Police attacks BDP demonstration for Öcalan
Police attacks BDP demonstration for Öcalan
Two members of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) were injured and at least five others were taken into custody on Sunday at the sit-in BDP Istanbul organization staged at Taksim Square to condemn the 9 October conspiracy against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan and to call attention to the ongoing hunger strike of Kurdish political prisoners in Turkish prisons.
The sit-in which lasted about half an hour was followed by a press statement by BDP Istanbul provincial co-chair Asiye Kolçak who remarked that the ruling AKP government is paving the way for conflict between peoples and destroying their will to live together in peace by subjecting Kurds to political, economic, cultural, historical and ecological genocide.
Referring to the 9 October international conspiracy against the Kurdish leader 14 years ago, Kolçak underlined that nothing has changed in the approach towards Kurds and their leader within this process.
Speaking after, BDP Istanbul MP Sebahat Tuncel also called on the AKP government to end the policy of denial and assimilation against the Kurdish people and underlined that the war in Turkey will not end unless a permanent solution is found to the Kurdish issue in the country.
Tuncel, reminding of the hunger strike that hundreds of political prisoners have staged in protest against the isolation of the Kurdish leader and denial of the right to self-defense in mother language, pointed out that the government should take action before any unfavorable developments take place.
BDP deputy also called on the Turkish people to say no to the war policy of the Turkish state, underlining that this war has claimed the lives of children of laborer and poor people in this territory.
Tension broke out after the press statement when riot police attacked the mass with gas bombs and blockaded the area as police wanted to detain a demonstrator chanting slogan in favor of the Kurdish leader. Clashes broke out as demonstrators responded to police with stones.
The sit-in which lasted about half an hour was followed by a press statement by BDP Istanbul provincial co-chair Asiye Kolçak who remarked that the ruling AKP government is paving the way for conflict between peoples and destroying their will to live together in peace by subjecting Kurds to political, economic, cultural, historical and ecological genocide.
Referring to the 9 October international conspiracy against the Kurdish leader 14 years ago, Kolçak underlined that nothing has changed in the approach towards Kurds and their leader within this process.
Speaking after, BDP Istanbul MP Sebahat Tuncel also called on the AKP government to end the policy of denial and assimilation against the Kurdish people and underlined that the war in Turkey will not end unless a permanent solution is found to the Kurdish issue in the country.
Tuncel, reminding of the hunger strike that hundreds of political prisoners have staged in protest against the isolation of the Kurdish leader and denial of the right to self-defense in mother language, pointed out that the government should take action before any unfavorable developments take place.
BDP deputy also called on the Turkish people to say no to the war policy of the Turkish state, underlining that this war has claimed the lives of children of laborer and poor people in this territory.
Tension broke out after the press statement when riot police attacked the mass with gas bombs and blockaded the area as police wanted to detain a demonstrator chanting slogan in favor of the Kurdish leader. Clashes broke out as demonstrators responded to police with stones.
