We are of the opinion that it'd be wiser not to hold large rallies in open spaces, we cannot continue our election campaigns as if nothing happened, it wouldn't be right politically or ethically. Selahattin Demirtas More Quotes by Selahattin Demirtas More Quotes From Selahattin Demirtas The AKP government is losing The AKP government support rapidly. The economy is also being dragged into a crisis. The government plans to control the state before hitting rock-bottom, the people in Turkey are fed up with the AKP and want to get rid of them, and the AKP surely knows this. Selahattin Demirtas world It is impossible for there to be fair elections in such an environment. Selahattin Demirtas world There is no legal obstacle to my candidacy because I am not convicted. Selahattin Demirtas world We have not seen any positive signals from either side ... that this will be an opportunity for resolution, we could have used the coup as an opportunity for the peace process ...but Erdogan does not see this crisis as a way to democratise. Selahattin Demirtas world The lifting of immunity needs to be examined after we faced the threat of a coup and parliament was bombed. Selahattin Demirtas world Erdogan...consistently provided political support to the generals who fueled this war. Selahattin Demirtas world We will wage a powerful struggle in both the political and legal arena, we will never abandon parliament completely to the AKP. Our seats (in parliament) were obtained by legal means, they were obtained with people's votes. Selahattin Demirtas world We will not comply with the prosecutor's invitation to give a statement in court. If they want to take us by force, that's their call. Selahattin Demirtas world Our party accepts tension and rivalry in the political arena but I want to once more express that we do not accept any form of violence as a means. Selahattin Demirtas world Our stance against any arrests carried out on Erdogan's orders, political orders, will be to sit tight and fight. We'll continue to defend our principles wherever we are. Selahattin Demirtas world Kicking us all out of the parliament will only invite more violence across the country, there is already too much violence in the country. Blocking the parliament and ousting the HDP may get things out of hand, that's what we're concerned about. Selahattin Demirtas world Erdogan is the biggest obstacle for the peace process to continue. But he will not rule this country forever. I am absolutely sure the process will be revived. Selahattin Demirtas world In the democratic countries of the world, when a bomb goes off, everyone would be side by side, shoulder to shoulder ... That is what we are missing, they don't give account. They don't apologize. They don't say we made a mistake ... They just keep polarizing. Selahattin Demirtas world Erdogan is personally angry with us, especially me and a few other friends. He is...driven by feelings of revenge. Selahattin Demirtas world Turkey's domestic peace is not an issue for Turkey alone. It is directly related to the resolution of the Syrian conflict and to the migration problem in Europe. Selahattin Demirtas world We stand by our people who resist the tanks and shelling. Selahattin Demirtas world The world, including Turkey, has not undertaken an effective, coordinated effort against ISIL. Just the opposite, everyone used ISIL, or elements within it, for their own interests. Selahattin Demirtas top-news We would have to lose our minds to agree to this, erdogan's plan for the executive presidential system is not a model for an executive presidency but one-man rule, a constitutional dictatorship that merges all authority into a single hand. Selahattin Demirtas world In order to keep the HDP under the threshold, the Palace decided on a war campaign that put attacks against our party in the center, the AK Party and the Palace saw it was possible to increase their support by frightening people. They are going to use it more often now, as they saw that it actually worked. Selahattin Demirtas world It's not we who created the atmosphere of fear, but the PKK and the groups linked to it. The HDP is the one who benefits from such an atmosphere, the AK Party could not run an election campaign in the southeast due to this atmosphere. Selahattin Demirtas world
