Activists in Germany form lobby with aim to unify all four parts of Greater Kurdistan

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Through the formation of a pro-Kurdish council, the diaspora in Germany has one vision in mind: to unify Kurds from all four parts of the Greater Kurdistan.

Activists in the German city of Wolfsburg want to establish a comprehensive Kurdish Council representing the Kurdish community across Europe.

Meetings held in the company of dozens of Kurdish activists are ongoing with efforts to form a representative council for Kurds in Germany as the first step with goals to spread the idea to other European countries.

The activists say they eventually want to spread the council into the communities of Turkey, Iran, Syria, and the Kurdistan Region.

“If the Kurds have failed to unite in Kurdistan, we in Europe will achieve this,” Salar Karkuki, the head of the Kurdish Association in Germany, told Kurdistan 24.

“In the presence of activists and representatives of civil society, we have announced the formation of a council or a Kurdish union representing the Kurdish community in all four parts” of the Greater Kurdistan, Karkuki added.

The Kurdish Association in Germany, as the committee formally calls itself, plans to represent all Kurdish civil associations and blocs under one umbrella framework as well as discuss matters related to all Kurds.

Ali Yildirim, a member of the council, says the committee holds many gatherings with dozens of associations to try and “include all under the framework of the Kurdistan Association to serve as a lobby representing the Kurdish community.”

Millions of diaspora Kurds live in Europe, many of them forced to migrate to escape persecution by the oppressive regimes in their respective parts of the Greater Kurdistan.

(Additional reporting by Kurdistan 24 correspondent Kawa Mohammed Amin)