According to the report of ÖHD and MED TUHAD-FED, prisoners were subjected to numerous violations of rights in 2024, including beatings, strip searches, reverse handcuffs, mouth searches, prevention of access to health care and ban on Kurdish language.
According to a report prepared by DEM Party MP Zeynep Oduncu titled "2024 Press Freedom Report: Anatomy of Silencing the Truth" report, 5 journalists were killed, 4 of them as a result of attacks by Turkey, 112 journalists were detained and 26 journalists were arrested.
Mazlum Aksaç, a prisoner in Erzurum Dumlu Prison No 2, was subjected to ill-treatment because he refused to be examined in handcuffs.
SDF stated that the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) distorts the facts and tries to hide the crimes of Turkey and the SNA.
Call on the Union of Turkish Bar Associations, "It should not remain silent against the isolation and should embrace Öcalan's call in legal terms" says Şükran Öztürk from ÖHD.
Citizens who continue their vigil at the Qamishlo-Nusaybin border against the attacks pointed to the meeting with PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan and stated that the state must take steps.
Lawyers from the Asrın Law Office have made a new application for a meeting with their client Abdullah Öcalan.
Ertuğrul Kürkçü, one of the prominent figures of the 68 Generation, emphasized the importance of the İmralı meeting and said that Turkish socialists should play their role by "leading the way" and standing by the Kurdish struggle for freedom.
Politicians and citizens stated that everyone should stand against the attacks on North and East Syria and said: "We will protect Rojava together."
Stating that the isolation still continues, İshak Demiral, Co-chair of ÖHD Istanbul, said that if a process is to be carried out, it should be between equals and added: "Ensuring Abdullah Öcalan's 'right to hope' would be the first step of sincerity."
Francesca Baruffaldi, who applied to the Ministry of Justice for a meeting with Abdullah Öcalan, said: "Freeing the leader of the Kurdish people is certainly the first step that would open up a democratic path both to the Kurdish issue and beyond."
The protesters who spent the last hours of the year at the border, drew attention to the meeting held in İmralı. Peace Mother Zühriye Kayık wished for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and an honourable peace.
MED TUHAD-FED Co-Chair Kerem Canpolat, states that the İmralı meeting and the message given are important and says, "It is essential and necessary for Abdullah Öcalan to meet with all people in a comfortable way"
Journalist Baran Germiyanî stated that the government has not been formed in the Federated Kurdistan Region despite the elapsed time and said that the expectation of the people is to form a government and solve problems such as war and economic crisis in the region.