IHD reacts to Kurdish poster ban

"We hung Kurdish posters which said "peace will win" in 34 cities where we have offices. However, bigoted officials banned our posters in Hakkari, Van, Bursa, Mardin and Siirt. These oppressors justified this decison with a court verdict that said Kurdish posters will damage the constitution," Yalcindag said.

"This type of oppression in an EU candidate country is very thought provoking," Yalcindag said, "After the verdict, the posters were removed and our office in Hakkari was raided by security forces on Dec. 10. It is very clear that the core of this verdict is suppressing the Kurdish language. It is laughable to claim that a language spoken by almost 20 million citizens damages the unity of a country."

Yalcindag said that the court decision violated legal arrangements and law legislated during the harmonization process. She added that this decision should be reversed.