NEWS CENTER - Abdullah Öcalan stated that the fate of the Middle East will change if the process in Turkey succeeds and added: "I call on all Kurds to come together and unite on democratic grounds." 

 

Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan sent a message to the conference organised by Rûdaw Research Centre. Abdullah Öcalan's message to the conference is as follows:

 

"I congratulate Rûdaw Research Centre for organising this conference and especially for choosing the title 'Turkey's difficult peace'. This title accurately reflects the reality. We have seen repeatedly through painful experiences over the past forty years that peace in Turkey is an elusive possibility and situation. This time too, we have ‘grasped with difficulty’ the opportunity for peace, but we are making efforts with all our strength and sensitivity to bring it to fruition.

 

If this process in Turkey succeeds, the fate of the entire Middle East will change; a new era will begin in which wars and destruction will be replaced by a democratic life based on peace.

 

My preference is for Kurds to be in integration and solidarity with states that provide them with the opportunity for democratic society-centered relations. I define this as ‘democratic society-based integration.’ I base the process we are currently conducting on this principle and believe it will be successful

 

In my view, relations among Kurds should also be in the form of democratic-based unity. I call on all Kurds to come together and unite on democratic grounds.

 

I wish your conference to be successful, and I convey my sincerest greetings and respects."