A delegation from Kurdish parties has been denied a visit to the harvest workers in Mardin, who were victims of a lynching attempt in Sakarya, western Turkey. Meral Danış-Beştaş (HDP) warned of the danger of civil war.
A delegation of the Kurdistan Alliance has been denied a visit to the Kurdish seasonal workers in Mazıdağı district of Mardin, who were the victims of a lynching attempt in Sakarya province, western Turkey last week. The military had previously erected barriers on the road to the village of the harvest workers and blocked off access to a large area. The reason for the access ban was cited as a decree by the local health authority to quarantine the village of the Demir family due to pandemic measures. The vice-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Meral Danış Beştaş, described the procedure as purely arbitrary as there are no coronavirus infections in the village.
"The racially motivated attack in Sakarya is a reflection of the government alliance's approach to the Kurdish part of the population," said Danış-Beştaş, accusing the AKP/MHP coalition of separatism. "Those who prevented our visit today, during which we only wanted to express our recovery wishes to the victims, are also the ones who have so far not said a single word about the lynching attempt in Sakarya," said the MP.
Remarking that people were attacked simply because they spoke Kurdish, Beştaş said: “The fact that Kurds cannot move freely in the country is extremely dangerous. I would like to underline our concern once again: we want to prevent a possible civil war. The Turkish people should react most loudly in view of this threatening danger".
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