ISTANBUL - CDK-S Co-chairperson Selma Sürer, who invited all parties to the great march and conference to be held in Lausanne on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne, said: "This march, rally and conference will be a reflection of our cooperation to the world."

 

The Treaty of Lausanne, signed in Lausanne, Switzerland, on July 24, 1923, between the victorious powers and Turkey after the First World War, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. After the agreement in which the geography of Kurdistan was divided between Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran, the Kurds and different peoples were exposed to denial, destruction and assimilation. The Kurds and their friends are preparing for various actions and activities on the occasion of Lausanne's 100th anniversary in order not to experience a new similar process.

 

Under the leadership of the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK), a march and conference will be held in Lausanne, where the treaty was signed, on July 22-24. The 100th Anniversary Studies and Activities Committee of the Treaty of Lausanne will hold a central march and rally in Lausanne on July 22. On July 23-24, the "Great Kurdistan Conference" will be held in the same city.

 

Selma Sürer, co-chair of the Swiss Democratic Kurdish Society (CDK-S), who was in the committee, evaluated the actions and activities to be carried out.

 

STATEMENT IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING WHICH THE TREATY WAS SIGNED

 

Noting that their actions and activities have been going on for a while, and that they will hold the final rally and conference on July 22-24, Sürer said: "The march will start in front of the Beau-Rivage Place building, where the treaty was signed, and will continue until the Rumine Palace, where the treaty became official. We will hold a rally after the march and hold a conference right after. The conference will be themed on national unity. We will announce the final declaration of the conference in front of the Rumine Palace on July 24."

 

57 INSTITUTIONS WILL PARTICIPATE

 

Stating that there are 57 institutions from four parts of Kurdistan in the committee, Sürer said: "In addition to Kurdistani institutions, sections of different beliefs and identities are also included in the committee. For example, there are PUK and Goran Movement from Başûr (Federated Kurdistan Region), Komela from Rojhilat (East Kurdistan-Iran), Autonomous Administration from Rojava (North and East Syria) and all representations of Bakur. Women's and youth movements, Alevis and Ezidis, Assyrians, Syriac and Armenians are also included in this structure."

 

MA / İbrahim Irmak