Speaking in a conference in Ankara, Kemalbay criticized Turkish government for its attack in Afrin and accused Turkish army of massacring civilians in the region.

Kamalbay said that Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and governing AKP needs war and conflict in order to remain in power and said, “therefore they attack not only to our party but to journalists, academics and doctors. But no matter how many prisons you construct, you can’t take millions of defenders of peace as hostage”.

“During this two and a half years you should have learned one thing: you can’t finish off the HPG. You can finish it off because it’s the people. And the people don’t believe your lies” Kamalbay added.

About the attacks on Afrin Kemalbay said, “The invasion attempt on Afrin is not legitimate. Afrin is Syrian territory. The people of Afrin who defended their rights during the times of civil war tries to construct a democratic new way of life. People have come together to establish a democratic system. The ruling powers are concentrated to destroy Kurdish demand of forming a democratic self-governing system and expand it nationwide in Syria. Because this demand poses a threat to them”.

Kemalbay also spoke about Turkish army’s massacres and called on AKP government to stop the attacks on the people of Afrin.

“Turkey says that it exercises its right to self-defense. We say to the world: This is not the right to self-defense. On the contrary, the people of Afrin are using their right to self-defense” Kemalbay added.