Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) mayors have gathered in front of Baðlar municipality in Diyarbakýr on Saturday. They called on the government and public opinion to act quickly as the hunger strike by Kurdish political prisoners has entered day 60th.

The mayors' statement was read by Diyarbakýr Mayor Osman Baydemir who also announced he will join the hunger strike on behalf of all BDP mayors. Baydemir said that the Kurdish people are standing at a crossroad as no answer has been given to the call of Kurdish political prisoners on fast.

Baydemir pointed out that the demands of hunger strikers are not separted from the demand for Kurdish people’s freedom and a peaceful solution to the Kurdish problem.

Diyarbakýr Mayor Baydemir noted that “The Kurdish people are being oppressed by the so-called KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) operations which aimed at eliminating Kurdish legal politics and which has led to the arrest of nine thousand people since 2009”.