Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş said on Sept. 5: "Tayyip Erdoğan's courtier, including army and police, will never ever succeed in their fight against the people. They have been defeated, and will be defeated again."These words from Demirtaş caused a stir among the public since he mentions the defeat of the army and police in a provocative manner, overtly humiliates Turkey's police and military officers, and apparently refers to the outlawed PKK with the word "people" as the security forces fight the PKK, which is listed as a terrorist organization not only by Turkey, but also by the EU and U.S. While his words were being debated, bitter news arrived from the Dağlıca district of Hakkari province. Some 16 soldiers were killed in the district.On the following day, it was reported that some 13 police officers were killed by PKK militants in Iğdır province. Demirtaş's abovementioned statement has contributed to this shamelessness to a great extent. Various demonstrations were held across the country. The demonstrations, which were passive on the first night, jumped the track after Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli called his party's organizations in all provinces to take to the streets on the second day of protests.Making their nationalist "grey wolf" sign, MHP proponents attacked HDP offices and attempted to lynch some Kurdish seasonal workers. They set fire to shops which they thought belonged to Kurds. Meanwhile, some attacks were organized on the offices of daily newspapers Hürriyet and Sabah, which represent two main branches of Turkey's sociology.Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu called on people to remain calm and ordered the Interior Minister to provide public safety in every corner of the country. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a call underlining that all sorts of measures must be urgently taken to avert possible assaults. Erdoğan also condemned the assailants. He said, "Fighting against terror is the duty of the state and security forces. In politics, the only place to settle scores is the ballot box, not the streets."The day after the incidents were pacified, HDP leader Demirtaş headed to the southeastern district of Cizre with a delegation accompanying him. Cizre is one of the key districts where the PKK brings clashes to urban areas. The region was temporarily declared a safe zone since PKK members dug ditches and took up shooting positions in front of people's houses, set fire to public bridges, and opened gunfire on ambulances. The security forces were still endeavoring to provide safety in the region. A single example might be more explanatory. One of the pieces of bad news reported on the day Demirtaş headed to Cizre was that a man named Bahattin Sevinik, who is a civilian affiliated with the Free Cause Party (HÜDA PAR), one of the organizations the PKK regards as a rival, was injured by PKK militants. The car transferring Sevinik to hospital was set on fire and its driver Suphi Tarak was killed. And two more civilians reportedly lost their lives since they could not make their way to the hospital. Consequently, it was natural for security forces to not allow the entrance of more civilians in the conflict area. On the same day, Demirtaş was rightfully angry during the statement he issued about the assaults targeting HDP offices. However, instead of soothing the fire, he added fuel to the flames and addressed the party's base with the following words: "You have the right to make the assailants wish they were never born." Taking nationalist party leader Bahçeli's statement that "no one has the right to suppress the nation's rage" one step further, Demirtaş called on people to attack each other and promoted violence.As we read Demirtaş's defeated statement along with this call to violence, it can be said that the pacifist and pro-peace impression Demirtaş tried to create has now collapsed and the HDP's problematic relations with the PKK has finally dragged the party into a pro-conflict position.