“We understand the problems of the Kurdish people, and as United Cyprus Party we continue to stand on common struggle and the solidarity with Peace and Democracy Party and labor and democratic forces in Turkey”
United Cyprus Party’s General Secretary Mr.İzzet İzcan and UCP’s Secretary of Organization Mr. Abdullah Korkmazhan, attended Peace and Democracy Party’s second extraordinary congress which was held in Ankara, in October 14, 2012 on Sunday.

General Secretary of United Cyprus Party İzzet  İzcan had a speech in the congress. Izzet Izcan in his speech, stressed that the problems of Turkish Cypriot community largely the same with the problems of the Kurdish people.

İzcan, “We understand the problems of the Kurdish people, and as United Cyprus Party we continue to stand on common struggle and the solidarity with Peace and Democracy Party and labor and democratic forces in Turkey” said.

İzzet İzcan, “A short while ago, the Kurdish youth were massacred at Robostki’ with aircraft bombs. Turkish Cypriots is also suffering because of this massacre. Turkish Cypriots knows very well what means to live a war and suffer because of a war. According to NATO’s plans, our country was divided after the Greek Junta coup in 15^th of July in 1974 and Turkish intervention in 20^th July in 1974. Cypriots were fought with each other. Thousands of Turkish Cypriot or Greek Cypriot died. Thousands are still missing. Our country is stacked under the control of imperialism. We lived repression and violence, and we continue to experience” stressed.

Izcan underlined that, The AKP government policies which pursued Turkish Cypriots and Cyprus are toward the policy in Turkey. “The AKP government wants to take Turkish Cypriots under the pressure and exclude such as Alevis and Kurds. By putting hand to public values and devolve to green capital, and with transferring population impose Sunni lifestyle and a systematic process of assimilation. Turkish government does identity, culture and social existence elimination and trying to coming out the progressive forces which are against this policy by applying the violence” he said.

İzcan, “The Turkish Cypriot community is not respected and by destroying Turkish Cypriots community northern part of Cyprus is requested to colonize. Like our problems, our struggle and our future are common as well. As we don’t want division of Turkish Republic, we don’t want division of our country to. We defend the peoples of turkey to live together, in democracy, equality, respect and peace. At the same time, we want the Turkish Cypriots and the Greek Cypriots to live together in the same way as brothers and sisters. That’s how Turkey is common country for Turkish and Kurdish people. Cyprus is common country of the Turkish Cypriot and the Greek Cypriot” said.

İzcan, “Until Turkey has a democratic system and the peoples of Turkey will be free, reach early solution in Cyprus is no possible and Turkish Cypriots are not able to be saved.  Until to reach a democratic Turkey and United Federal Cyprus, we stand on our common struggle with labor and democratic forces in Turkey. United Cyprus Party believes in all people brotherhood and living together in equality and respect on basis of human rights.  And of course, we support freedom struggle of Kurdish people. We stand on our common struggle and we demand Peace and Democracy Party to be our voice in Turkish Assembly” said.

United Cyprus Party General Secretary İzzet İzcan and Secretary of Organization’s Abdullah Korkmazhan attended a dinner which organized through honor of foreign delegations with Co- chairs of Peace and Democracy Party Selahattin Demirataş and Gülten Kışanak.