Garo Paylan, Istanbul-Armenian MP of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) of Turkey, reacted to the custody of the co-chairs and several members of his party.

“The year we are living in is 1915, the day is April 24! We will not allow these fascists to burn our country, our youth again! Neither inside nor outside! We will never surrender!” Paylan tweeted.

HDP co-chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ as well as nine other Kurdish members of the Turkish parliament were detained on Thursday night.