Memihan Zeydan

 

WAN - Aynur Sarıca, a member of Jineoloji, drew attention to the social nature of the concept of "sexual murderer" and said: "A sexual murderer is not just an individual, but a mentality. It is a systematic way of thinking that seeks to destroy women's values, disintegrate social life, and silence women."

 

Increasing violence and massacres against women are not just individual crimes; they are the direct product of a deep-rooted mentality and systematic structure. Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan's concept of the "kastik killer" reveals the invisible mechanisms of domination that give rise to and nurture this violence. Women murdered at home, on the street, or in the workplace become targets not only of individual perpetrators, but also of the sexist, oppressive, and violent social order. The fantastic killer does not attack with a firearm or cutting instrument but with ideology, media language, the education system, laws, and social norms. Each massacre of women reveals how this invisible perpetrator grows stronger every day.

 

Jineoloji member Aynur Sarıca discussed the concept of the "kastik killer" and the massacre of women.

 

'Nation-state mentality imprisons women'

 

Aynur Sarıca stated that we are experiencing the projections of history, emphasizing that the present and the past should be evaluated together when we look at the starting point.

 

She reminded us that, in Ziggurats, women and slaves were at the bottom and that power was based on masculinity and the male mentality. She stated that this structure continues in nation-states. She reminded us that if a woman's existence does not fit into the framework drawn by the nation-state, she is punished. Aynur Sarıca said, "We are not talking about an individual existence here, but a mentality. The first goal of this mentality is to destroy women's values and the social structure. This mentality targets social, moral, and political life and tries to eliminate egalitarian, natural social life. Sometimes it appears as a system and sometimes as an individual. Mr. Abdullah Öcalan has also defined this situation with the concept of the 'kastik killer.'"

 

'Not suicide, murder'

 

Aynur Sarıca pointed out that, in his Manifesto for Peace and a Democratic Society, Abdullah Öcalan refers to the struggle against murderers dating back to the Neolithic period. She said the following: "A mass murderer is a mentality that seeks to destroy its opponent and maintain its own sovereignty. In the capitalist era, this mentality disregards all societal values and exhibits serious destructiveness. Therefore, the concepts we are discussing today are not independent from the reality we live in. Today, almost every day, a woman is murdered by someone close to her. The stories of these murders are often similar. Women allegedly 'commit suicide' in the corner of a house with their own cheesecloth... But this is not suicide. These are systematic murders committed in a suspicious manner. A woman is an integral part of nature and connected to life; she does not take her own life.”

 

'Change and transformation are essential'

 

Aynur Sarıca emphasized that the struggle must be waged not only against physical massacres, but also with mental transformations. She said, "A revolution of mentality is necessary against the mentality that tries to break women's intellectual lives and their connection with nature. Change and transformation are essential." As has been said before, the only constant is change. We should now interpret this as 'the only things that do not change are change and transformation.' We must unite around Mr. Öcalan's paradigm of women's freedom and continue this struggle in every field. The dominant mentality will try to silence women, divide society, and slaughter nature. However, we must defend society, nature, women, and individuals with a holistic approach."