HDP Şırnak MP Faysal Sarıyıldız said, “The level of violence in Kurdistan was also related to the level of strain. Historically, despots have always resorted to a gross and inordinate violence when demagogy and rhetoric don’t cut it anymore in the face of imminent defeat, but truth starts to get distorted during these times of violence.”

The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Şırnak MP Faysal Sarıyıldız, in a visit to Germany to conduct several meetings in line with the Sister Family Project and attend meetings organised by the Democratic Kurdish Society Centers, commented on the recent developments in Northern Kurdistan and Turkey to the ANF

Sarıyıldız stated that several city centers were demolished by tanks and artilleries for the first time in the history of the republic and said, “This process is not done yet. Massacre and vandalism continue in Nusaybin, Şırnak and Gever right now. Grave threats and massacres have been carried out not only against the spaces, but also human life.”

HDP Şırnak MP Faysal Sarıyıldız expressed that Northern Kurdistan is facing the dirtiest massacres of the last century and said, “This also points to the profound chaos and crisis that the sovereignist system is going through.”

Pointing out that the system had never been under such duress before, Sarıyıldız continued with his analyses: “The level of violence in Kurdistan was also related to the level of strain. Historically, despots have always resorted to a gross and inordinate violence when demagogy and rhetoric don’t cut it anymore in the face of imminent defeat, but truth starts to get distorted during these times of violence. For instance, crimes against humanity were committed almost every day for 79 consecutive days in Cizre alone. The ones committing these crimes knew they could be tried one day like Miloshevich and many other despots were, so they kept distorting the truth right in front of our eyes. We gathered the bones of our children in sacks on the 79th day in Cizre, while prime minister Davutoğlu made an extremely immoral statement, without shame, and said “It is clear that the HDP is pulling a trick, we went and looked in the basements and found nothing.” At the time of this statement, we were in there putting the bones of our children in sacks. The hearses that belong to our municipality transported almost 150 burnt bodies out of those basements. This is distortion.”

“ERDOĞAN’S CONCEPT BUILT ON VIOLENCE HAS CRUMBLED”

Stating that the AKP is going through a serious crisis right now, Sarıyıldız said, “Everybody is trying to define the crisis as a problem caused by Davutoğlu, but the true crisis is the crisis and the disintegration of the sovereignist system. Thus, if there is a defeat, it isn’t one of Davutoğlu but Erdoğan. Because Erdoğan’s concept built on violence has crumbled. Erdoğan possibly thought this was the best position in history, as he keeps repeating that they have 49% of the vote, “half of the people are with them”. But, we can understand that this is their weakest time, during their efforts at distortion of the truth about the extent of their power. He is isolated from and exposed to the whole world like never before, and the country’s reputation is at an all time low.”

Sarıyıldız added that the current government was going through serious crises and that Erdoğan demands 100% obedience due to the predicament he is in. Stressing that Erdoğan had a 99% obedience from Davutoğlu, Sarıyıldız said: “And that is not enough for him. Because his fear keeps on growing, he is afraid he might be toppled. He is in a paranoid state, and frankly that shows that Erdoğan is not well mentally. The prime minister Erdoğan thought most concordant was Davutoğlu, we can say the situation is not that good for them if he is dismissing even him. Davutoğlu did carry out 99% of Erdoğan’s commands. The massacre in Cizre was in this manner. It occurred right in front of all of our eyes. It was committed within the prime minister’s knowledge. He is the head of the current government and the security forces under his command and the paramilitary forces there killed hundreds of our people.”

“CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY COMMITTED EVERY DAY FOR 79 DAYS”

Sarıyıldız said that the HDP has exposed the massacrist face of the current government and continued: “As a political movement it was us that exposed the massacrist face of the government. This is the reason they are coming after us. Crimes against humanity were committed for 79 consecutive days in Cizre alone and we exposed their true face. We will be the reason the process of their trial will come to pass in the future. This is driving them crazy, because they didn’t leave any centers of opposition in Turkey. They silenced and suffocated all opposition, only we are left as a political movement. Thus their anger is directed at us, and it is understandable. Because we are the ones that spoil the game for them, we are the ones that expose their true faces, we are the main obstacle in their way. This is why they resort to great lies and deceit that holds no water, to try to discredit and debilitate our party.

“THEIR HEARTS MAY BE TORN BUT THEY DIDN’T BOW DOWN TO THIS CRUELTY AND VILLAINY”

Sarıyıldız stressed that hundreds of children were now orphaned in Cizre and said, “This is why we have been in Europe for a while. We started a Sister Family campaign, because thousands of residencies have been torn to the ground. Our people are hungry, thirsty and miserable. Their hearts may be torn, but they didn’t bow down to this cruelty and villainy. This is why it is a moral, poitical and conscientious responsibility for all of us to take care of these people. More than a hundred married people were killed in Cizre alone, all of them had children. Thus, there are hundreds of orphaned children in Cizre now. We have developed our campaign to a certain level. Hundreds of families in Cizre were taken in by our people elsewhere. But the destruction in Cizre affects thousands of families. It isn’t just Cizre either, the Sur district of Amed has been torn to the ground as well. No houses are left standing. The state has expropriated the area. Our municipality in just the Sur district has six thousand applications. Six thousand families have come to ask for aid from the municipality saying they are desperate. Thus, it is our common duty to take care of these people. Parents of these children were protecting our dignity and our shared values back there, thus taking care of them is our moral and political duty.”

“CAN DÜNDAR WAS TURNED INTO AN OPEN TARGET, AS WE HAD BEEN”

Sarıyıldız expressed that Can Dündar had performed a successful feat of journalism and exposed the indecent support the state gives to the radical fundamentalist organisations in the Middle East to counter the developments in Rojava and said: “Trucks full of weapons were recorded on film. This would have been a feat of journalism that would be celebrated and awarded anywhere in the world, but it was punished in Turkey. It wasn’t enough that they convicted him, they have turned Can Dündar into an open target. Like we were, the HDP MPs are facing the same situation. Right now, unfortunately, the politicians that made fascism take root within the people who were blinded by nationalism and religious fanaticism with the hundred year long nation state ideology, have turned a journalist like Can Dündar into a target for millions of people.”