Turkey: Garo Paylan says “It’s April 24, 1915,” all over again

“The United States should publicly and forcefully protest against the undemocratic repression of Turkey and demand the release of officials HDP illegally imprisoned by the Erdogan regime. We must break with the policy of appeasement that has failed for too long in US policy against Turkey, allowing the Ankara lobbyists army compromise the interests of our country and the values of our country, “said the general director of ANCA Aram Hamparian.

The United States is “deeply troubled” by the detention in Turkey of pro-Kurdish politicians and elected officials, said for his part Friday on Twitter, Tom Malinowski, in charge of human rights at the State Department.

“When democracies are attacking elected officials, they have a duty to justify their actions and to maintain confidence in the judicial system,” wrote Malinowski, on the social network.

In France the Communists senators have called for a parliamentary debate “soon” next week on the situation in Turkey after the arrest on the night of leaders and members of the main pro-Kurdish party in this country, the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP).

“It is urgent that a debate be held next week in Parliament on the worrying situation in Turkey,” write the senators of the Communist group, Republican and Citizen (CRC), adding that “respect for human rights not not be violated in the name of geopolitical interests. “

CRC group “supports seamless to all parliamentarians arrested and requires that France so his silence over the repeated attacks of the Turkish government towards democratic and civic forces,” the statement said.

He also asked the hearing by the High Assembly of Selahattin Demirtaş, co-chairman of the HDP and Istanbul deputy, arrested with another party leader, Ms Figen Yüksekdag, and at least nine other MPs.

This “slippage continues from Turkey to an authoritarian state after lifting the arbitrary and unfounded the parliamentary immunity of fifty of the fifty-nine members of HDP in May, the organization of a purge following the attempted coup of 15 July and the administrative closure of 160 Turkish media, “the statement said.

The national secretary of the PCF Pierre Laurent then expressed his “anger” and its “strong indignation” saying that with these arrests, “Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan takes another step in the establishment of the dictatorship” . He called for “amplify the campaign StopErdogan + #! +”.

For the Socialist Party, the arrest of two of HDP co-chairs, “two democratically elected and respected personalities in Turkey,” “is a shock.”

“The fight against terrorism and against the attempts of political destabilization can not justify any violations of freedoms,” the party said in a statement, noting that “this escalation” raises its “deep concern”.

The party calls on the Turkish authorities to “precisely justify their accusations” against those responsible for the HDP and called “European and international authorities to step up their pressure on Turkey to remain faithful to the principles and values of the European Convention on Human of Man “.

Berlin said it had summoned the Turkish charge d’affaires, and the spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel ruled the arrests “highly alarming”.

In Paris, the spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Romain Nadal said that the arrest of HDP elected aroused “great concern.”

In a text written by hand read by one of his lawyers, Mr Demirtas said he was the victim of a “civil blow by the government and the palace.”

The words “We will certainly win,” he launched in Turkey at the time of his arrest were widely on Twitter under the hasthtag #MutlakaKazanacagiz.