Not just Mersin and Izmir. Police this morning attacked 12 Democratic Solution Tents in different cities. The Tents have been set up by the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), Democratic Society Congress (DTK) and Peace Mothers Initiative, to call for a democratic solution to the Kurdish conflict. The tents, particularly in Dersim, Ýzmir, Adana and Mersin, were raided by security forces in the early hours of the morning. Police have confiscated everything in the tents. Dozens have been taken into custody.

During the police raid of the Democratic Solution Tent, singer Ferhat Tunç was slightly injured. Tunç is the Dersim independent BDP supported candidate in the upcoming general election on June 12. The candidate and well known artist made a press statement, shortly after the raid. “They are trying to scare us. - said Tunç - But we will not be scared and we will put up our tent again and again. This tent is a request for peace not for war. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is pushing us toward conflict. We are not going to drop our initiatives to give peace a chance. We will not renounce to search for a peaceful solution despite the terror government use against us.”

Kurds in Adana rebuilt the tent while BDP Co-Chair Hamit Geylani condemned the police attacks taking place all over Turkey. Geylani underlined that this step is certainly part of the government attack against Kurds to prevent their search and work for a peaceful solution to the conflict.

On Monday the Democratic Solution Tent in Istanbul had also been taken down by police.