Selahattin Demirtas Quotes

The package destroys not just the peace process but all the peace dynamics in society. This is a bid to crush opposition.

Nation states are not a solution for democratic governance. This is same for Kurdish people. To see it as a solution is same as trying to drink water while drowning. The real necessity is oxygen not water. The solution is to get out of water and take a deep breath, decrease nation state and increase social democracy. Therefore our requests of a state are no further than a social and deeply rooted democracy.

We expect Germany to push more strongly for democracy and human rights in Turkey.

Erdogan wants a caliphate. We Kurds are in his way. Erdogan can't stop us politically, so he is denouncing us as terrorists.