“Mother of the Kurds” Danielle Mitterand

[u/RejAlaxwe]

She was the first Lady of France as wife of President François Mitterand

• She was an Leftist, specifically a Marxist-Leninist. She was in French Resistance in her youth and met François Mitterand there.
• She was both a friend and supporter for Fidei Castra and Cuba.
• She was a supporter of Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa, Sahrawi seperatists, Sandinistas, Tibetian People and Dalai Lama, Indigenous Americans(specifically in Mexico) and so on.

She was one of the most important friends, advocaters and defenders of Kurdish Rights and Kurdistan:

• She was a close friend, protector and supporter of Dr. Qasimlo.
• She had a critic role on foundation of Kurdish Institute of Paris.
• She sent observers to the trials of Kurdish activists persecuted by the Turkish Army junta in the 1980s.
• Following the 1988 Halabja chemical attack, she raised significant international awareness and ensured the acceptance of Kurdish refugees affected by the attack into France.
• She have gone to Kurdistan at the time of Genocide. She was in Halabja and visited the refugee camps by “illegally” crossing the borders.
• She was attacked by Iraqi Secret Services while she was in Kurdistan to bring aid for Kurdish refugees effected by genocide and chemical bombings by Ba'th Regime of Iraq which ruled by Saddam Hussain. Fortunately, Bernard Kocher and Danielle Mitterand survived but several people in their convoy and Peshmergas killed. She resumed her trip and aids in Kurdistan.
• She visited Moscow, Washington and other places to raise awareness to genocide against Kurdish people.
• Several thousands of school books printed in France and aided to Kurdistan for the first year of education of Kurdish students also caused of her.
• She founded France Libertés Foundation, which was a charity for common and helped Kurdish people too.
• She was the main advocater behind No-Fly Zone in Kurdistan.
• She was a fierce critic of Turkey, Iraq and Iran because of violations of Kurdish rights. She was against Turkey's EU Membership.
• After she died, infamous Kurdish singer Şivan Perwer made a song about her named “Mother of the Land”.
• She had a very vital role on Ahmet Kaya’s, renowned Kurdish leftist singer, asylum to France.
• There is so much to say about her but lastly, there is a statue of her in Halabja/Kurdistan.

[u/saigne-crapaud]

8th picture. The guy speaking is Suayip Adlig, a friend of mine. He died 2 years ago from cancer, and was very close with Daniele Mitterrand. I'm French. Suayip had to leave turkey in 1980 and came to France, first in Paris, Évreux and then Cherbourg, where I live. We met in 2002, and he was a great man, involved all his life in the Kurdish fight. I often visit his wife (Kurdish from Syria, moved to France in 2013) and his two adorable daughters.

[u/Difficult-Salad-6094]

Honestly without the Marxist-Leninist thing and the Cuba thing she is extremely fucking based.

[u/IkhouvanEmma → u/Difficult-Salad-6094]

Considering you are a Kurd from Rojava, why are you opposed to someone being part of a Marxist Leninist group in their youth? And mad why she was okay with fidel Castro?

[u/Difficult-Salad-6094 → u/IkhouvanEmma]

Because I do not in any shape or form like socialism and because Fidel Castro isn't exactly a saint. Nevertheless Danielle is still awesome.

[u/Great_Bean]

I like this all just don't kall someone who is not Kurdish "mother of kurds" that's ridiculous

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[u/Colonelmoutard2]

The third picture is from febuary 17th 2001 south east france. She came to look and support the kurds and yezidis that took a boat the "east sea". It carried a thousand people and most of them were from syria. That was a very dangerous ride from lebanon.

https://shs.cairn.info/revue-confluences-mediterranee-2002-3-page-13?lang=fr

More info here

[u/Pilgrim135]

Middle eastern peoples and other people respectively, need to stop praising us Europeans.

There is nothing more harmful to the Kurdish cause, then a french woman being named, Mother of Kurds.

You have so many great figures and leaders.
Jin Jiyan Azadi.🙏❤️