“I am at a crossroads; I have always been against armed opposition... I have chosen civil disobedience. But I will apologize to my people if there are funerals coming out of prisons. I will criticize myself and I won't be the mayor of Diyarbakir.” PeopleIfsPrisonChosenOppositionCriticizeFuneralComing OutApologizingDisobedienceMayorsCivil DisobedienceCrossroads Author:Osman Baydemir
“If someone tried to assimilate you for years, if your language was forbidden, if the names of your hometown were changed, what would do you but revolt.” IfsYearsNamesLanguageChangedForbiddenRevoltHometown Author:Osman Baydemir