A short and open letter to Selahattin Demirta?

Dear Demirta?,

In a statement the other day you said, ?Peace requires courage.? It really does. Peace does require courage. 

Come on Demirta?, be the one who takes the first bold step. Turn your face to the mountains and start shouting. Tell them to ?Take your fingers off the trigger.? Tell them to ?Stop treacherous murders.? Tell them: ?You will be drowning in the blood you have shed.? Tell them: ?You cannot defend my right by shedding blood.? Tell them: ?I will solve it through politics; leave this to me.? Ask them: ?Is the only thing you know to kill?? Tell them: ?With each massacre you do, you are walking away from humanity.? Tell them: ?How interested you are in killing.? Ask them: ?What do you think you are doing?? Tell them: ?If you shed one more drop of blood, you will find us confronting you.? Tell them: ?We will not make you kill police and soldiers.? Tell them: ?We will not make you fire bullets in heads.? Tell them: ?We will not make you shed blood.?   

Make a very strong, very clear cry, without leaving any space for debate or gaps. Speak out of the box. Clench your fists; dare to burn bridges. 

Dear Demirta?,

Unless you adopt a similar stance to the determined one you have shown against the government, against Davuto?lu, against Erdo?an, to the ?mountains;? then your shine will fade, the number of those who lend an ear to you will decrease, the torch of hope you have kindled will go out, your credibility will cease. Take a note of this.  

Dear Demirta?,

Don?t be afraid. Don?t be shy. Be bold. Just as you said, peace requires courage. 

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