An urgent message to the world's conscience
Silence about the war is a contribution in it

Mr. Ban Ki-Mun United Nations Secretary General
Silence about the war is a contribution in it

Away from delving into the backgrounds and the details of the current fierce war in Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan, and without mentioning the justifications of the parties involved in the conflict, war at its best, and no matter how high its justifications and objectives are, is the most egregious and the most heinous act and dirtiest kinds of human history, due to its role in killing, displacing of innocent people, erupting hatred and prejudices and sick tendencies in human beings and due to the destruction it causes to nature. The war is a disruption of the minds and is an activation of hatred in the hearts. It is a destruction of the civilized and peaceful coexistence and communication between human beings. Accordingly, warmongers, its makers, its proponents and those who are silent about it, are the enemies of humanity. Therefore, they should be disclosed, countered and deterred.

We, the Intellectual Union of Western Kurdistan, strongly deplore and condemn all wars in the world, and the Turkish military invasion in particular. We consider it as a flagrant violation of the international law and all norms and international conventions and doctrines of human rights and a flagrant aggression on the sovereignty of a founding member of the United Nations and the Arab League and the Organization of the Islamic Conference. We appeal to all world governments, international institutions and bodies, and we call the conscience of the civilized world, not to remain silent in the face of this dirty war and not only to denounce and condemn it but to interfere quickly and effectively to put an end to this human tragedy which has continued for more than a quarter century. We also urge the Turkish State to find a peaceful, democratic and just solution to the fair Kurdish issue in Turkey that satisfies all the parties, and keep away from dealing with it by setting up wars and killing and treating it by iron and fire. We consider this as a moral, humanitarian and a legal duty upon all relevant international institutions, referred to. The atrocities of the war, the size of its brutality, and the targeted values of goodness, love and beauty of human beings dictate this. We consider any silence or inaction in the completion of this grave and civilised responsibility as emptying the international institutions of their utility and content, and we consider it as a participation in this war, and pushing the world towards the law of the jungle.

The Intellectual Union of Western Kurdistan