Kurdish demonstrations in France and Germany against Erdogan

Kurdish demonstrations in France and Germany against Erdogan

Thousands of Kurds marched in France today protesting the arrest in Turkey of parliamentarians and members of the Democratic Party leadership Peoples (HDP) and the silence of Europe.

In Paris, about 2,000 protesters, including many families, gathered at the Place de la Repoumplik before march to Square Satle holding banners reading "Stop Erdogan, hands off our Members" and "Turkey bombs, Europe remains silent. "

The two members of the Presidency of the HDP Selahattin Demirtas and Fiegen Giouksekntagk along with ten other members of the party synelithisan overnight Friday by the Turkish authorities, and nine journalists and members of the management of the Cumhuriyet newspaper arrested profylakisthikan.

Furthermore, the Turkish military forces recently bombed positions of Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria, killing hundreds of Kurdish fighters.

Organizations of the French left have supported today's demonstration.

Among the speakers, one representative of Solidarity France-Kurdistan organization which invited France and the European Union to "stop being accomplices of the criminal Erdogan" status. He also asked to remove the PKK from the terrorist list.

Rennes town, about 800 people protested at the invitation of the Kurdish Democratic Council and the Kurdish Friendship association. As in Paris, protesters held posters reading "Hands off our Members." In Marseille, dozens of Kurds occupied the central avenue where Kurdish dances danced.

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