Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Organization Commission Co-Spokesperson Hüseyin Birlik emphasized that the conditions of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan must be improved to advance the peace process, asking, “How can there be a solution if the main interlocutor is not consulted?”
Syria Democratic Union Party (PYD) Co-chair Xerîb Hiso stated that the discussion on the disarmament of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) was imposed by external powers, emphasizing that “problems are solved through dialogue” and that “stability will come when people return to their homes.”
Former political prisoner who spent 32 years in prison Cevat Yerdegul has called for “trust-building and concrete steps” to advance the ongoing peace process concerning the Kurdish issue in Turkey.
The Saturday Mothers, recalling the words of the families of the Kerboran (Dargeçit) disappearances, “The bones recovered from the wells and our testimonies were not considered sufficient evidence,” demanded justice.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have launched a security operation in the city of Raqqa, in North and East Syria, targeting DAESH sleeper cells.
Co-chair of the European Kurdish Democratic Society Congress (KCDK-E), Zübeyde Zümrüt, called on Kurds and their friends in Europe to join the upcoming march and rally in Cologne demanding the physical freedom of Abdullah Öcalan.
In statements marking November 1, World Kobanê Day, organizations emphasized that the Kobanê resistance, described as the “resistance of the century”, has created a new model of life for peoples worldwide.
The DEM Party’s İmralı Delegation will meet with Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan on November 3.
Lawmakers serving on the parliamentary National Solidarity, Brotherhood and Democracy Commission have traveled to Ireland to examine the experiences of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the United Kingdom as part of the ongoing Peace and Democratic Society Process.
DEM Party Co-Chair Tülay Hatimoğulları stated that the Peace and Democratic Society Initiative represents “the liberation of all 86 million citizens,” while Co-Spokesperson of the HDK and member of the National Solidarity, Brotherhood and Democracy Commission Meral Danış Beştaş said that they foresee a possible visit to İmralı in the near future.
The Asrin Law Office announced that Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan met with his relatives on İmralı Island as part of a family visitation.
Amed (Diyarbakır) Bar Association Secretary General Baver Mızrak stated that the most urgent task in the process is the integration law, and that the commission they established will carry out legal work under 11 specific headings.
Citizens stressed the country’s urgent need for peace and called on the state to take immediate action, urging the commission to meet with Abdullah Öcalan as soon as possible.
Reacting to reports that Kurdish students were made to recite nationalist poems in schools, Education and Science Workers’ Union (Eğitim Sen) Wan (Van) Co-Chair Murat Atabay said the education system promotes the idea that “Turkishness is the superior identity” and that children’s mother tongues are inferior.
People’s Defense Forces (Hêzên Parastina Gel-HPG) member Çeko Ayhan, who was among the guerrillas withdrawing from the field, emphasized that resolving the Kurdish issue requires the physical freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and the constitutional recognition of Kurdish rights. “We want to engage in politics on a free ground,” he said.