Kýþanak: government increased pressure and violence
Kýþanak: government increased pressure and violence
In an interview published today in Hürriyet Daily News, "Labor, Democracy and Freedom Block" independent candidate (and former BDP co-chair) Gültan Kýþanak asked if "the prime minister think he can solve the Kurdish issue by holding an election rally in the region for an hour surrounded by armored vehicles? The prime minister needs to ask himself how he can solve the issue through cruelty and pressure”.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan has planned to visit Siirt (the constituency for which Kýþanak is a candidate) on Thursday. The Prime Minister will be holding election rallies in Van on Friday and Hakkari on Saturday.
“It’s not even political anymore. This is a public outcry of people saying, ‘Enough, we will not accept this cruelty anymore,’” Kýþanak told the Daily News. “If the government continues with this stance, the people will resist with everything they have on hand.”
Kýþanak reiterated that in order to wing some nationalist votes the government has been increasing “the level of pressure and violence” until the situation has reached unbearable levels.
Talking about the recovery of the Kurdish guerrillas' bodies who lost their life in Uludere last week, Kýþanak said that indeed there was no border violation. “The military guard post - she argued - is beyond the border anyway. When we got there, the district governor, prosecutor, doctor and commander were already there. The government passed the border, and it’s a problem when a minister goes there?”
Kýþanak indeed underlined the tragedy and unbearable level of violence displayed by soldiers against thousands of people who wanted to retrieve the bodies of their relatives. "If a woman hikes up into those hills with a 6-month-old baby in her arms in order to pick up a dead body, we have reached the final point,” said Kýþanak.
“The Kurdish people are in their own homelands, and they will not leave. We are not refugees. These are the lands of our ancestors. This is Kurdistan. This is a historical geographical definition,” Kýþanak remarked adding that “The Kurdish people will not stop struggling until the cruelty ends,” she added. “If the cruelty continues and our people tell us to withdraw from the elections, we will do it. We cannot hold a different stance from the people we’re asking for votes from. We are subject to cruelty just for wanting our language and identity accepted.”
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan has planned to visit Siirt (the constituency for which Kýþanak is a candidate) on Thursday. The Prime Minister will be holding election rallies in Van on Friday and Hakkari on Saturday.
“It’s not even political anymore. This is a public outcry of people saying, ‘Enough, we will not accept this cruelty anymore,’” Kýþanak told the Daily News. “If the government continues with this stance, the people will resist with everything they have on hand.”
Kýþanak reiterated that in order to wing some nationalist votes the government has been increasing “the level of pressure and violence” until the situation has reached unbearable levels.
Talking about the recovery of the Kurdish guerrillas' bodies who lost their life in Uludere last week, Kýþanak said that indeed there was no border violation. “The military guard post - she argued - is beyond the border anyway. When we got there, the district governor, prosecutor, doctor and commander were already there. The government passed the border, and it’s a problem when a minister goes there?”
Kýþanak indeed underlined the tragedy and unbearable level of violence displayed by soldiers against thousands of people who wanted to retrieve the bodies of their relatives. "If a woman hikes up into those hills with a 6-month-old baby in her arms in order to pick up a dead body, we have reached the final point,” said Kýþanak.
“The Kurdish people are in their own homelands, and they will not leave. We are not refugees. These are the lands of our ancestors. This is Kurdistan. This is a historical geographical definition,” Kýþanak remarked adding that “The Kurdish people will not stop struggling until the cruelty ends,” she added. “If the cruelty continues and our people tell us to withdraw from the elections, we will do it. We cannot hold a different stance from the people we’re asking for votes from. We are subject to cruelty just for wanting our language and identity accepted.”
