Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Selahattin Demirtas

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Turkish politician Selahattin Demirtas.

Last updated on December 22, 2024.

Selahattin Demirtaş is a Turkish politician, author and former member of the parliament of Turkey of Kurdish origin. He was co-leader of the left-wing pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), serving alongside Figen Yüksekdağ from 2014 to 2018.

Turkish - Politician | Born: April 10, 1973

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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

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 while drowning. The real necessity is oxygen not water. The solution is to get out of water and take a deep breath, decrease nation state and increase social democracy. Therefore our requests of a state are no further than a social and deeply rooted democracy.

Selahattin Demirtas

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

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