Nation states are not a solution for democratic governance. This is same for Kurdish people. To see it as a solution is same as trying to drink water…

- Selahattin Demirtas

Erdogan wants a caliphate. We Kurds are in his way. Erdogan can't stop us politically, so he is denouncing us as terrorists.

- Selahattin Demirtas

The package destroys not just the peace process but all the peace dynamics in society. This is a bid to crush opposition.

- Selahattin Demirtas

We expect Germany to push more strongly for democracy and human rights in Turkey.

- Selahattin Demirtas