r/kurdistan • u/CreamGang • 1d ago

News/Article Rojava effectively bans using PKK flags, symbols

https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/syria/271220242

"Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria (Rojava) have instructed all institutions and political parties to display only emblems and banners representing the administration, a senior politician from the ruling coalition told Rudaw English on Friday. The directive effectively prohibits the use of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) symbols and flags amid calls for the enclave to distance itself from the armed group and efforts to have a unified Kurdish front in the new Syria.  "

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u/LuckyInvestment5394 18h ago

They’re very late on this but good decision nevertheless. I’ve never understood why they did that in the first place, raising partisan flags, images and chanting slogans almost daily. It did nothing good for the region of course and only put more cards into Turkey’s hands to justify its attacks and strengthen its claims. It doesn’t take a genius to acknowledge that all those daily protests had near 0 effectivity and were against Rojava’s interests and benefits in terms of security, stability and the struggle to get an official status. At least it’s good to see that they seem to have finally woken up from unrealistic ambitions.