In Yüksekova district of Hakkari province, district organizations of Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) said they wouldn’t welcome the President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and PM Ahmet Davutoğlu while tradesmen shut down.
The President Erdoğan and PM Davutoğlu will participate in opening ceremony of Hakkari Yüksekova Airport today and then AKP meeting will be held in Şırnak province.
Tradesmen shut down in order to protest the President and PM. Only bakeries and pharmacies are open in the city.
District organizations of HDP and DBP made a written statement and indicated they would protest the President and PM in a democratic way and wouldn’t welcome the couple.
District organizations explained the reason behind the protest:
“The only president along the history of the republic who behaves like a leader of a political party is Erdoğan.
“Considering Kobanê incidents (ISIS sieged Kobane, a border city between Syria and Turkey, Kurds counter attacked resulting a great amount of death toll), the President didn’t send his condolences. We don’t want to welcome him. We protest him in a democratic way. It is immoral and unethical for us to welcome Erdoğan, a man thinking himself as a leader of a political party not a president of 77.000.000 people. A man discriminating Kurds from other people. A man unreliable and interrupting the negotians with the PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan. We respectfully greet our people and know they will handle the situation with delicacy.” (ÇT/BD)
* bianet compiled this news from the website: YüksekovaHaber.com
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