Communist Party of Turkey emphasises big threat on Peace Day

As the world moves toward a war…


For a genuine peace, this system must be overthrown.

Ukraine, Iran, Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen and Sudan…

The wars in those regions as a result of the political and military interventions carried out by the United States and Western imperialist powers in their effort to preserve and re-establish their hegemony, are increasingly becoming rehearsals for a far more extensive and major war—a world war.

Under NATO leadership, the world’s largest terrorist organization, a Europe–Russia confrontation that would also draw our country into its orbit is constantly being put on the agenda through the war in Ukraine.

While many European countries—particularly British, German and French- are preparing for such a bloody confrontation, in which tactical nuclear weapons are said to be used and many countries would become involved, the United States continues to remain the shadowy force behind this process.

On the other hand, U.S. imperialism continues to spread fire not only across this region but throughout the world.

The new period that began at the beginning of this year, with the attack on Venezuela on 3 January, has been followed by a war against Iran that has now been continuing for a full six months.

Socialist Cuba has been subjected to an uninterrupted and suffocating blockade for more than half a century.

Mexico and Greenland are likewise among the prominent targets of Trump’s aggressive assertion that “these places should belong to us.”

Meanwhile, another extremely dangerous process continues to unfold in the Asia-Pacific, which has emerged as imperialism’s principal arena of confrontation, with the aim of encircling China.

Meanwhile, in Palestine and Lebanon, the brutality of genocidal Israel is once again being intensified as Netanyahu’s electoral investment ahead of the Israeli elections.

Against this backdrop, what are the potential threats facing our country in such a international context?

The latest agreements concluded by the AKP government are in the process of completely eliminating our country’s independence and sovereignty, while turning it into an accomplice—alongside the Western imperialist powers—in the wars and bloody confrontations continuing in Iran, Ukraine and Yemen.

Unable to become a direct participant in the U.S. and Israeli aggression against Iran, the AKP government is now trying to persuade the people to accept this war through the Neo-Ottomanist “peace process,” decorated with tales of peace. The unrestrained greed of capital, expansionist imperial ambitions, the religious and sectarian reactionary character of the AKP government, and the aggression of U.S. imperialism towards the region have come together, and cries of “marching on Iran,” from both the right and the so-called left, have filled the air.

Meanwhile, once again in line with U.S. interests, the AKP government is preparing to establish a new command structure in the Bosphorus for a military coalition led by Britain and France. It is “volunteering” for NATO’s extremely dangerous military mission in the Baltic region and, at the same time, is rising to become a major supplier of some of Ukraine’s critical military needs.

Adding to this picture the Mecca Agreement recently concluded with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, our country has also been turned into a potential participant in the war against Yemen, among other conflicts, and is increasingly being drawn into armed confrontation on multiple fronts.

In short, the world, our region and our country are approaching 1 September, World Peace Day, on the eve of a bloody confrontation in every respect.

Under such circumstances, the only way to prevent our country and the world from being sacrificed to the interests of multinational monopolies is for working people to rise up.

The only way to stop these wars and prevent humanity’s future from being thrown into the fire of nuclear madness, is to put an end to the system of exploitation.

To strengthen the struggle against this system and pave the way for genuine peace, all foreign military bases in our country must be closed, Turkey must immediately withdraw from NATO, the Mecca Agreement must be annulled, and the Neo-Ottomanist ambitions of expansionism that are dragging our country into dangerous adventures must be thwarted.

For 1 September to truly become a day of peace, join the struggle against this system that breeds war and destruction!