The PKK disassociates itself from the attack in Istanbul after the accusations of the Government of Turkey

November 14 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has dissociated itself this Monday from the bomb attack perpetrated on Sunday in the Turkish city of Istanbul, which left at least six dead and dozens injured, after the accusations made by the Turkish government against the group, considered by Ankara as a terrorist organization.

“First of all, we offer our condolences to the families of the victims and wish a speedy recovery to the injured. We have nothing to do with this incident and it is well known to the public that we do not directly attack civilians or condone actions directed against civilians”, said the Command of the Headquarters of the Popular Defense Center (HSM) through a statement.

Thus, he has defended that the PKK “is a movement that maintains an honest and legitimate fight for freedom” and has highlighted that the group “acts from a perspective that seeks to create a common, democratic, free and equal future in society from Turkey”. “From this starting point, attacking the civilian population in any way is completely out of the question,” she argued.

The PKK has also pointed to the “bitter reality” that “the Turkish” regime “is having difficulties in the face of this legitimate fight”, especially “after revealing the use of chemical weapons and images that show that they set fire to the corpses of their own soldiers”. . For this reason, he has denounced “an attempt to develop a dark plan to distort the situation”, according to the Kurdish news portal ANF.

“The fact that the Turkish authorities target Kobani in connection with the incident reveals part of their plan,” said the PKK, which stressed that “the fact that the person responsible is Kurdish or Syrian does not change the consequences.” . “It is important that Turkish democratic circles and public opinion see this dark period and fight to expose the incident,” he concluded.

The statement was published hours after Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu confirmed the arrest of the woman suspected of having planted the bomb on Istanbul’s busy Istiklal avenue and pointed to the PKK as responsible. He also said that “the order for the deadly terrorist attack came from Ain al Arab, in northern Syria, where the People’s Protection Units (YPG) have their headquarters,” referring to a prominent Syrian-Kurdish militia with ties. with the PKK.