Eight members of the now defunct Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) appeared in the Ankara 11th Criminal Court on Wednesday for referring to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan, as "sayin", which means sir in English. Ankara prosecutor Mustafa Kelkit questioned all eight DEHAP executives before recommending their arrest. Former DEHAP leader Tuncer Bakirhan was present among the eight party members.

In a statement to the press Bakirhan said, "The DEHAP statement contained words similar to ones used by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Diyarbakır. The Kurdish problem can be solved neither through violence nor by ignoring it. Those who investigate us should also investigate the prime minister. If some people are trying to send a message to the government through us, I would like to say it is not necessary."