The Initiative of Peace Mothers made a hard statement in response to Prime Minister Erdoðan’s speech during Diyarbakir election rally last Wednesday. The Peace Mothers asked the Prime Minister: “How can you stand before this people while at the same time you are giving instructions to kill the very same people? You kill our children. You put a ten years old child in prison and sentenced him for a period longer than his age. How could we ever accept and welcome you?”

Diyarbakýr Initiative of Peace Mothers held a press conference to respond to Erdoðan’s speech targeting Kurds and the BDP during his Diyarbakýr meeting. Making the statement on behalf of Peace Mothers, Nevriye Kacan remarked that they cannot understand how Erdoðan has the courage to come to Diyarbakýr. Kacan said: “Why is he coming to Diyarbakýr? We don’t want him to come to Diyarbakir because he has blood on his hands”.

'You're the real terrorist!’

Kacan continued as follows: “The Prime Minister says that Kurds are terrorists. The real terrorist is you because you kill our children. Mothers have always extended a peace hand although their hearts were hurt many times. We have had enough of your cruelty. You should visit neither Diyarbakýr nor any of the Kurdish cities. Nobody has carried out the atrocities you have carried out”. (B.O.)