Tertele ́s 87. Once again, we had a strong year of remembrance. We commemorated the innocent people of 37/38. We screamed our pain everywhere and made it more visible. We have made new friends. This year, we have expressed our demands for confrontation and justice.
– From the Bundestag:
Pir Seyed Ali Cicek from the FDG Faith Board, Ana Zerno Ates from the AABF Faith Board, Ev. Sister Louise Magdalena Braeuer from the Kirschen Gemeinde Deutschland, Kemal Karabulut on behalf of the FDG, SPD Member of Parliament Hakan Demir, Left Party Federal Member of Parliament Gökay Akbulut, Melisa Özgül on behalf of the Alevi students, Hakan Taş from the Left Party, artist Müslüm Arslan and our friends from NGOs.
– From our Berlin memorial plaque:
Nezahat Gündoğan, Prof. Kenan Engin, Dr. Yüksel Özdemir, President of the Berlin Alevi Community, and Müslüm Karadaş, President of the Berlin Cultural Association Dersim.
– From our Dortmund memorial plaque:
Our Pir Turabi Karabulut, Hüseyin Göger on behalf of the FDG, Prof. Dr. Taner Akçam, NRW SPD Member of Parliament Volkan Baran and artist Mikail Turan.
– From our Cologne memorial plaque:
Writer Kazım Gündoğan, Prof. Dr. Hans Lukas Kieser, Dr. Hüseyin Çelik, Prof. Dr. Jan İlhan Kızılhan, author/director Ayşe Kalmaz, artist Beser Şahin and the president of the Cologne Cultural Association Dersim Murat Aslan.
– From our Duisburg panel: Prof. Dr. Taner Akçam, Yılmaz Kahraman on behalf of the Alevi Youth Federation and the artists Çiğdem, Özge & Jiwan, Deniz and Dersim.
– In front of the cathedral in Cologne:
Hundreds of people of conscience came together at the call of the Genocide Remembrance Initiative – consisting of AABF, FDG, FEDA, ADEF, DKG, DIK, Association of Genocide Objectors and the Kurdish Community. Pirs and our artists.
They added a voice to our voices with their gulbangs and prayers, words and sayings, presentations and shouts.
Once again, we have turned to the Republic of Turkey together.
Open the archives you’ve kept secret!
Face the Tertele of Dersim 37/38!
Love to those who contributed. With all due respect.
Federation of European Dersim Associations (FDG)
May 5, 2023
