Mêrdîn Metropolitan Municipality Co-Mayor Ahmet Türk, who was replaced by a trustee, said, “We will never give up. We will not step back from the struggle for democracy, peace and freedom.”
Trustees were appointed to Mêrdîn Metropolitan Municipality, Êlih Municipality and Xelfetî Municipality.
Co-spokesperson Cengiz Çiçek stated that the socialization of peace is one of the raison d'être of the HDK and added: “How to overcome isolation? How can the physical freedom of Mr. Öcalan be ensured? The questions pass through the united struggle of the peoples.”
Residents of the district reacted against the appointment of a trustee to Esenyurt Municipality and expressed the need for more resistance against the trustee.
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.