Indicating that PKK Leader Öcalan does not call the situation in İmralı as “captivity”, Sırrı Süreyya Önder, a member of the İmralı Delegation, said, “Captivity for his literature means not being able to think, concentrate and produce. However, we witness that every moment of him passes with concentration on the future of the country, the region and the peace".
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Sezai Temelli resembled what is happening in Turkey to Picasso's Guernica and added, "If people are setting themselves on fire saying that my children are hungry, this is a shame for that country. That's exactly what we are supposed to do, to reverse this suffering and this course of events upside down" he said.
In his assessment of the "Middle East Peace Plan” Prof. Dr. İlhan Uzgel stated: “Even though a two-state solution have been voiced under this plan, but this does not include a state project in the sense that we understand. A governance under Israeli pressure that could not be even considered as autonomy.”
HDP, which determines the fate of the İBB (Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality) elections, has completed its congresses in many districts of Istanbul. HDP Provincial Co-Chair Erdal Avcı pointed out that despite all the pressures, the party is embraced strongly by the people in the congresses and said: “Our congresses strengthen us.”
Giving a speech at the Cizre congress of his party, HDP Co-chair Sezai Temelli said that the Kurdish people will not live without a recognized status for another century and continued: "If you want to solve whatsoever problem in this country, you should first solve the Kurdish problem."
As HDP Co-Chair Pervin Buldan shared her condolences for the deceased citizens due to the Elazığ earthquake, she states that AKP Chair Tayyip Erdoğan shows off on the wreck site: “Everybody saw that they reduced themselves as to gather politics out of wrecks. He restrained the aids to reach the public. This is the point where words fail.”
The SDF Spokesman denied the allegations that ISIS prisoners are released from custody and told the reports delivered to Lavroc are unreal.
Rahşan Ecevit, wife of late Turkish Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit, died at the age of 97 at a hospital in the capital Ankara on Jan. 17. She was the founder and first leader of Turkey’s Democratic Left Party (DSP).
With the regional meetings completed, the HDP is now preparing to hold the 4th Ordinary Congress and the 3rd Grand Conference.
HDP Group Deputy Chairperson Saruhan Oluç, stating that the killing of Iranian general Kasım Suleymani will cause serious problems, said: "USA have launched an actual war against Iran with this move. This is an extremely dangerous move."
Parliamentary Deputy-Chairman of HDP Mithat Sancar, who has been prevented to enter the border city of Nusaybin, where the clashes have gotten more intense, stated that there are question marks about the mortars falling to the city and said, "There is something they want to hide from us."
HDP Antalya MP Kemal Bülbül who spoke at the Democracy Watch launched to protest the appointment of the trustees, addressed the Minister of Interrior Suleyman Soylu who visited the mothers sitting in front of Diyarbakır HDP Provincial Building, said: " Süleyman Soylu! Take your accomplices and go launch a sit in at Kandil. The boys are not in Diyarbakır, they are in Kandil."
HDP Co-Chair Alican Önlü who stated that two main problems were identified at the organizational conference which are 'centralization' and 'representation', said HDP aims a strong party and community organization.
HDP members Alaattin Semir Zuğurli and Sedat Ay and DBP Mardin Provincial co-chairs Şehmus Sun and Leyla Bozkurt were arrested in Mardin. The co-mayors of Nusaybin and Bismil were released.
HDP Honorary President Ertuğrul Kürkçü, who states that the existing constitution is a contra constitution, said: “The HDP should seek the way to carry the discussion of the new constitution to the masses of people who are the actual forces of the Democratic Republic struggle."