The European Congress of Democratic Societies of Kurdistan (KCDK-E) stated, “We are protesting the Lausanne Genocide Treaty, which was carried out by international powers on July 24, 1923, on its 102nd anniversary.”
In the statement it said, “The Treaty of Lausanne, signed between the United Kingdom, France, and Turkey, is a historic turning point that paved the way for and formalized the Kurdish genocide.”
The statement continued: “It was an international intervention that pushed the Kurdish people and the geography of the Middle East into today’s inextricable wars.
Our people were not only geographically divided; their national unity was targeted, their political will was seized, their social fabric was torn apart, and a heavy policy of denial and annihilation was launched with Lausanne. In this process, where nation-states were established, the Kurdish people’s right to self-determination was disregarded, and our people were forcibly squeezed into the borders of four separate states.
From the very beginning of nation-state formation, an all-out attack was carried out against anything free, autonomous, or different; the doctrine of ‘one homeland, one nation’ was imposed. Through deep assimilation under this doctrine, genocide was aimed for. After the Treaty of Lausanne, instead of honoring all the promises made to the Kurdish people and their representatives, a concept of denial and annihilation was put into effect, one that ignored the Kurds and subjected them to genocide through intense assimilation.
The occupying states targeting the existence of the Kurdish people placed everything Kurdish, starting with the language, in their crosshairs. With the Constitution enacted in 1924, a plan that denied and aimed to annihilate the Kurds was put into effect, leading to the current process. The false promises made on the way to Lausanne were replaced by a concept of destruction and genocide. In this framework, the geography of Kurdistan has been subjected to massacres and occupations dozens of times.
The uprisings and rebellions of Kurdish intellectuals and social forces who recognized the genocide were suppressed through conspiracies; they were crushed with massacres, under various definitions and provocations. No matter the cost, the Kurdish people have never hesitated or grown weary in resisting this genocidal process. The uprisings have continued from the 1925s to this day and will continue until the Kurdish people are free.
The Treaty of Lausanne is the formalized name of the denial and genocide of the Kurdish people. Following this treaty, genocide attacks have systematically continued across all parts of Kurdistan. What prevented the completion of this genocide and overturned all these plans was the power of the ideas of President Öcalan, which have become a solution embraced by millions. Thanks to this struggle, the Kurdish people reached national consciousness and, through resistance, paved the way for unity as a people.
Despite all these harsh conditions, the Kurdish people did not bow down; they have carried on their resistance for over a century with the will for freedom, equality, and self-determination. Today, on the 102nd anniversary of Lausanne, we once again declare: We reject this status quo imposed on our people! By strengthening our national unity, expanding our political will, and with the determination to build a democratic future, we will raise our struggle even further.
The Kurdish people do not recognize this treaty, which was imposed upon their lands with thousands of martyrs,. On the 102nd anniversary of Lausanne, the Kurdish people’s resistance for freedom has reached the power to render this treaty void.
As the KCDK-E, we call on our people to mobilize and participate in the march to be held in Lausanne on July 26, on the 102nd anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne that initiated the Kurdish genocide, with the spirit of national unity.
Date: Saturday, July 26, 2025, Time: 13:00, Location: Terrase Jean-Monnet, Lausanne, Switzerland’’
Source: ANF News
