Selahattin Demirtas famous quotes

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

#Terrorist

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

#Real #People #Water

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

#Crush #Peace

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

#Democracy #Human Rights

In fact, this is a blackmail of the terrorists at the expense of the suffering of the hostages.

They've hit us and we've got to hit back hard, and I'm not just talking about the terrorists.

The worst potential bio-terrorist is nature itself.

The terrorist is the one with the small bomb.

Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslim.

Terrorists cannot threaten the survival of a great nation.

I'm the terrorist, do what I say or I'll terrorize you.

We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term.

I don't like littering and I think it leads to terrorist activities.

One connection I see between novelists and terrorists is that we both attempt to alter consciousness.