Stating that the failure to implement the “right to hope” should be seen as a political decision, MAF-DAD Co-chair Heike Geisweid said: “The Committee of Ministers should make use of further options to demand implementation of the ECtHR's decisions.”
German sociologist Hauke Brunkhorst said, "Abdullah Öcalan’s call for peace and a democratic society from İmralı Prison on February 27 was one of the rare moments of hope in a world order that is becoming increasingly authoritarian, fascist, and violent."
Cetin Arkas stated, "We will make peace by understanding each other; this cannot be achieved through unilateral impositions. We want to emphasise this once again. Both sides must face the truth."
Journalists Nazım Dasdan and Cihan Bilgin, who were killed in a drone attack, will be commemorated.
Prof. Jorge Riechmann sent a message of support for the process, said that the steps taken by Abdullah Ocalan and the PKK have opened new paths for peace in the region.
European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) representative Pablo Sanchez Centellas remarked that the labour movement and trade unions should have a significant role in the Peace and Democratic Society Process, noting that democracy starts at the community level.
Italian politician and academic Nadia Urbinati stated that she supports the Kurds' desire for peace with great hope.
Erol Kocer, a member of the Antalya branch of the Lawyers for Freedom Association (OHD), stated that the human rights violations occurring in prisons are contrary to the spirit of the process, saying, “Prisons are a test of sincerity in the process.”
In Colemêrg (Hakkari), where numerous villages are banned, citizens can only visit their villages once a year. Citizens reacting to the situation asked: "The PKK has withdrawn, so your justification is gone. Why are our villages still banned?"
It has been reported that Ishak Dayan, who has been held in a cell for months at Burdur High Security Prison, was threatened by guards who said, "If you don't say 'How happy I am to be Turkish,' we'll kill you."
Burak Buyukkaya, a prisoner describing violations at Dumlu No. 2 Prison, stated that his letter had been censored, saying, “Only the line ‘take care of yourself, comrade’ remained on the page; the rest had been blacked out. Of course, this isn’t the first time.”
Journalist Huseyin Aykol, who has suffered three brain haemorrhages, continues to receive treatment since 14 October.
Proffesor Norman Paech said: "The nation state is always linked to the capitalism and this is not the future of any state."
Former Indian Member of Parliament Aneel Prasad Hegde, who participated in the "International Peace and Democratic Society Conference," stated, "Ocalan's principles will bring peace to the entire world."
Abdullah Öcalan was send a message to conference in Istanbul and said: "Today, the time has come to advance toward democratic emancipation on the basis of democratic society socialism." Öcalan listed three principles within the scope of democratic integration law.