The Diyarbakýr Specially Authorized Prosecutor's Office on Wednesday opened an investigation into Kurdish deputy candidate Leyla Zana over remarks in which she said jailed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan will soon be together with the Kurdish people and teaching their children.

The prosecutor's office reportedly requested the full text of Zana's speech during a visit to a village located in the district of Hazro in the predominantly Kurdish province of Diyarbakýr on Tuesday from the Diyarbakýr Police Department for examination.

“This process [the BDP's goals] aims to allow us to elect our own district governor and governor. This process aims to see our leader among us. It aims to see our guerrillas among us. We want to have a share in the administration of the country. If they [the state] accept this, we are willing to live together. If they do not, we are ready to do this on our own. Öcalan will be among his people [the Kurds] one day and serve as their children teacher. I believe these days are close. This government will either extend a hand of peace to Öcalan, or we as the Kurdish people will reject everything of this system,” Zana said on Tuesday.