RECOGNIZE THE MAY21 CIRCASSIAN GENOCIDE!

May 21, 1864; It is the symbolic date of systematic genocide carried out to Circassians. During this genocide by Tsarist Russia, hundreds of thousands of Circassians died, while ninety percent of the surviving Circassian population was exiled to the Ottoman Empire.
Today, we are speaking as a child of a generation who survived from the Circassian Genocide:
RECOGNIZE THE GENOCIDE!
Today we are angry as a Circassian.
Because; despite the Circassian Genocide took over 155 years, there is not a single step taken by Russia to compensate for the injustice we have suffered.
Russia still continues to implement its colonial policies in the Caucasus.
Although the regime changes, the Russian state is still acting with the motto “A Circassia without the Circassians, a Caucasus without the Caucasians”.
Against these policies, we raise our voice wherever Circassians live:
MAY21 CONTINUE!
Today we are angry and we have a word to the state of Russia, who ignores us for even the most basic demands in our homeland.
Despite all the colonial policies you have implemented and manipulation attempts
WE DID NOT EXTINCT, WE WILL NOT BE!
We are standing against your attempts to distort the history and ignore the Circassian people and the the tragedy we had:
21 MAY IS THE DAY OF THE DEFIANCE!
We speak to the peoples of the world and the conscientious people of Russia; don't take part in your state's crimes
RECOGNIZE THE GENOCIDE!
Despite all our suffering, trauma and human rights violations, we are not aiming to revive historical hostilities. We raise our demand for justice.
IF THERE IS NO JUSTICE, THERE IS NO PEACE!
We declare that we will never forget the Circassian Genocide and the perpetrator of this genocide.
RECOGNIZE THE MAY21 CIRCASSIAN GENOCIDE!

ESKISEHIR NORTH CAUCASUS CULTURE AND SOLIDARITY ASSOCIATION