People’s Defense Center (HSM) Headquarters Command stated that the AKP government has made an alliance with Ergenekon and the MHP on the basis of enmity towards Kurds and launched a comprehensive attack against Kurdish people. HSM said “The colonialist Turkish state targets the gains of Kurdish Freedom Movement not only inside Turkey but also abroad, and is trying to manipulate the international public and powers with an intense campaign of misinformation and manipulation.”

In its statement, HSM Command noted that the Turkish state is bothered by Rojava Revolution, where Rojava forces play an important role in the struggle against ISIS and cooperate with international powers, and has been fabricating false reports in order to delegitimize it and cut its international relations. HSM recalled that many Turkish state officials suggested that the arms that were given to the “PYD/YPG” have been used against Turkey, and Erdoğan claimed that they had the serial numbers of the guns international powers gave to Rojava forces and were later found on HPG guerrillas killed in action.

HSM Command emphasized that such claims are Erdoğan and the AKP government’s efforts to manipulate NATO forces and international powers, and said that as the HPG, they have never received arms or ammunition from any organization. HSM invited Erdoğan to make public the serial numbers and similar documents he claims to have, and said that Erdoğan is insisting on making these false claims, which he knows can easily be verified by international powers’ technical experts, as mere ‘diplomatic moves’ in order to stop the rise of Kurdistan freedom struggle and cut the international support to Kurdish people’s righteous cause.

Lastly, HSM Command stated that it made this statement because the fascist Turkish state, which has been spilling blood employing state terror in order to defeat the righteous and legitimate struggle of Kurdish people, has been fabricating lies in the international arena in a way that no serious state would dare to do.