November 20, 2013
AFRIN, Syrian Kurdistan,— Thousands in the Syrian Kurdistan city of Efrin [Afrin] staged a march to protest against Massoud Barzani, president of Iraqi Kurdistan region, in relation with his statements against the revolution in Syrian Kurdistan and the Democratic Union Party (PYD) party.
Referring to the statements of Barzani who claimed there was no Syrian Kurdistan revolution and spoke against the PYD, Behçet Berekat, deputy president of Efrin People’s Assembly, said that “They are denying the revolution which has been attained with the blood of hundreds of youngsters. This denial is the denial of the blood of these youngsters and the denial of the labor of our people”.
Berekat, remarking that Kurds in Syrian Kurdistan [western Kurdistan] have established dozens of institutions and are gradually building an autonomous system now with the self organization and power of the people, stressed that Barzani denied the revolution,www.Ekurd.net the self-sacrifice and the labor of people in Syrian Kurdistan to give a message to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “This is a message which declares support to the organizations acting together with gang groups, such as Al Parti and Azadi, and promises to continue the attacks against Syrian Kurdistan”, Berekat underlined.
Noting that Erdogan and Barzani made an agreement in Turkey’s Kurdish city of Diyarbakir [Amed] on keeping the attacks on Syrian Kurdistan going, Berekat underlined that “As a people and free citizens, we will be taking sides with our defense forces and responding to the attacks with an aim to institutionalize our revolution”.
Source: firatnews.com