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New Communist Party of Britain |
A call from the Communist Party of Turkey endorsed at the annual 19th International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties in November 2017
Under the leadership of Erdoğan, Turkey has provided political and material support to terrorist groups in Syria, and has been an accomplice to all massacres perpetrated and humanitarian/economic devastation inflicted upon this country since the very beginning of imperialist intervention. Yet today, in defiance of all international agreements and rules, Turkey is carrying out military operations in Syria under the pretext of “counterterrorism”.
We, the undersigned communist and workers' parties, hereby protest Turkey's military presence in Syria, and call for the immediate termination of these military operations.
Erdoğan’s foreign policy maneuvers, which solely aim to maintain his personal status and to satisfy the emerging pursuits of Turkish capitalist class, do not serve to the interests of the toiling masses of Turkey or the region by any means. As the undersigned communist and workers' parties, just as we do not sympathize with the pressure and blackmailing exercised by the US and other NATO countries against Erdoğan and oppose to any "color revolution" attempt to be staged in Turkey, we neither accept to label the reactionary and anti-people policies pursued by Turkish government as something positive or even anti-imperialist.
The workers will have the final word in Turkey, in Syria and all around the world. As the communist and workers' parties, we stand by this word and we will do everything in our power to strengthen it.
Signed by:
Wednesday, November 29, 2017