NEWS CENTRE - PKK announced in a statement that it held its congress.

 

Following Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan's ‘Call for Peace and Democratic Society’ on 27 February, the PKK announced on 1 March that it had decided to cease fire. In the period following this decision, calls for the state to take steps continued.

 

In a statement on the current agenda, the PKK announced that it had held its congress.

 

 The PKK's statement is as follows: 

 

‘The 12th Congress of the PKK was successfully held in the Media Defence Areas between 5-7 May. The congress was held in parallel in two different areas with delegates representing all fields of work.

 

The PKK 12th Congress convened upon the call of Leader Abdullah Öcalan and firstly greeted Leader Apo with longing and respect, read and evaluated the perspectives and proposals presented by Leader Abdullah Öcalan to the congress. The short report of the PKK Central Committee was also read and discussed at the congress.

 

In this framework, the 12th Congress of the PKK took decisions of historical importance regarding the work of the PKK on the basis of Leader Apo's call.

 

The 12th PKK Congress, which took place in May, the Month of Martyrs, commemorated all the heroic martyrs of the 52-year historical struggle with respect, love and gratitude. It called on our patriotic people and all democratic socialist forces to embrace, live and keep alive all the national and democratic values revealed by 52 years of great struggle, especially our martyrs.

 

The 12th Congress of the PKK commemorated with respect and gratitude the martyr Sırrı Süreyya Önder, one of those who contributed most to its preparation. For 12 years, it called on everyone to work together to achieve the goals of peace and democratic society of this valuable person who was a comrade of Leader Apo.

 

Extensive and detailed information and documents on the results of the 12th Congress of the PKK and the decisions taken will be shared with the public very soon after the results in two different areas are combined.

 

On the basis of these, we once again commemorate all our heroic martyrs with respect and gratitude in the person of our first great martyr Comrade Haki Karer, and we call on our patriotic people and democratic friends to commemorate our heroic martyrs in every field and to further raise the struggle for the physical freedom of Leader Apo!

 

Şehit Namirin!

 

Bijî Rêber APO!’