Alarming warning: Kurdish community sees the risk of genocide for minorities in Syria

Alarming warning: Kurdish community sees the risk of genocide for minorities in Syria

In a worrying appeal, the Kurdish community in Germany warns of an impending “genocide” in Syria, especially after the overthrow of ruler Bashar al-Assad by Islamist fighter. During the Christmas season, the municipality received cruel reports that report torture and murder of members of the Alevi faith community through Islamist militias. Ali Ertan Toprak, the federal chairman of the Kurdish community, said that the Islamists could soon also target other religious and ethnic minorities. These include Christians, Yazidis as well as Kurds and Drusen. Toprak also criticized the misjudgments of the West and called for an immediate response from the Federal Government to secure the fate of the endangered groups, such as kathpress.at reported.

Ali Ertan Toprak and his political commitment

Ali Ertan Toprak, a politician with Kurdish roots, was born in Ankara in 1969 and came to Germany as a "suitcase" at the age of three. After an eventful life between Turkey and Germany, he is committed to migrants: inside and better integration conditions. Toprak started his political career with the Greens and was later city councilor and speaker of Cem Özdemir in the Bundestag. In 2014, in protest against the integration policy of the red-green government, he escaped and joined the CDU. He emerged as one of the first voices against radical Islamism and often addresses questions about identity and the integration of migrants in Germany, such as swr.de reported.

Toprak's warnings are alarming in view of the current developments in Syria, and its demands to the German government for immediate action are urgent. The fears of the fate of minorities in the region may no longer be ignored.