Statements from Kılıçdaroğlu and Demirtaş after Bombing in Ankara

Republican People’s Party (CHP) Leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu held a press conference after meeting Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu:

“Two suicide bombers killed 95 people. People were killed due to security gap. This country doesn’t deserve it.

“Minister of the Interior claimed there was no security gap. I told Davutoğlu that minister should resign if he doesn’t resign he should be unseated along with Minister of Justice.

“Davutoğlu said he appointed investigators related to the subject and made them prepare a report.

“If the two ministers have a respect for the deceased people and their families, they will resign without waiting for any report. 

“I also mentioned Davutoglu he followed a wrong foreign policy and so our country was submerged in terror.

“Turkey should be saved from the mud of Middle East she was stuck in the middle. Why do the country dwellers have to live in hornets’ nest?

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş expressed about the bombing in Ankara:

“This bombing was not against the unity and territorial integrity of the state but it was against the people carried out by the state itself. 

“Perpetrators will be put on trial, they can’t escape from prison without suffering the consequences.

Claiming the death toll was 128, Demirtaş stated:

“It hurts so badly. Unfortunately, 128 comrades lost their lives. We won’t be motivated by revenge and hatred but we will pat hem back.

 “The first step will be taken on November 1 (general elections). They will be finished off. It is good to overthrow dictators in November.

“We will insist on standing shoulder to shoulder as oppressed ones. We will say freedom and resistance out of spite.” (EKN/AS/BD)

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