Turkish businessman Ayhan Babuşçu, who is a close associate of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, issued a statement saying that he wants the beheading of Selahattin Demirtaş, co-chair of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish “Peoples’ Democratic Party” (HDP).

Babuşçu, who is the CEO of Osmanoğulları Holding, posted a picture on Twitter, and which depicts an ISIS executioner holding the head of Demirtaş, according to Evrensel daily newspaper of Turkey.

And the caption above the picture reads, “Wait, these days are near, selo [addressing Selahattin Demirtaş].”

This picture caused quite a stir on the social networking websites, whereupon Ayhan Babuşçu closed his Twitter account.