Support messages continue to come for the process initiated by Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan with his “Call for Peace and Democratic Society” on February 27, 2025. The process, which has been supported by internationally recognized intellectuals, writers, philosophers, and sociologists, has also received a message of support from Italian philosopher Mauro Carbone. In his message sent to Mezopotamya Agency (MA), Carbone stated that such a solution would be proof of the ability of the peoples of the region to achieve dialogue and coexistence on their own.

 

Carbone’s message reads as follows: “I am truly honored to write a message of support for the campaign aiming at a peaceful and democratic solution to the Kurdish question. Indeed, such a solution would not only mean the end of decades of conflict and the recognition of the rights of the Kurdish people to live together in democracy and peace with the Turkish people, but it could also represent a witness of the ability of the peoples of that region to independently achieve goals of dialogue and coexistence”

 

ABOUT MAURO CARBONE

 

Mauro Carbone, born in 1956, is an Italian philosopher. His work focuses particularly on phenomenology, aesthetics, and contemporary visual culture. He has pursued his academic career in France and served for many years as a professor of philosophy at Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3. Carbone’s thought is largely influenced by the phenomenology of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and he has developed studies examining the relationships between perception, the body, and images.

 

Carbone’s research particularly focuses on the relationship between cinema, visual technology, and perceptual experience. According to him, modern visual culture creates new fields of experience that transform how people perceive the world. In this context, he has developed an interdisciplinary approach between philosophy, art, cinema, and media theory, making significant contributions to contemporary debates in aesthetics and phenomenology.