‘We’ve Given Her 4 Walls for Her to Lean On’, Minister Soylu Says Referring Yüksekdağ

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Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu has organized a meeting at Sinop Uğur Mumcu Square.

Soylu claimed that the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) received votes by threatening and intimidating people in the June 7 general elections.

Stating that HDP Co-Chair Figen Yükskedağ said “We lean our back on Rojava, Kobani, YPG and PYD”, Soylu said “We’ve given her four walls, she can pick any of them to lean her back on”.

Speaking to bianet, of Yüksekdağ’s attorneys Sezin Uçar stressed that the judicial process about these words is ongoing yet no adjudication has been issued.

Uçar added thet Yüksekdağ was relieved of her MP duties due to another case.

On July 19, 2015, Yüksekdağ in her speech she delivered in Suruç district of Urfa had said, “They say the HDP leans its back on the terror group. We lean our back on Rojava, Kobani, YPG and PYD. We see no harm in telling or defending this”. (EKN/TK)