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a matter of fact, while all this was taking place, ISIL announced that
they had established an Islamic State, organized themselves in key
cities of Iraq and Syria, formed their own army, set up their own edu-
cation system in the curriculum, put their own laws into force and
established their own judicial system. But no one had even mentioned
these regions.

Of course, we would not want anyone in any region, in any town
or city, in any village or country to suffer. The people in Kobane are

our own people. Indeed, right after the occupation of Kobane, Turkey
was the only country who showed any awareness in the humanitari-
an sense. Almost two hundred thousand Kurdish people from
Kobane were accepted into our country as refugees in a single night.
Consequently, the people of Kobane were already under protection.

Additionally, we need to state that just as we do not support a
military attack of the mentioned coalition forces aimed at Mosul, Ar-
Raqqah or any other region to defuse ISIL, it is not possible for us to
support the attacks aimed at Kobane either. Solution and peace in the
region cannot be attained with weapons but with a rational scientific

approach. Peace has never been attained with war, weapons have
never brought any solution and it is not possible for weapons to rem-
edy anything.

The criticisms of Turkey during
the occupation of Kobane were
totally dishonest. Turkey was
the only country to exhibit any
sensitivity after the occupation
and welcomed more than
200,000 of our Kurdish
brothers in a single day. The
great majority of our brothers
are still under the protection of
the Turkish government in
specially erected camps.

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