Leyla Güven: I End My Hunger Strike

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After Kurdistan Workers Party's (PKK) imprisoned leader Abdullah Öcalan made a call to hunger strikers and death fasters to put an end to their protests "as they have achieved their purpose", Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Hakkari MP Leyla Güven has announced that she has ended her hunger strike, which she started on November 8, 2018.

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Sharing her message with the public via HDP MPs Tayip Temel, Dersim Dağ and Murat Sarısaç, who were also on a hunger strike for 85 days, Leyla Güven has stated the following in brief:

'Aim was to pave the way for peace efforts'

"(...) We know that Mr. Öcalan is the only interlocutor for an honorable peace to end the suffering experienced on our lands.

"The aim of this hunger strike resistance was to remove the unlawful and inhumane isolation of Mr. Öcalan, and to pave the way for peace efforts that embrace the Middle East.

"The 7-point declaration of suggestions for solutions, publicly shared after the meeting on May 2nd, is the concrete expression of the contribution Mr. Öcalan offers to Turkey's democracy. Therefore, the termination of Imrali isolation system will benefit all people of Turkey, as much as Kurds.

'Mothers became the bud of a new hope'

"In the process the mothers with white veils, and Nora, one of the mothers in Plaza De Mayo, came to visit me from Argentina, demonstrating once again that "peace" will blossom with the sacred resistance of mothers.

"Mothers and their children became the bud of a new hope.

'Our resistance has achieved its goal'

"(...) While I promise to act with this responsibility and awareness, today, I end my hunger strike action. I would like to point out that our hunger strike resistance has achieved its goal.

"But our struggle against isolation and our struggle for social peace will continue in all areas. This struggle must lead to an honorable peace.

"I individually thank to everyone who stood by me. I would like to thank to everyone who became our voice, who believed in us and did not lose hope under this fascistic atmosphere of oppression.

"But first of all, I would like to thank the Mothers for Peace and all women who did not leave the streets despite all attacks and repression. "Hope is more precious than victory;" we hope, we succeed."

MPs and prisoners have also ended their strike

Being on a hunger strike for the 85 days, HDP MPs Tayip Temel, Dersim Dağ and Murat Sarısaç have also stated that they have ended their strikes.

Making a statement on behalf of hunger striking and death fasting inmates, Deniz Kaya has announced that they are ending their indefinite, irreversible hunger strike and death fast protests. (EKN/SD)

* Source: Mezopotamya Agency (MA)