jointly signed by Turkey, England, France, Italy, Japan, Greece, Romania and Yugoslavia, which came together on July 24, 1923 in Lausanne, Switzerland, was the basis for the denial and assimilation of Kurds and other minorities living in Turkey. The treaty, which divided the lands of Kurdistan among the four sovereign states, entered its centennial year.
On the occasion of the centennial of the Treaty of Lausanne, a conference titled "From 1923 to Lausanne in 2023" was held in Lausanne, Switzerland, by the Municipality of Lausanne, İsmet Şeref Vanlı, the Paris Kurdish Institute and the Swiss-Armenian Association. Kurdish politician Abdullah Demirbaş, who attended the conference where many topics were discussed, especially the genocide and massacres committed on the basis of denial and assimilation, evaluated the importance of Kurdish unity on the centennial of Lausanne.
Demirbaş stated that the idea of ending the Treaty of Lausanne with a new agreement came to light at the conference, and emphasized the importance of unity among Kurds. Emphasizing the importance of Kurdish unity in this process, Demirbaş said thathe discussions to be held at the conference, which will be held under the leadership of the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) on July 22-23-24 in Lausanne with the participation of at least 600 delegates, including 175 parties, non-governmental organizations, intellectuals and writers, will reveal an important result.
THE CONFIRMATION OF THE OFFICIAL IDEOLOGY
Stating that the Treaty of Lausanne is the confirmation of the official ideology of the Republic of Turkey, Demirbaş said: “Losanne is the usurpation of the rights of the Kurds through some collaborators. The collaborative line is that most of those who participated on behalf of the Kurdish delegation at that time were people who participated in the Armenian and Syriac genocide. And the people there, as political guards, became the instruments of the destruction of the rights of the Kurds. Today, they want to start a new process in the centennial of Lausanne by creating a political ranger and creating collaborative Kurds through certain political circles. In this sense, it is an important process.”
'TOGETHER AGAINST PLANS'
Stating that the Lausanne Treaty was the denial of the 1921 Constitution and the fundamental agreement of the 1924 Constitution, Demirbaş said: "The official state ideology was also registered with the 1924 Constitution. This is a monist state structure based on denial and annihilation in the constitution. We should not forget that most of the Kurds who support the recognition of the Republic are statist and ruling powers. The Republic of Türkiye now wants to reintroduce a similar process. Türkiye wants to create collaborative Kurds in the region with a more conservative, Taliban mentality and some collaborative circles close to him. The state will celebrate the centennial of Lausanne with this plan. The Kurds do not have a problem, we have a problem with terrorism. After achieving this, it will return and destroy the collaborating Kurds. This has been so throughout history. For this reason, we must see that the process is proceeding in the same way and we must be united against it.”
'POLITICAL ALLIANCE MUST BE CREATED'
Stating that all different beliefs and identities in Kurdistan should be accepted in New Lausanne, Demirbaş said: “We want to live as equal and free citizens like other peoples in the world. The status of Rojava, Southern Kurdistan and Bakur should definitely be accepted. If we want to live as free and equal citizens, we must unite around national interests and form our political alliance. We have to let the world know what we want. We don't want to be slaves anymore, we want to live in a free Kurdistan."
MA / Esra Solin Dal