“Survivors and relatives of victims of DAESH, PKK/YPG and FETO terror in Turkey showed the true face of these bloody organizations to the world in France”
Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun noted the following regarding the International Congress for Victims of Terrorism held in France: “The survivors and relatives of victims of DAESH, PKK/YPG and FETO terror in Turkey showed the true face of these bloody terrorist organizations to the world.”
Regarding the Congress, Altun shared a series of tweets on his Twitter account.
“The survivors and relatives of victims of DAESH, PKK/YPG and FETÖ terror in Turkey told the world their story at the International Terror Victims Congress in France”, Altun said. He also indicated that the solidarity shown by all participants when Gülay Demir, a correspondent of TRT Kurdish who lost her father in an attack by terrorist organization PKK/YPG in Nusaybin, read the congress manifesto in tears and ended with the words ‘Father, I miss you very much’, was exemplary.
Altun noted the following:
"Bahar and Muhsin Çeliker, mother and father of Deniz Çeliker, who was injured in the DAESH attack at Reina night club, and Asım Bulat, Chief Inspector of Police, who was injured in the coup attempt of FETO on July 15, pointed out that terrorism has become a global threat today.
The testimonies of terror victims from all over the world at the Congress showed us once again that the struggle and solidarity against terrorism regardless of its origin must be carried out through international cooperation."
"We, as victims of terrorism, only want one thing, that future generations will not experience the persecution we experienced directly or indirectly."
TRT Kurdish correspondent Gülay Demir read in tears the manifesto at the closing ceremony of the "International Congress for Victims of Terrorism", and the participants applauded strongly for a long time.
The "International Congress for Victims of Terrorism" held in Nice, France ended with the reading of the manifesto by 14 people who lost a relative or were injured in a terrorist attack.
TRT Kurdish correspondent Gülay Demir, who lost her father as a result of the attack carried out by the PKK/YPG terrorist organization in Nusaybin on October 11, 2019, read the manifesto in tears.
Demir stated the following in the manifesto she read in tears:
"We, as victims of terrorism, do not seek hatred or feud. We, as victims of terrorism, only want one thing; that future generations will not experience directly or indirectly the persecution we experienced by these criminals. We, the heads of states and the victims, shall work together to prevent this pain from becoming eternal and believe that we can succeed in raising the hope of a better world. Father, I miss you very much."
After reading the manifesto, the audience applauded Gülay Demir for a long time, and the other victims of terrorism on the platform showed their support by hugging her.
Participation from Turkish victims of DAESH and FETO
More than 700 participants from 80 countries, including 450 victims of terrorism participated in the congress, which is an important platform for the victims of terrorism to make their voices heard.
At the congress organized jointly by the French Association of Victims of Terrorism (AFVT) and Nice Municipality the victims of terrorism from Turkey, took the floor in the panels and had the opportunity to tell first-hand the true nature of the terrorist organizations DAESH, PKK/YPG and FETO to the participants and international media.
From Turkey, Chief Inspector of Police Asım Bulat who was seriously injured during the July 15 coup attempt of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) also participated in the Congress. Injured in the Reina attack of the terrorist organization DAESH on January 1st, 2017 in Istanbul, Deniz Çeliker’s father Muhsin Çeliker and mother Bahar Çeliker, who was selected to the 4-person launch team of the congress, also participated in the congress.
In her speech on the first day of the congress Bahar Çeliker, the mother of Deniz Çeliker, who was injured in the Reina attack of DAESH, said that terrorism has become a global threat today.
Çeliker said, "DAESH took more than 300 lives in Turkey, injured more than a thousand people, and thousands of families were left grieving. France has lost more than 200 people. The country that has the most victims from DAESH attacks in the world is Turkey. France comes after Turkey."
"DAESH does not represent any religion"
Çeliker who described the attack that took place two years ago in the location where her son was also present said, "It is very difficult to describe the shock of seeing the bodies lying on the ground and a terrorist heavily armed at the same time at an entertainment club. My son, says that many people like him sought refuge in Allah at that moment. Because they know that the terrorist organization DAESH does not represent a religion, but represents the forces that want to establish sovereignty in the region and benefit from chaos."
Çeliker, said that her biggest wish is not to have any more victims of terrorism and that terrorism comes to an end.
Çeliker emphasizing that Turkey fights against many terrorist organizations wearing different religious, ethnic, ideological masks, said that, "DAESH no longer has its own territory, this is a result of Turkey's efforts."
"FETÖ ringleader Gülen is not an opinion leader"
On the other hand, underlining that the ringleader Fethullah Gülen of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) is not an ‘opinion leader’ as stated in the Western media, Çeliker said, “He is the leader of a lethal organization that connects people by taking advantage of their spiritual tendencies. They attempted a coup on the night of July 15, 2016 in Turkey. That night, 251 people were killed.”
"One terrorist organization should not be seen as a tool for another"
Stressing that the PKK and YPG are a terrorist organization wearing a Kurdish identity mask and that they do not represent the Kurds, Çeliker continued as follows:
"Many states, including organizations like the European Union, see the PKK as a terrorist organization. France is one of them. How can we condone the PKK/YPG on the grounds of the fight against DAESH? How can we prefer one pain to another? It is a vicious cycle to see one organization as a tool for the other. I reject this acceptance. Both of these are organizations that kill innocent people. Choosing one of these organizations is an insult to the victims and the cherished memories of their relatives. "
Çeliker, stating that intensive disinformation was carried out in Europe against the Peace Spring Operation launched by Turkey, said, "The Operation was serviced as 'Turkey fought with Kurds' in the media. Just as Turkey has not fought against any identity in the 1300 operations it has conducted in total against DESH in 4 years, we can not say that it is fighting the Kurds in its fight against YPG. Turkey fights against terrorism. In addition, Armenian and Christian minorities in the region, the Armenian Patriarchate, Mardin-Diyarbakır Metropolitan voiced their open support to the Peace Spring Operation."
80 percent of the victims of terrorism are Muslims
AFVT Chair Guillaume Denoix de Saint-Marc stating that 80 percent of the victims of terrorism in the world are Muslims said, "It is important to remind this in Europe because it is assumed that the terrorists are Muslims and the victims are non-Muslims, but this is not true."