Sırrı Süreyya Önder, Deputy Speaker of the Turkish Parliament, a DEM Party MP, and member of the İmralı Delegation, passed away at Florence Nightingale Hospital after 18 days of treatment. Known for his artistic contributions, Önder devoted his life to peace, social justice, and interethnic solidarity.
Sırrı Süreyya Önder died at 62 in İstanbul after 18 days in intensive care following emergency heart surgery.
DEM Party parliamentary group chairs have submitted a motion to the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM), demanding an official investigation into the Dersim Massacre, which was initiated by a Cabinet decision during the early Republican era.
A new report by ÖHD’s Riha Branch highlights worsening conditions and serious rights violations in Tokat Prison, including denial of medical care to ill prisoners, and urges urgent action from national and international bodies.
It was stated that Turkey bombed the areas in the Federated Kurdistan Region one thousand 76 times despite the PKK's ceasefire decision.
The hearing of the lawsuit filed against the relatives of murdered Narin Güran adjourned to 30 May with the decision to continue detention.
The Peace Foundation's recent workshop in Istanbul stressed the need for a legal basis for disarmament efforts and urged improvements to Abdullah Öcalan's prison conditions to advance the peace process.
According to RSF's "World Press Freedom Index", Turkey has been ranked in the "very serious" category.
Amed Bar Association Executive Board member Hasan Kendal Selçuk said that Turkey is obliged to comply with the ECtHR’s judgement on Abdullah Öcalan’s violation of the right to hope due to international conventions and constitutional provisions.
The May Day Istanbul rally, attended by thousands of people, ended with demands for equal, free and democratic life.
34 parties and organisations in North and East Syria called for an end to the clashes in Damascus countryside and said, "eapons bring nothing but destruction and bloodshed."
Speaking in Wan, DBP Co-Chair Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar stated that a democratic society cannot be established without workers and said: "It is time to unite our voices and struggle and establish a democratic country."
May Day celebrated in Shengal and Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan's words "Labour is freedom" were reminded.
Speaking at the May Day celebration in Wan with the participation of thousands of workers, Abdullah Zeydan stated that a new hope was born with Öcalan's call. KESK member Döne Gevher Koyun said, "Laws must be passed for peace and democracy and this war process must end."
Peoples of North and East Syria celebrating May Day.