Solidarity with the Peoples

Democratic Party, and with the

Kurdish and Turkish people!
We demand an end to the campaign
of violence in Turkey!
We, intellectuals, academicxs, activists,
organizations, social and political leaders
from Latin America, want to express our
deep concern over the escalation of
violence in Turkey against the Kurdish
civilian population and against the
Peoples Democratic Party (HDP), which
reached a new depth with the recent
bomb attack against a march for peace
on the 10th of October of 2015.
1. We deeply regret the death of more
than 120 people, who gathered to
demand peace, defend democracy and
human
rights.
We
express
our
solidarity with the friends, colleagues
and families of the ones who lost their
lives or got injured. Also we express
our deep solidarity with the Turkish and
Kurdish peoples against this violent
attack on the construction of a more
just and democratic society
2. Besides the direct responsible for the
attack, who need to be found and
judged, the Turkish government needs
to assume political responsibility for
their incapacity to protect the march,
and for the wrong response to the
attack by the police who instead of
helping made the help to the death
and wounded more difficult.
3. The attack of the 10th October adds to
the sequence of events in recent
weeks in Turkey, including military
action in the Kurdish areas of the
country with obvious damages to the
rights of the civilian population, and a
campaign of attacks and threats
against offices and members of the
Democratic Party Peoples endanger
the peace process with the PKK, and
democracy in the country.
4. We express our deep solidarity with the
Peoples Democratic Party, which we

consider
a
key
element
in
strengthening democracy, defending
human rights, and in seeking an end to
the armed conflict in Turkey, not only
for its recent electoral victory, but also
for its deep engagement to the
Kurdish, feminist, environmentalist and
democratic movements in the country.
5. The massive and apparently organized
attacks against the HDP, do not only
evidence the involvement of the
Islamic State and far-right groups, but
give the impression of the participation
of the provisional governments party
AKP. If this were true, this confirms and
deepens the authoritarian tendencies
of the AKP in recent years. Therefore, it
is urgent to impartially investigate this
campaign of violence, identifying its
instigators.
6. Similarly, we are deeply concerned at
indications
that
the
agreement
between the US and Turkey on
combating the Islamic State might
being used by the Turkish government
to revive the armed conflict in the
Kurdish areas of the country. The
Kurdish people and their organizations
have been crucial in the confrontation
with the Islamic State, and should
therefore be considered a major ally in
the struggle for peace and justice in
the Middle East. Consequently, it is
essential that individual and collective
rights of self-determination of the
Kurds are the basis for a new
coexistence in Turkey and the Middle
East.
7. We are sure that the only viable way
forward for Turkey is the construction
of peace, the strengthening of
democracy and the recognition of the
agenda of the Kurdish people. We,
therefore, condemn all actions that
pretend to sabotage this process
through
violence,
threats
and
authoritarianism.
8. We call on the Turkish government to
fulfill its duty to guarantee the rights of

all citizens of its country, and

particularly of the Kurdish people and
members of HDP. This would imply an
end to military action in the Kurdish
area of the country, which is currently
only cause escalation of violence,
which could lead to a new civil war.

Also it involves respect for the Turkish

government to the rule of law, the
right
to
free
expression
and
organization, and the organization of a
fair and transparent electoral process
later this year.

Firman / sign:
Alberto Acosta, professor del FLACSO
(Ecuador) and ex-president of the
constituent assemblie of Ecuador
Alberto Castilla (Colombia), senator for
the
Polo
Democratico
ALternativo/Poder y Unidad PopularPUP
Ral Prada (Bolivia), Universidad Nacional
de San Andres and ex president of the
constituent asamblie of Bolivia
Giorgio Jackson (Chile), diputado in the
Chilean Congress
Anibal Quijano (Peru)
Maristella Svampa (Argentina), researcher
and professor of the La Plata University
Virginia Vargas Valente (Peru), Centro de
la Mujer Peruana Flora Tristan and
Programa
Democracia
y
Transformacin Global
Edgardo Lander (Venezuela), Universidad
Central de Venezuela
Hugo Blanco (Peru), writer, activist and
peasant leader
Tatiana Roa (Ecuador), Censat
Floresmilo Simbaa (Ecuador), Indigenous
Confederation of Ecuador, CONAIE
Dr. Carlos Walter Porto-Gonalves (Brasil),
Profesor do Porgrama de Posgrado en
Geografa da UFF - Brasil e Ganador del
Prmio Casa de las Amricas, 2008
Esperanza Martinez (Ecuador), Accin
Ecologica
Ral Zibechi (Uruguay), writer and
journalist
Miriam
Lang
(Germany/Ecuador),
Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar
MarDaza (Per), Programa Democracia y
Transformacin Global
Ec. Hugo Cabieses Cubas (Per), asesor
del Gobierno Regional de Cajamarca
Dr. Lzaro Daz Farias (Cuba),
Profesor Titular de la Facultad de
Economa de la Universidad de La
Habana
Milton Sanchez,Cubas (Per), secretary
general
of
the
Plataforma
Interinstitucional Celendina
Eduardo Cceres (Per)

Nelsy
Lizarazo
(Ecuador)-PressenzaAgencia Internacional de Noticias con
enfoque de Paz y No-Violencia
Marisa Glave (Per), National Committee
Frente Amplio
Sigrid Bazan (Per)
Raphael
Hoetmer
(Per/Holanda),
Programa
Democracia
y
Transformacin Global
Ulrich Brand (Austria), University of Viena
Jaime Borda (Per), Derechos Humanos
sin Fronteras
Frente Amplio (Per)
Peoples Congress (Colombia)
Movimiento
Poltico
Revolucin
Democrtica (Chile)
Partido Socialismo e Libertad PSOL
(Brazil)
Poder y Unidad Popular (Colombia)
Colectivo La Comuna (Bolivia)
Partido Socialista del Per (Per)
Confederacin Nacional Agraria (Per)
Alejandra Santillana (Ecuador), Colectiva
Feminista Las Lorenzas
Carlos Figueroa Salazar (Chile)
Dr.
Arturo
Guilln
R.
(Mexico),
Departamento
de
Economa,
UAM
Iztapalapa
Joana Cabello (Per)
Enver Quinteros Peralta, Responsable
Regional de Aprodeh en Apurmac.
Jos Francisco Puello-Socarrs, Docente /
Investigador Escuela Superior de
Administracin Pblica
Ard Schoemaker (Netherlands/Peru)
Rogrio
Haesbaert
(gegrafo,
Universidade
Federal
Fluminense,
Brasil)
Pablo Quintero (Brasil), UFRGS
Mateo Martnez Abarca (Mexico) - UNAM,
Mxico y CES Universidade de
Coimbra.

Jessica Martnez, (Nicaragua), Colectivo

Feminista Aula Propia,
Jorge Rojas (Chile), Universidad de
Concepcin
Alexander Saco (Peru), coordinador Foro
Salud
Dion Monteiro (Brasil), Foro Social Panamazonico
Pilar lizarraga (Bolivia), Comunidad de
Estudios JAINA- Bolivia
Carolina
Ortiz,
(Per),
Universidad
Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Boris Maraon (Mexico), UNAM
Gerhard Dilger (Brasil), journalist
Sandra Rativa (Colombia)
Carlos Zorrilla (Ecuador)
Amelia Moro (Brasil)
Danilo de Asis Climaco (Brasil), UNAM
Danilo Quijano (Per)
Roberto Espinosa (Per)
Alejandro Mantilla (Colombia)
Otavio Velho (Brasil)
Thomas Moore (Peru)