The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chairs Pervin Buldan and Sezai Temelli issued a written statement about the new year. Buldan and Temelli expressed hope for the 2019 to be a year of winnings on freedoms.

 

The statement is as follows: 

 

"We completed 2018 with a stable stance, resistance and struggle in the face of brutal government attacks. We are determined to continue with the same courage and hope in 2019 the struggle for democracy and peace, which we maintain with great effort and value.

 

Every attack of the government against our ideal of freedom and equality, our goal of democracy and peace, strengthens democratic and social opposition. The malicious alliance that they have created against the struggle for social justice does not diminish but strengthen our power.Because we represent the new and righteous and fair in the face of the power mindset that violates all human and moral values and principles.

 

We believe that the tyrants will go sooner or later; sooner and later, the monistic and the authoritarian understanding will collapse sooner or later. This darkness will be replaced by a new spring.

 

As the year 2019 to be the year of freedom, our hope and and faith increases our commitment to struggle and resistance.It is  in the hands of all of us to make 2019 a year of successful steps for great human values and universal rights, equality, democracy, peace, justice and freedom. We can do it if we believe in it.

 

We celebrate your New Year with these feelings and thoughts. We wish 2019 to be a year of gains for our peoples"