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A political delegation from DEM Party in North Kurdistan has visited Rojava to hold meetings with political forces, women’s movements, and human rights activists amid escalating tensions in northern Syria.

Speaking during the visit, DEM Party co-chairwoman Tülay Hatimoğulları said the delegation felt an urgent need to respond to ongoing attacks on the region by forces linked to Syria’s new army. She stressed that the visit was intended as an expression of solidarity with Rojava during a period of renewed conflict and uncertainty.

The DEM Party, which secured 57 seats in the Turkish parliament in the 2023 elections, is one of the main opposition forces to the ruling AKP led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The party promotes radical democracy, feminism, and minority and youth rights, principles that its representatives say closely align with the political experience in Rojava.

Keskin Bayındır, co-chair of the Democratic Regions Party, also addressed recent events in Suruç, where demonstrations in support of Rojava were met with police violence, including plastic bullets and tear gas. He accused the Turkish state of intensifying repression in Bakur and across Turkey while continuing to frame its policies as part of a peace process.

As tensions between Kurdish and Arab communities have increased in parts of northern Syria in recent weeks, inter-Kurdish solidarity has also grown, with mobilization reported across North Kurdistan, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and Iranian Kurdistan.

Reported by Chris Den Hond and Abbas Abbas for The Amargi.
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