Peace Call at Parliament by 7 Women

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Human rights activists Mine Nazari, Nimet Tanrıkulu, Ümit Efe, Ümit Sezer, bianet Project Advisor journalist Nadire Mater, and academics Prof. Dr. Neşe Özgen and Prof. Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı have made peace call at the parliament.

The women calling all political parties and 550 deputies for duty of stopping conflict said, “Put an end to killings, speak of peace, re-establish solution table and resume the negotiations as soon as possible”.

Mater informing bianet as to the protest expressed that they had planned to stage it at General Assembly but then did it at the stairs at opposition backstage by guidance of some MPs.

Mater stating that many MPs including those from Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) such as Pervin Buldan, Filiz Kerestecioğlu, Mithat Sancar, and Zeynep Altıok and Melike Basmacı from People’s Republican Party (CHP) supported them, noted that Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) MPs haven’t reacted at all.

"Schools, hospitals cannot become headquarter"

Following statements included in the text shared with public and MPs by Şebnem Korur Fincancı:

We, the women who have signatures below, want to live in a free and democratic country in which  equality and peace rule

Thus, we are here today to call 550 members of the Parliament, all political parties and the government for duty

Stop the killings

Lay down the arms, speak of peace

Let the negotiation table be re-established, negotiations resume right away

Cizre, Silopi, Sur, Silvan, Dargeçit, Nusaybin…Lift the blockade, end the curfews.

Hospitals cannot become headquarter

Schools cannot be headquarter

We throw our white cheesecloths in favor of life, not killing

We reiterate our call parliament for duty

Nadire Mater, Mine Nazari, Nimet Tanrıkulu, Ümit Efe, Ümit Sezer, Neşe Özgen, Şebnem Korur Fincancı. (EKN/TK)