Stating that 61 attacks were carried out by Turkey on 5-7 May, when the PKK held its congress, and 94 attacks were carried out on the day the decisions of the congress were announced, "The continuation of the attacks delays peace and obstructs the process," CPT member Kameran Osman said.
East-Southeast Associations (DGD-KON) Chair Abdulhakim Das said, "Efforts should be made to solve the Kurdish issue on the basis of equal citizenship."
The condition of ill prisoner Fırat Nebioğlu, who has a 92 per cent disability report and kidney failure, in Diyarbakır High Security Prison No. 1 is deteriorating day by day.
Referring to the process on the solution of the Kurdish issue, "The first point is to release Mr. Öcalan in order to him be free, and having the opportunity to lead these conversations face to face in the same level, not in prison," PACE member Laura Castel said.
Homer Feizî, the spokesperson of Nojîn Social Culture Association, whose members and instructors were arrested for teaching Kurdish language, said: "As long as we do not liberate the Kurdish language from the yoke of this occupation, we cannot liberate Kurdish thought."
After discussions and the unanimous vote of the delegates, the number of members of the Executive Council of the KNK was changed from 19 to 23.
Drawing attention to Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan's message of "law of brotherhood", DEM Party Co-Chair Tuncer Bakırhan said: " The law of brotherhood, as Mr. Öcalan said, is the law of equality. It is equal coexistence on a democratic basis."
Ahmet Karamus and Zeynep Murad were elected as co-chairs once again at the 23rd General Assembly of the KNK.
Cemile Öcalan, 95, lost 6 of her children during the conflict. She stated that her pain would be alleviated with a lasting peace and said, " We buried our most beautiful children to see a beautiful day."
Politician and former CHP MP Melda Onur stated that the government must change its rhetoric regarding the new peace process, and emphasized that any commission established in Parliament should include not only political parties but also civil society organizations.
In the joint declaration read at the 23rd Ordinary Congress of the KNK, a call was made to all Kurdish forces: “Let’s unite through a National Conference.”
The Italian delegation that wanted to visit Shengal and Makhmur was prevented by Iraqi forces.
Abdullah Oncel, Chair of the Riha Bar Association, emphasized the need for constitutional and legal forms based on equal citizenship and mother tongue education to achieve lasting societal peace. He underlined the importance of implementing the “Right to hope”.
Nazire Birlik, the mother of Hacı Lokman Birlik, who was tied to an armoured vehicle and dragged on the ground, said: "There will be no peace until Abdullah Öcalan's words are fulfilled. We want to live freely in the land we live in."
Hikmet Akdoğan, the mother of Abdulkadir Akdoğan, an ill prisoner held in Bolu High Security Prison, said: "Mothers should be reunited with their sons through a legal arrangement."