Around 150 people took part in a demonstration in Berlin Neukölln and Kreuzberg in solidarity for Rojava and Kurdish self-determination. The participants also opposed the invasion by Turkey of the self-governing region in northern Syria.
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Around 3,000 people, mainly Kurds and members of left-wing groups, demonstrated in Berlin against the invasion of Turkish troops into the Rojava region in north-eastern Syria.
In the meantime, the demonstration was stopped after a YPG flag was held over a block of left-wing groups. After this flag was removed, the demonstration continued. Now and then smoke candles were used by the demonstration. There were no further incidents.
The self-governing region is defended by the Kurdish self-defense units YPG and YPJ. Hundreds of people are said to have lost their lives in the fighting in the last few days. Over 100,000 people are on the run.
Both Turkey and the former allies of the YPG/YPJ were criticized in speeches.
Turkey sees the YPG/YPJ as an offshoot of the Kurdish Workers' Party PKK and therefore classifies them as terrorists. However, the Kurdish units have been the closest ally of the West in recent years, especially of the USA in the fight against Daesh (IS). By the decision of US President Donald Trump to withdraw his own troops from the Kurdish territories, he opened up the possibility of Turkey's invasion.
Around 1000 people, mostly Kurds, but also members of left-wing groups, take part in a demonstration in Berlin against the invasion of Turkey in the north-eastern Syrian region of Rojava.
The self-governing region is defended by the Kurdish self-defence units YPG and YPJ. Hundreds of people are said to have lost their lives in the fighting in the last few days. Over 100,000 people are on the run.
Both Turkey and the former allies of the YPG/YPJ are criticized in speeches.
Turkey sees the YPG/YPJ as an offshoot of the Kurdish Workers' Party PKK and therefore sees them as terrorists. Meanwhile the Kurdish units have been the closest ally of the West in recent years, especially of the USA in the fight against Daesh (IS). By the decision of US President Donald Trump to withdraw his own troops from the Kurdish territories, he opened up the possibility of Turkey's invasion.
Several thousand people took part in a demonstration in Berlin that Kurdish groups had called for.
The participants protest against Turkey's military invasion of the Rojava region in north-eastern Syria. The self-governing region is defended by the Kurdish self-defence units YPG and YPJ. Hundreds of people are said to have lost their lives in the fighting in the last few days. Over 100,000 people are on the run.
Both Turkey and the former allies of the YPG/YPJ are criticized in speeches. Furthermore, the role of the PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan for the region is emphasized.
Turkey sees the YPG/YPJ as an offshoot of the Kurdish Workers' Party PKK and therefore sees them as terrorists. Meanwhile the Kurdish units have been the closest ally of the West in recent years, especially of the USA in the fight against Daesh (IS). By the decision of US President Donald Trump to withdraw his own troops from the Kurdish territories, he opened up the possibility of Turkey's invasion.
Around 100 Kurds took part in a demonstration in Berlin. They showed solidarity with various Kurdish activists and politicians, including HDP member of parliament Leyla Güven, who went on an unlimited hunger strike in November last year.
However, the train stopped after about 150 meters, after the police prohibited a banner on which the portrait of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan could be seen.
Background is a hunger strike of hundreds of Kurdish prisoners to improve the prison conditions of Abdullah Öcalan. The Turkish government is accused of keeping him in solitary confinement and of denying him visits. The hunger strike began in November last year, and some prisoners are said to be in critical health.
