BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaþ called on Kurdish people to go on hunger strike for 48 hours on 17 and 18 November. Demirtaþ said first BDP deputies should go on hunger strike to support the fasting prisoners. The BDP co-chair also called on people to show their solidarity by taking to the streets and by doing actions like switching off all lights for five minutes in the evening.