Culture and art organisations in Rojava expressed their support for the international campaign launched on 10 October demanding “Freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question.” The campaign, which was launched simultaneously in over a hundred places all around the world on 10 October, unites social movements, political parties, municipalities, trade unions, activists, intellectuals and millions of Kurds and people in solidarity with the Kurdish liberation struggle worldwide around a common goal: the participation of Abdullah Öcalan in a dialogue for a just and democratic political solution to the Kurdistan question in Turkey, which has remained unresolved for more than a century.

Hîlala Zêrîn Movement, Culture and Art Association, Union of Artists, Committee of Intellectuals and Literators and Mesopotamia Culture and Art Movement made a joint press statement in front of the Mihemed Şêxo Culture and Art Centre in Qamishlo on Monday.

The joint statement was read by Gulbihar Omer, co-chair of the Mesopotamia Culture and Art Movement.

The statement pointed out that the crises and massacres experienced in the Middle East are a result of the policies pursued by hegemonic states. It said that the monist nation-state mindset, which refuses diversity, is the biggest obstacle to peace in the region.

The statement stressed that the Rojava revolution, inspired by the ideas and philosophy of Abdullah Öcalan, gathered all peoples, groups, ethnic groups and religions under a roof, and this experience created a governing model that sets an example to the entire world.

Remarking that “the Democratic Nation model is the only model to save the people of the region”, the culture and art organisations called for participation in the international campaign for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan.