ANKARA - Professor of Philology Marta Segarra announced her support for the process initiated by Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, saying, “Öcalan, who advocates democratic social organization, promises Kurds not only Kurdishness but life as a whole.” 

 

Professor of Philology Marta Segarra sent a message of support for the Peace and Democratic Society Process launched by Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan on February 27.

 

‘Öcalan promises freedom’

 

Marta Segara said in her message: "

 

"I fully support Abdullah Öcalan's Call for Peace and a Democratic Society made on 27 February 2025. Öcalan, who advocates for a democratic social organisation where culture and language can flourish freely, promises Kurds not just Kurdishness, but life as a whole.

 

I believe that people have common gestures and expressions that cannot be reduced to any single identity. What else is democracy and peace but making these common gestures and expressions visible? However, commonality is only possible through difference. I am opposed to any form of chauvinism that reduces us to our differences or ignores them. For this reason, I fully support the equal and voluntary union of the Turkish and Kurdish peoples.

 

As a philologist, I believe that all restrictions on the Kurdish language must be lifted as a necessity of the Peace Process. I stand with your struggle."