Solidarity Statement from the german FAU: Ankara attack
The demonstration was in reaction to the impending civil war and the increased repression against the left and Kurdish opposition by the Erdoğan-AKP regime. It was organized by the independent unions and trade associations DİSK (Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey), KESK (Confederation of Public Employees' Trade Unions), TMMOB (Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects) and TTB (Turkish Medical Association). The left, democratic and Kurdish opposition also called for participation in the demonstration.
This murderous attack fits in with the pattern of the attacks in Diyarbakir/Amed and Suruç/Pirsus as well as those against the left social-democratic HDP (People's Democratic Party) and Kurdish people in northern Kurdistan and eastern Turkey. For years, Turkey has been governed in an authoritarian manner by the religious-nationalist AKP.
As a reaction, the DİSK, KESK, TMMOB and TTB have called for a general strike on 12 and 13 October.
The FAU, as an internationalist, anarcho-syndicalist union-federation, stands by the workers in Turkey in this difficult hour and declare our solidarity. We also speak out our condolences to the victims and their families. The FAU calls upon its members and friends to show their solidarity.
