HDP complains of no suspects in seven killings in Turkey's Cizre town

Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirta? has slammed the fact that the authorities have yet to identify any suspects regarding the seven recent killings in the restive town of Cizre in the southeastern province of ??rnak, which has been roiled by protests for the past month.

Speaking to journalists in Vienna after meeting the representatives of political parties in Austria, Demirta? said it was ?not fair? to blame the HDP for the recent unrest in Cizre, which has seen clashes between supporters of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) and supporters of the outlawed Islamist Kurdish movement Hizbullah?s legal political extension, the Free Cause Party (Hüda-Par).

?At the end of the day, the basic task of the government is to find out who is responsible and to hand them over to the judiciary. This is not our duty. There have been seven killings and not a single suspect,? he said.

?It is not fair to blame the HDP for these killings, it?s not right,? Demirta? added, suggesting that only ?more democratic measures, not armed interventions,? would cool down incidents in the town.
?We too will do all we can,? he vowed.

The HDP co-leader also stressed that their addressee in the issue was not President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, but rather the government, according to the constitution.

?It will be a healthier process for us and for the president himself if he maintains the objectivity of his post,? he said.

Erdo?an suggested on Jan. 20 that there was a ?plot? behind the ongoing unrest in Cizre, located near the border with Syria and Iraq, where tension most recently peaked after a 12-year-old boy was shot on Jan. 14.

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