Visiting the resistance in Halfeti against the usurpation of the municipality by the government, IHD Co-Chair Hüseyin Küçükbalaban referred the ongoing isolation of Öcalan in İmralı and said, “The Kurdish question cannot be resolved with isolation."
Support continues to increase for the vigil launched in Halfeti district of Urfa against the usurpation of the municipality through the appointment of a trustee and removal of the democratically elected co-mayors, Mehmet Karayılan and Saniye Bayram, on 4 November.
Human Rights Association (IHD) Co-Chair Hüseyin Küçükbalaban, IHD Diyarbakır, Antep, Adıyaman and Urfa branch executives visited the resistance vigil in front of the municipality building on Thursday.
IHD Co-Chair Hüseyin Küçükbalaban stated that the trustee mentality is a product of medieval darkness. Küçükbalaban noted that Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan was born in Halfeti, saying:
“Halfeti, the hometown of Abdullah Öcalan, is where the history of humanity was born. The state made some remarks (on a possible process of negotiation with Öcalan), and immediately afterwards, trustees were appointed. The isolation in İmralı continues. There was a meeting (with Öcalan) after 43 months, but this does not change the fact that the isolation continues. The Kurdish question cannot be resolved with isolation. Abdullah Öcalan is the interlocutor and the power for a solution.”
Demanding an end to isolation, Küçükbalaban stated that the trustee practices eliminated the right to elect and be elected and demonstrated the fact that the state is far from seeking a solution to the Kurdish issue. Highlightinh the importance of local governments, Küçükbalaban pointed out that the trustee politics should be abandoned and elected co-mayors should take office.
Emphasising that security policies should be abandoned for the achievement of a solution to the Kurdish question in democratic ways, he added: “We are here for this. We demand the withdrawal of trustees as soon as possible.”
