NEWS CENTER - World-renowned philosopher and sociologist Edgar Morin shared a message about Abdullah Öcalan's historic call and said, "I fully support the process of peace and democratic transformation in Turkey." 

 

World-renowned philosopher and sociologist Edgar Morin sent a message supporting Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan's historic call to the Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party and the İmralı Delegation.

 

The message, sent in Turkish and French reads: "As an intellectual who believes that free thought and democratci devate are common values of humanity, I fully support the process of peace and democratic transformation in Turkey. I invite everyone to respect and strengthen the will of the Turkish and Kurdish peoples to live together in this historic process, which began with the handshake of Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of the Nationalist Movement party, with Kurdish politicians and continued with the call for peace and democratic society by Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdish people in Imrali prison, on February 27. Since Socrates, we have known that what makes a human being human is to think freely and to speak with others. And isn't thinking a silent dialogue with oneself? 

 

Peace is the ability of people to speak freely with themselves and with each other. Peace is not about being alike, but about giving each other chances, trying to persuade without destroying.

 

The peace and democratization process in Turkey is a requirement of human dignity. This is why I speak out in favor of the unity of the Turkish and Kurdish peoples against the regional provocations of imperialism. 

 

Long live freedom, long live democracy."

 

WHO IS EDGAR MORIN?

 

Born in Paris in 1921, Edgar Morin is a world-renowned philosopher and sociologist. He took part in the anti-fascist front during the Spanish Civil War and then fought against the German occupation of France during World War II in 1942. A communist activist in his youth, Edgar Morin left the French Communist Party in 1951. Prof. Edgar Morin, who started to take place among the unchanging figures of sociology in France and then worldwide with the ideas he put forward since the 1950s, is seen among the most important philosophers and thinkers of the century.

 

Edgar Morin, who holds honorary doctorate degrees from 38 universities worldwide, served as the director of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) for many years.