Support messages continue to arrive from academics, intellectuals and writers from various parts of the world regarding the Peace and Democratic Society Process, which began with Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan's call on 27 February. Italian philosopher Mauro Ceruti, who sent a message to the Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, pointed out that the talks initiated by Abdullah Öcalan's call could set a positive example in the Middle East. 

 

Mauro Ceruti's message, which stated that the peace dialogue could lead a global community against humanity's self-destruction by preventing the sanctification of borders, reads: "I express my full support for the ongoing peace process in Turkey and for the Kurdish political representatives who are striving, with courage and perseverance, to advance dialogue, democracy, and coexistence. Peace is built through responsibility, mutual recognition, and the shared commitment to a future in which diversity becomes a resource for society rather than a source of conflict. I stand in solidarity with all those who are working to make this possible.

 

In an interconnected world that is regressing toward new nationalisms and new imperialisms, and thereby becoming increasingly fragmented and insecure, in a world where the risk of military conflicts and terrorism is growing, the peace dialogue between the Kurds and the Turkish government opens a concrete path of hope toward a new direction. The right to self-determination of different peoples can be preserved within the framework of a “post-national”, “multinational”, or “cosmopolitical” state, where unity and diversity, national sovereignty and multiculturalism can be reconciled and mutually reinforced, moving beyond the paradigm of ethnic and religious homogeneity and the “sacralization” of territorial borders. This new direction can serve as a positive example in the Middle East and as a precursor to a global community of states genuinely committed to the “common good” of our shared earthly home, at a time when humanity faces the unprecedented possibility of self-destruction."

 

WHO IS MAURO CERUTI? 

 

Mauro Ceruti is a philosopher born on 16 July 1953 in Cremona, Italy. He completed his university education at the University of Milan, where he studied the history of science and epistemology, focusing particularly on Jean Piaget's genetic epistemology. Ceruti is one of the pioneers of complex systems theory and the "complex thought" movement — an approach that aims to renew scientific rationality paradigms and reconstruct thought in epistemological, biological, social and managerial fields by combining different disciplines. During his academic career, he worked as a researcher at the University of Geneva, then served as a professor of philosophy of science at IULM University in Milan, where he attained emeritus status.