HUDA PAR Vice President Mehmet Hüseyin Yılmaz made important assessments to ILKHA's correspondent on the anniversary of the October 6-8 attacks, underlined that it was the day, which their hatred and grudge emerged against HUDA PAR.

Stating that the attacks of October 6-8 are a process and should not be limited to only October 6-8, Yılmaz pointed out that what happened in those days was the result of the mistakes of methods and procedures made by the government in the solution process related to the Kurdish issue.

Yılmaz said the biggest obstacle in front of the organization [PKK] to dominate the region is the Islamic segment; hence, the HDP/PKK especially targeted HUDA PAR because HUDA PAR did not adopt its ideology.

Saying that the wrong policies were behind the scenes of the October 6-8 attacks, he added, "We will not be able to make a correct diagnosis and determination if we limit this incident to the atrocities that happened on October 6-8 days and if we ignore this behind the scenes."

Yılmaz drew attention that the October 6-8 attacks are the result of an interrelated process. "What is this process? In particular, there was a process of non-conflict that the government had carried out with the organization in relation to the solution of the Kurdish issue. The October 6-8 is a result of the process of this non-conflict, which is called the 'Solution Process' by the public. Unfortunately, it is the result of the inaccuracy of the administrators of that period or the mistakes that were followed in the way and method of wrong informing. What is this mistake? It is to sit around the table with an organization, which did not lay the arms down and always choose the violence as a way and method to reach its goals. Talking with such organization on behalf of all the Kurdish people for the solution of Kurdish issue had caused the organization to fold-up on the region."

"The organization's attacks during the solution process were not investigated"

Adding that they were subjected to many attacks during the solution process, Yılmaz said, "Our [party] district head was kidnapped. Attacks carried out against our members. During the local election period, we were attacked by the organization as we finished our visit in Lice. Our vehicles were burned and none of these was taken under investigation. All these had caused the organization to be armed and increase its equipment. The organization used the process for this purpose. It used [the solution process] to intimidate people. Eventually, the organization targeted HUDA PAR, its lovers, and supporters for not obeying them."

"It was the day, which their hatred and grudge emerged against HUDA PAR"

He added that the managers of the HDP made direct statements targeting HUDA PAR and fueled hatred at that time. "The days of October 6-8 were day, which their hatred and grudge emerged against HUDA PAR, Yılmaz said and added that they can't look at it as an act of only 3-5 people or a few thousand people flocked to the streets for reaction, show a civilian reaction, eventually the dosage of it turned into violence. 

Describing the events as "Consciously designed", Yılmaz said that the targets were set before. "All the opponents were targeted and planned to be destroyed where thousands of people were poured into the street in this process. At that time, BDP Diyarbakır Co-chairwoman Zübeyde Zümrüt's slander cleared targets for the attacks by saying, 'There are 400 Islamic associations in connection with ISIS [DAESH] in Diyarbakır. The day is today, destroy them all and do not leave them to tomorrow.'" Yılmaz also added that Zübeyde Zümrüt did not even undertake any investigation because of her statement during the solution process and after the process has finished.

"October 6-8 attacks were the operation of taking the Kurds hostage"

Pointing out that the organization did not reach its goals because of the public's reaction to the atrocities committed on October 6-8, Yılmaz said, "This was the part of the provocation in that period in Diyarbakır. The target was to pacify, intimidate and deactivate the Islamic groups in this connection. The organization had a goal to ensure that the region and the Kurds were fully dominated. October 6-8 attacks were the operation of taking the Kurds hostage. It was a hostage-taking operation. It was the project of pledging the will of the Kurds to the organization. This project has failed."

Referring to the atrocities experienced on October 6-8, Yılmaz described the attacks of 6-8 October as such a brutality that each person with a beard was a target, each woman with a veil or burqa was the target.

"In this way, dozens of people were killed, attacked or injured. This is important in terms of the point where the organization transforms the Kurdish society," he asked.

ILKHA