ANKARA - HDP's Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit drew attention to Turkey's destruction in the regions in Syria, and said, "They are condemning the occupation, but we are getting strong signals that one step ahead will be annexation."
After Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Muş MP Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit spoke about Turkey's practices in Afrin in the budget of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was discussed at the Parliamentary Planning and Budget Committee, AKP and MHP members tried to cut her off. AKP's Cevdet Yılmaz, Chairperson of the Commission, who should be impartial, showed the greatest intolerance to Koçyiğit's words. The Chairperson of the Commission, who did not make up for the time spent in Koçyiğit's interrupted speech and interrupted her more than the AKP deputies, replied "I ama side in this" to the calls to "be neutral". Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu also targeted Koçyiğit and other HDP deputies.
Kılıç Koçyiğit, who was interrupted and targeted in the commission, evaluated the fact that the government and its partner targeting her regarding the invasion in Afrin. Stating that she expressed the truth about the invasion of Afrin, Koçyiğit said, “We did not create this truth. So it's a literature. There is an internationally accepted literature and according to this literature; If you go to a country without the invitation or request of a country, if you have soldiers and at the same time take some structural steps there, it is an occupation. Turkey is establishing a district governorship there, establishing a PTT. Turkish Educational Life is building a school, teaching in Turkish, hanging its flag. Turkey is using the TL in circulation there and so on. When we put all these together, let's express clearly that this is an occupation."
FROM OCCUPATION TO ANNEXATION
Noting that the situation in Afrin, Idlib, Jarablus, Grê Spî and Serêkaniye are beyond occupied, Koçyiğit said, “Today they are condemning the occupation, but we are getting strong signals that one step next will be annexation. Because it is going through a very structural transformation there. Those cities are like a province of the Republic of Turkey. Them shouting out loud that there is no occupation there actually originates from the psychology of guilt. The whole world know very clearly that Turkey is currently in an occupying position in Syria and has occupied Afrin. It occupied Grê Spî. This has been expressed by the Syrian government, which is a UN member. It has also been expressed by other UN member states."
MA/ Berivan Altan