During its 22 years in power, the AKP has clung to the Kurdish issue and knocked on Abdullah Öcalan's door every time it got stuck. While the government's failure to take concrete steps has blocked the processes, the language used by the government in discussions on the new process does not inspire confidence.
In the indictments prepared against journalists Semra Turan, Tolga Güney and Melike Aydın, meetings with news sources and news reports on different topics are criminalized.
Stating that the meeting in İmralı after 43 months does not mean that the isolation has been lifted, IHD Amed Branch Chair Ercan Yılmaz said: “It is important to open dialog channels, but the actors should be in positions to play their roles here.”
The isolation, which Abdullah Öcalan emphasized on October 23, has been going on for more than 25 years. In his book, Öcalan described the İmralı system as a “torture system” and stated that he is fighting for the truth against it.
Turkey is committing war crimes by targeting settlements in northern and eastern Syria, “All excuses are empty. The people who are building a common life here are being targeted,” journalist Şervan Mehmûd said.
Stating that they cannot make a living due to the budget allocated for war, Wan residents pointed to the attacks on Northern and Eastern Syria. “As people are being killed, the country's economy is also dying” they said and pointed to dialogue with Abdullah Öcalan for a solution.
ÖHD member Ali Diler, a component of the Migrant and Refugee Solidarity Network, said that migrants who use their right to congregate and demonstrate, organize and fight for refugee rights have their citizenship revoked, which prevents people from living in safety.
At least 14 people, including Esenyurt Mayor Ahmet Özer, were detained.
Sebahat Tuncel stated that the “Collapse Plan” decided at the National Security Council (MGK) was a failure and emphasized that “some concrete steps are needed to see that they are sincere” regarding the discussions on a solution to the Kurdish issue.
Deceased Peace Mother Kumri Öner never stepped back from the honorable struggle for peace she started after losing her daughter in the fight against ISIS in Kobanê.
Abdullah Öcalan, often emphasizes the democratization of the republic in his evaluations, “The path of a democratic republic is the only way to social peace and the solution of problems” suggested years ago.
Pointing out that no steps have been taken for 10 years regarding the regulation that should be made for Abdullah Öcalan's “right to hope”, lawyer Fuat Coşacak said, “The ‘right to hope’ should not be sacrificed to politics.”
Drawing attention to PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan's statement, DEM Party Spokesperson Ayşegül Doğan said: “Democratic politics is ready, Mr. Öcalan is ready, but is the state ready to create these conditions, to eliminate the isolation, to create the legal and political grounds for the democratic solution of the Kurdish issue? It is the turn of those who make and support this call.”
According to a report prepared by civil society and legal organizations in Amed on rights violations in prisons, 40 visits were made to 20 prisons and many violations were detected.