Selahattin Demirtas Quotes

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.

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

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

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