A written statement was made by the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Central Executive Board (MYK) against the usurpation of Dersim and Pulur (Ovacık) municipalities. The statement said: "We do not recognize any decision that ignores the will of the people. We don’t recognize the politics of trustees."

The statement added: "The AKP-MHP government, which has deepened its hostility towards the Kurdish people, continues to insist on ignoring the will of the people. The AKP-MHP government, which usurped the municipalities of Dersim and Pulur with trustees after usurping Mardin Metropolitan Municipality, Hakkari, Batman, Halfeti and Esenyurt, has once again directly targeted the will of the people and democratic values."

'The government has no legitimity in the eyes of the people'

The statement continued: "We know very well that the trustee decision is intended to punish Dersim's multicultural and multilingual understanding of life, religious values ​​and historical memory. The will of the people of Dersim, who was massacred by bloody policies in the first century of the Republic, is being targeted in the same way by trustee policies in the second century. This decision also targets the component and alliance law that was implemented in Dersim based on the will of the people and defends the future of democracy and freedoms. The attempt to punish Dersim, whose history is full of resistance against oppression and tyranny and has never bowed down, with these methods and targeting its choices will not yield results today as it did in the past. The AKP-MHP government, which is trying to extend its political life through usurpation of will, has no legitimacy in the eyes of the people."

The statement underlined that "the trustee regime, which also targets our co-presidency system, is also the enemy of women's gains. We will continue to vitalize our democratic ecological women's liberation management approach with our 'Jin, jiyan, Azadî' philosophy. Trustee policies are a political coup, and we will not recognize those who ignore the will of the people. What is essential for us is the will of the people, and we will continue our democratic struggle against every understanding that opposes this will. In this context, we call on all our people and democratic mass organizations to support the elected representatives of the people for the future of democracy and freedoms. If there is a power that will determine the future of Dersim, it is the will of the people of Dersim!"