Coordination in Turkey

Following an international mission to Turkey, DiEM25's @edmantweet spoke in Brussels today in support of the Kurds.
"Europe pretends to champion human rights but it's complicit in the suffering of everyone targeted by Erdogan's regime, a regime which Europe finances & supports."

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Since November, warehouse workers at an Amazon subcontractor in Turkey have had food poisoning three times. But instead of changing the catering company, they fired workers and trade unionists.
We stand in solidarity with @DGDSEN and workers protesting tomorrow. #MakeAmazonPay https://twitter.com/DGDSEN/status/1619706662369267712

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Our 5-day mission to Turkey is over. "International delegation meets with terrorist" was how pro-government media presented it. We stand with the unjustly imprisoned and tortured, and will pursue legal and political ways to support their struggle Thank you @HDPgenelmerkezi et al.

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Met yesterday with opposition parties in Turkey on behalf of @DiEM_25, @ProgIntl and @mera25_gr. Meetings continue today.
Their struggle, despite oppression and violence, makes them the best allies for all those who hope for peace in the region and justice for the Kurds.

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BREAKING: Swedish paper @dagensnyheter has published documents detailing Sweden's NATO concessions to Turkey. It reveals that a dozen Kurds have already been deported or banned from entering Sweden.
Tell Sweden to stop the deportations. Sign now. https://progressive.international/wire/2022-12-07-tell-sweden-stop-the-nato-deportation-of-kurdish-refugees/en

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NEW 🇹🇷: @ProgIntl member Socialist Refoundation Party @SYKPgenelmerkez denounces Erdoğan's escalating war on the Kurdish people across Turkey's border regions and calls for the establishment of a truly social and democratic Republic. https://progressive.international/wire/2022-12-15-it-is-impossible-to-enjoy-democracy-in-turkey-with-fascism-imposed-on-kurdistan/en/

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In flagrant violation of its international obligations, Sweden is deporting asylum seekers to Turkey, where they face severe human rights violations, to secure Erdogan's agreement on NATO expansion.
Sign the petition against the deportations now. https://progressive.international/wire/2022-12-07-tell-sweden-stop-the-nato-deportation-of-kurdish-refugees/en

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Tell Sweden: Stop the NATO deportation of Kurdish refugees! In its bid to join NATO, Sweden has begun deporting Kurdish asylum-seekers to Turkey, where they face imprisonment and torture. Add your name and call on Sweden to stop the deportations now! https://progressive.international/wire/2022-12-07-tell-sweden-stop-the-nato-deportation-of-kurdish-refugees/en

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In its bid to join NATO, Sweden has begun deporting Kurdish asylum-seekers to Turkey, where they face imprisonment and torture. Add your name and call on Sweden to stop the deportations now! https://progressive.international/wire/2022-12-07-tell-sweden-stop-the-nato-deportation-of-kurdish-refugees/en

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“The iconic slogan of the protest movement— “jin, jiyan, azadi” or “woman, life, freedom”— is rooted in over 40 years of Kurdish women’s struggle against NATO-backed authoritarianism in Turkey and ISIS extremism in Iraq and Syria.” https://progressive.international/wire/2022-10-14-jin-jiyan-azadi-is-not-a-hashtag/en

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On behalf of DiEM25, and our Greek party MeRA25, our solidarity with the trapped, their families and the families of those who died of the blast. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/14/turkey-asmara-coalmine-blast-leaves-at-least-14-dead-and-49-still-trapped-underground

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Sweden has arrested Kurdish political refugee Zinar Bozkurt, who now faces extradition to Turkey. This is the price the Swedish government agreed to pay to be able to join NATO: the selling out of Kurdish people.
We call on Sweden to respect human rights and free Zinar Bozkurt.

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