Talking to bianet about his visit, Tanrıkulu stated that he had not visited Demirtaş on the occasion of Newroz and said that his friendship with Demirtaş went back to the times when he was the Bar President of Diyarbakır and added that their meeting was a private one.
Tanrikulu derbarê serdana di girtîgehê de ji bianetê re axivî û diyar kir ku wî serdan ne bi munasebeta Newrozê pêk aniye. Tanrikulu herwiha destnîşan kir ku hevaltiya wî û Demirtaş ji dema ku Serokê Baroya Amedê bû tê û hevdîtin jî weke hevdîtineke taybet binav kir.