AMED, Kurdish Capital, — Kurdish well-know politician and Amed’s deputy, Leyla Zana, sent a message to the European Parliament since she could not attend the meeting held there on human rights and the Arab Spring.
“We need to be able to speak of political transformation to argue that a period of changeover in this country has begun. Kurds as one of the peoples whom the world has left without identity, don’t want to be forgotten while history is being faced up to. Forgetting doesn’t offer a solution. A way of solution should be followed on the basis of not allowing the pains of the past to throw tomorrow away”, said Zana in her message.
She added that the “history of this country bears numerous violations and genocides that have been covered up, kept in dark and abandoned to be forgotten for many years now”.
Zana underlined that “the period of changeover is a basic mechanism that promotes processes of change to enable the judiciary to reveal truths. However, to reactivate the process of dialogue and negotiation is the prior condition of this process which can be ensured through political courage, foresight, will, stability and persistence. As is known, the PKK-state and Ocalan meetings were welcomed by the public, rather than leading to public indignation. In spite of this, the AKP government didn’t use the massive public support it received in elections in seeking a solution”.
Zana also underlined that “Fair and basic rights of Kurds are unfortunately tried to be terrorized with thousands of detentions, arrests and violations of human rights. To our regret, the world opinion prefers to remain silent and to believe in unfair political propaganda in this respect. However, the public support and expectation demands a strong political reform law and a constitution which will play a role in the solution of the Kurdish problem and assure political, social and cultural rights of all peoples”.