The statement issued by the KCDK-E co-chairs said that the Turkish state tortured political prisoners and underlined that these attacks were carried out on the basis of Kurdish hostility. Emphasizing that the anti-Kurdish mentality in Turkey targets the extermination of the Kurds, KCDK-E said in its statement: “These massacres carried out in prisons are meant to intimidate the families of the prisoners. In fact, they are an attack on the whole of society. For this reason, it is necessary to see these attacks on political prisoners as attacks against the will of the Kurdish people.”

The statement added that the AKP-MHP fascist government wants to silence society as a whole. “Our most fundamental duty today is to support the political prisoners who continue this struggle for honour with a strong stance. As the KCDK-E, we invite everyone to listen to the voices of political prisoners and to act for an effective struggle against the massacres of the genocidal Turkish state.

We call on everyone to show solidarity and with the prisoners’ resistance against surrender.”