HDP continues diplomatic talks in Berlin

The HDP is holding talks with politicians in Berlin. Faruk Doru, European representative of the HDP, demands that Germany put pressure on Turkey on the basis of the Council of Europe's decision to lift Ocalan's isolation.

Since yesterday, a delegation led by co-chairperson of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Pervin Buldan, has been holding diplomatic talks in Berlin. Buldan is joined by HDP MP Feleknas Uca, former MP Faysal Sarıyıldız, former co-mayor of Cizre, Leyla Imret, and HDP's European representative Faruk Doru, and visited various parties yesterday.

While the delegation met on Tuesday, among others, the SPD leader Andrea Nahles and the co-chairperson of the Left Party Bernd Riexinger, the politicians met in the evening with Gregor Gysi and representatives of the Greens, including the deputy party leader Jamila Schäfer.

Call for Turkey to abide by its own laws

ANF talked to the European representative of the HDP, Faruk Doru, about the course of the meetings. Doru said: "We want the federal government to put pressure on Turkey, so that the decision of the Council of Europe regarding the lifting of isolation can be implemented. We think it's important for the federal government to put pressure on Turkey to follow its own laws. This is not a particularly difficult requirement, because it is one of the indispensable foundations of every state."

Buldan and Uca spoke at popular assembly

Pervin Buldan and Feleknas Uca spoke to the Kurdish population and supporters last night in the Democratic Kurdish Community Center in Berlin. Hüseyin Yılmaz of the Peoples’ Democratic Congress took over the moderation. Topics of the discussion were above all the developments around the Istanbul elections set to be repeated and the meeting of Öcalan with his lawyers. Buldan explained that confusion had arisen because of the simultaneity of both incidents, and continued, "Öcalan's meeting with his attorneys is a very important step. The content of the conversation shows which result we can crown the fight with."

Resistance of the people a crucial factor

Feleknas Uca also commented on the topic and said: "After this step we will see how things will continue in the next few days. The attitude of the people will be the deciding factor. If the people support the resistance even more, the resistance will break the isolation faster. All who want peace and democracy should support this resistance."