Akýn Birdal MP, an independent BDP supported candidate running for the upcoming general election, issued a press statement at the opening ceremony of the election office in Antep. Talking about the Democratic Solution Tents on the day of the demolition of 24 of them by police, Birdal said: “We will erect the Democratic Solution Tents in the Grand Assembly of Turkey on June 13", the day after the elections.

Many participants to the ceremony chanted slogans in favor of the tents and Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.