Murad Karayılan (de facto leader of PKK):
The peace process is completely stalled, holding the Turkish state responsible for its freeze.
The movement has fulfilled its strategic commitments without any steps in response.
We clearly state that the surrender of weapons without legal and security guarantees is an imposed capitulation.
We link any real progress to the role of Abdullah Öcalan and his direct participation.
We are always on military alert in the face of a lack of guarantees.
We directly accuse the Turkish state of sabotaging the solution and lacking serious legal action.
The key to a solution lies in the hands of the Turkish leadership and its political will.
Kurdish unity is a historical necessity, but it is blocked internally.
The regional conflict is a struggle for international influence, its prone to escalation.
Karayılan:
“This war is not just a war between the PKK and the Turkish state.
This war is a resistance waged to demand accountability for the wrongs suffered by our ancestors, to take revenge for them.
We are their successors.
Without revenge, this blood will not stop flowing.”