In a statement published before the Diyarbakýr meeting of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan, the Kurdistan People's Initiative called on people “to teach a humanity lesson” to Erdogan and not to participate to the "meeting by AKP fascism".

The statement of Kurdistan People's Initiative said: “Tayyip Erdoðan, the cruel leader of the AKP government, which has turned almost each day of our people into hell for nine years since it came into power, is now, shamelessly as if nothing happened, planning to hold a public demonstration tomorrow in our city of Amed. Our people should teach Erdoðan a humanity lesson. Erdoðan - the statement continued - has a cruel hostility attitude against the Kurdish people. He is no different from [former PM] Tansu Ciller with its denial and slaughter policy".

The statement then called on the people of "Amed not to attend the meeting of the AKP fascism which keeps itself alive through the genocide, massacre, destruction and denial of Kurds. Not to attend this meeting will be an honorable stance and the most humanistic attitude against the violence and anti-democratic practices on Kurdish people".

Translation: Berna Ozgencil