New Kobane clock tower symbol of Kurdish resistance

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1 November World KobaneDay

The occupying Turkish state has been attacking Western Kurdistan since yesterday evening. But the whole world is playing three monkeys against this fascism...

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Following the quadruple summit held in Istanbul between Turkey, Germany, France and Russia, the Turkish state has launched a wave of aggression against the lands of Rojava.

According to an official statement released by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which has suspended the Deir ez-Zor operation in response to Turkey’s attacks, Turkish forces have carried out six attacks against secured villages in the border region, as a result of which a fighter of Self-Defense Forces was martyred and one other got wounded. The attack also demolished the houses and properties of the local people, forcing them to leave home.

Noting that a fighter fell a martyr and one other got wounded in Gire Spi in the evening of October 30, SDF drew attention to “a coordination between the attacks carried out by ISIS in Hajin and the attacks carried out by the Turkish state”. SDF stressed that they will retaliate any and all attacks targeting secured areas in Northern Syria.

Earlier Turkish forces attacked Kor Eli and Selim villages in Kobanê, facing retaliation from the YPG.

Tuesday evening, Turkish soldiers opened fire on several locations in Gire Spi from Turkey’s border with Rojava. Turkish forces have once again attacked the western part of Gire Spi on Wednesday.

YPG (People's Defense Units) retaliated the Turkish attacks in Kobane, as result of which a military vehicle of the Turkish army was destroyed.

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Call for urgent action for Kobanê

European Democratic Kurdish Society Congress called for urgent action for Kurds and allies in Europe following the Turkish state attacks against Kobanê.

European Democratic Kurdish Society Congress (KCDK-E) Co-presidential Council protested the invading Turkish state attacks against Kobanê’s Kor Eli and Selim villages.

KCDK-E issued a written statement and, pointing to the Turkish state attacks coinciding with November 1 World Kobanê Day, called for strong participation to the demonstrations.

KCDK-E said, “Having built their existence over animosity against Kurds, the invading Turkish army has accelerated its barbaric attacks. The invading Turkish army has been bombing Kobanê’s Kor Eli and Selim villages with heavy weapons, and they are planning for a massacre and invasion.”

KCDK-E mentioned the Turkish state’s invasion of Afrin, followed by invasion attacks against Southern Kurdistan with support from the KDP: “And now, they are attempting an invasion against Kobanê, the great gain by our struggle for freedom, and its villages.”

The statement continued: “The Turkish army rabidly attacking the greatest gains of the Rojava revolution and the Middle Eastern peoples, and all their collaborators, are aiming to destroy Kurdish people’s gains through attacks. We are calling on our people to be conscious against these rabid barbarians who aim to destroy the Kurdish freedom struggle on Kurdish lands and the Rojava revolution, the new hope for humanity.

The Rojava Revolution gifted to the world on July 9, 2012 from Kobanê has achieved victory through blood of the martyrs. It was a revolt against the nation-state and its hegemony everywhere.”

KCDK-E pointed to Turkish dictator Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s threats of invasion, mentioning Erdogan’s 2014 quote, “Kobanê has almost fallen”.

“Our peoples have responded to Erdogan by liberating Kobanê,” said KCDK-E and added: “Kobanê didn’t fall then, but the ISIS invaded Til Hamis, Til Beraq, Shedadê, Hol, Ayn Îsa, Girê Spî, Sirrin, Tishrîn, Manbij, Tabqa and Raqqa did.”

The statement continued: “Erdogan, hellbent to carry out a Kurdish genocide, and the fascist Turkish state are looking for revenge through attacking our gains. Our patriotic people in Europe, and all who are revolutionaries, democrats, intellectuals and opponents of fascism should be aware of the danger that awaits the Rojava Revolution and Kobanê, and rise up with the historic tradition of resistance in Kobanê.

All should take on urgent action to defend and support these lands that have been soaked with the blood of women, young people, children and hundreds of internationalists. Every place should turn into a grounds for protests, and the whole world must be shown the barbaric and genocidal face of dictator Erdogan and the invading Turkish army.

As the KCDK-E, we are calling on our patriotic people, and every revolutionary, democrat, intellectual, anti-fascist and internationalist to participate in the demonstrations for World Kobanê Day and to strongly embrace the city.”

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Actions all over the world for Kobanê

People are organizing a variety of events to mark 1 November, World Kobanê Day.

Many actions and events are taking place around the world to mark World Kobanê Day.

Events are scheduled on 1, 3 and 4 November.

In Pantelleria (Italy) a film will be presented together with a seminar and music concert.

Various actions are scheduled in Stokholm, Malmö, Helsinki, Oslo, Kopenhagen, Rome, Cosenza, Paris, Strasbuorg, Bordeaux, Marseille, Lyon, Berlin Hamburg, Rennes, Tampera, London, Sidney just to name but a few cities.

Most events can be found on the page dedicated to World Kobanê Day

www.worldkobaneday.com

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New Kobane clock tower symbol
of Kurdish resistance against ISIS

The Kobane clock tower rings out over the Syrian Kurdish city



Kurdish authorities in Western Kurdistan (Rojava) are building a clock tower in Kobane as a sign of the city’s resistance against the Islamic State (ISIS). The $50,000 project will be completed this month, according to the mayor.

“Kobane city deserves to be served in the best way because it did a great thing by defeating ISIS,” Faris Eti, mayor of Kobane, told Rudaw English on Friday. The clock tower is “a symbol of the resistance of Kobane and we will do everything to complete it, even if we fall into debt.”

In 2014, ISIS militants controlled swathes of Syrian and Iraqi territories. In mid-September that year, ISIS began laying siege to Kobane, taking village after village as they slowly tightened a noose around the city. Thousands of civilians fled across the border to Turkey.

With the help of the US-led Global Coalition against ISIS and Peshmerga forces from the Kurdistan Region, the People’s Protection Units (YPG) defeated ISIS militants in the city in January 2015 and the surrounding areas in the following weeks.

This was the first major military defeat of ISIS and Kobane made headlines around the world, becoming a symbol of victory over the terror group.

The weeks of battles left some 70 percent of the city destroyed. The local population and authorities have slowly brought life back to the city, reconstructing houses and roads and restoring basic services.

The 26-metre high clock tower is visible from all corners of the city. Eti said construction should be completed in one or two weeks. All the materials for the tower are locally sourced, though the clock itself has been imported from Germany.

The city has a history of revolution. It was here that the Kurds of northeastern Syria first declared their opposition to the regime of Bashar al-Assad on July 19, 2012 and the Western Kurdistan (Rojava) Revolution was born.

https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeas ... /100720203

Actually the Western Kurdistan Revolution had been going for many years before that