HDP: We Call on Everybody to Form a Democratic Front Against the War

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Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Sezai Temelli has made a statement for the press at his party's headquarters in the capital Ankara.

"Turkey must immediately end the war and withdraw from the soil of Syria," Temelli said, calling the offensive "a unilateral attempt for invasion by the AKP-MHP government."

"The primary aim of this offensive, unlike what the government claims, is not a political entity but to destroy the egalitarian, libertarian and democratic way of life that the Kurds try to establish with the other peoples of the region," Temelli remarked.

"This war is not the war of the peoples of Turkey," Temelli asserted, saying that the "war" will make problems regarding human rights, hunger, poverty, violence against women and environment "invisible".

He also called on the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) to "get rid of contradictions." The CHP voted "yes" for the authorization of the military for a cross-border operation. CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu said they "painfully" approved the bill.

Temelli also called on Europe, the US and UN to take steps to end the operation.

"We call on everybody to act against the war and form a democratic front against the war," he added.

"Return to a peaceful foreign policy"

In the name of the HDP Central Executive Committee, Temelli called on the government to;

• Immediately end the operation and pursue a peaceful foreign policy.
• Remove its all assets, including military assets from Syria.
• The peoples of Syria should decide for the future of Syria and Turkey should respect that.
• Turkey should give support to Syria's reconstruction and offer humanitarian aid.

(RT/VK)