In a statement to the press after his release after two-day captivity on Tuesday, Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Hüseyin Aygün said that the detention action by Kurdish militants didn’t aim at his security but intended to give a message of peace and ceasefire to the Turkish society.

Aygün MP said the group of guerrillas who detained him on Sunday and held in custody for two days acted in good faith and respect towards him and said that the young people involved in the detention action said he should take a more active role in the Parliament and that all parties should put more effort forth concerning the Kurdish problem. They asked me to do politics without any party affilitation, added CHP deputy.

Aygün remarked that the guerrillas neither used force nor uttered any threat against him and that they paid ultimate attention to his safety especially after the call of HPG (People’s Defense Forces) commander Bahoz Erdal who –he said- instructed the mentioned guerrilla unit to show scrupulous attention to his safety.