Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in his speech at the introductory meeting of AKP deputy candidates, said; “There is no more a Kurdish problem. There are problems of my Kurdish brothers and sisters”. Similarly, Erdogan had in 2005 stated that “There exists the Kurdish problem” and he had afterward changed his words as; “It will not exist if you do not think about it”. His last statement in Ankara afterward had been; “There exists a terror problem, not a Kurdish problem”.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke as follows; "The Kurdish problem in this country no longer exists. There are the problems of my Kurdish brothers and sisters who are abused. They tell that the AKP withdrew the Kurdish origin candidates in the Southeast region. As I said before, they either speak with ignorance or they do not know that we nominated our professional candidates there”.

‘NO DISCRIMINATION’

Despite the figures of discrimination and rights violations lived every day and recorded on reports, Erdogan’s allegations are as follows; “We see no difference in our peoples, regardless of their origins and identities. We do not discriminate between Kurds and Lazs. What matters is a single identity and to be a citizen of the Republic of Turkey. However, some people are troubled with this flag. Why does this flag disturb? The colour of this flag was taken from the martyrs of all of us. A single nation, single flag and a single land is coming. A single land with 780 thousand square meters. The land which will belong to all of us, not to any ethnical constituent or a group. This state is all ours and will not be separated. My Kurdish brothers and sisters can easily speak their language there. Having enabled speaking Kurdish in prisons and Kurdish courses, we will continue our way with this step”.

Translation: Berna Ozgencil