HDP Ağrı deputy Leyla Zana, who is in the group marching to Cizre in protest at the state terror in the town, called for an immediate end of deaths, stressing that the resistance will never be broken in Cizre which has always been a castle of resistance in Kurdistan.

HDP Ağrı deputy Leyla Zana spoke in İdil on behalf of the group marching towards Cizre and recalled that the attacks of state forces first started in Diyadin, Ağrı during the pre-election period where one guerrilla sacrificed his life in order not to kill anyone and not to harm the resolution process. Zana said there was no example of this kind of self-sacrifice in the world that proved how much the Kurdish people valued the peace process.

Regarding the 'solution process' ended by the AKP government, Zana said; “There took place a dialogue process in which Mr. Öcalan, our friends, sisters and brothers in Qandil and our group in the parliament were taken as an addressee. However, the government pursued a policy of delaying the solutions of the problems and imposed their own sense of peace. The Kurdish side in response demanded a recognition of Kurdish people's most legitimate rights by the state and the government . While highlighting our demands, we did not take a stance against the peoples of Turkey. We demanded the provision of the same rights with other citizens in the country. The state mentality, however, does not accept this and denies entrance to Cizre with this mentality.”

Zana said she will start a death fast if the ongoing deaths of civilians and youths do not stop, adding; “I have been discussing this issue with myself for the last month and finally decided on this: If we cannot stop the deaths, I will start a death fast. Everyone knows me well, if I say it, I do it, even if it costs my life. I prefer to die myself rather than watching the death of youths. My soul died when I heard about the death of 35-day-old baby and the mother keeping her daughter's body in fridge to in order for it not to rot.”