Members of the Kurdish community聽and supporters joined a global day of action against Turkey鈥檚 war on the Kurds on June 11.
Turkey invaded Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq) in April, using aerial bombardment, drone strikes and chemical weapons 鈥 despite a global ban.
The demonstration was organised by the Federation of Democratic Kurdish Society 鈥 Australia; Kurdish Democratic Community Centre of Victoria; Kurdish Women's League of Victoria; Australians for Kurdistan; and North and East Syria Solidarity聽(NESS). It聽was attended by 60 people.聽
Speakers included Victorian Greens Senator Janet Rice, trade union activist Mary Merkenich, Fionn Skiotis, co-chair of 聽and Sue Bolton for Socialist Alliance.
鈥淚t鈥檚 outrageous that Turkey can launch these blatant and unjustified attacks with virtually no scrutiny or criticism from the international community or the media,鈥澛. 鈥淚f we can unite in condemning Russia for its聽invasion Ukraine, and take concerted action against [Vladimir] Putin and his henchmen, why can鈥檛 we do the same in the case of Turkey and the [Recep Tayyip] Erdo臒an regime?鈥
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