"Turkey must get rid of the Kurdish phobia. Imagining the 21st century on fear will not be realistic," says IHD lawyer Ahmet Arıkan, who participated in the vigil on the Nisêbîn-Qamishlo border.
Journalist Erk Acarer pointed out that Turkey does not have the power to withstand a new attack on North and East Syria, “If Turkey tries again what it did five years ago, it could end in disaster,” he says.
Peace Mothers, reacting to Turkey's attacks on North and East Syria, said: "If the war stops, this crisis in Turkey will end. We don't want any more bloodshed."
Reacting to the murder of journalists Nazım Daştan and Cihan Bilgin, “They were the ones who wrote the truth, that's why we owe them,” says citizens in Amed.
One thousand and 43 names, including intellectuals, writers and politicians, have called for urgent steps to start a "peace and democracy process".
Şırnak Governorate declared regions as "temporaty special security zones".
PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan's family and guardian applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and İmralı Prison Directorate requesting a meeting.
DFG provided legal support to 152 journalists in 2024, defended journalism in 49 cases and filed criminal complaints against police violance against 31 journalists.
Commenting on the roles and expectations of the global powers for HTS in Syria, "Either it will satisfy the global powers or it will bw liquidated" say journalist Erdoğan Altan.
Emira Er from Rojava, who participated in the vigil on the Nisêbîn-Qamishlo border, stated that she did not come to the border for support, but as the owner of a cause, and said that Kurds have the right to self-governance like everyone else in Syria.
Peace Mothers, who were among those who went to the border during the ISIS attack on Kobanê in 2014, pointed to the attacks on North and East Syria and said: “We need to embrace Kobanê with the spirit of 2014 again.”
Stating that the targeted murder of Nazım Daştan and Cihan Bilgin is unacceptable, "No journalist should remain silent about the murder of Nazım and Cihan. We need to break the chains of fear," says respresentatives of political parties.
Stating that the pressures in Erzurum Dumlu Prison No. 2 have increased and solitary confinement of prisoners has increased, prisoner Kamuran Daşdemir called for sensitivity to rights, civil society and democratic mass organizations.
Veli Encü, who was imprisoned for 4 years after 17 lawsuits were filed against him while demanding justice for his brother and 33 others who were killed in the Roboskî massacre, "From Zîlan to Roboskî, the perpetrators have not been revealed. As the families of Roboskî, we stand by what we said on the first day. We want those responsible for the massacre to be punished," he says.
Lawyers' Solidarity has reacted to the "membership in an illegal organisation" investigation against the Istanbul Bar Association and said: "We stand by the Istanbul Bar Association. Nazım and Cihan are journalists."