DEM Party Central Executive Board member İlknur Birol emphasized that workers must be the subjects of the "Peace and Democratic Society Process," stating, "Workers should participate in the struggle with their knowledge and experience."
Following the ceasefire between Iran and Israel, the Iranian regime has intensified its crackdown on the Kurdish population. Journalist Hiva Zarie stated that the regime aims to suppress Kurdish demands for autonomy through increased repression, in order to prevent a potential popular uprising.
DEM Party will submit its draft regarding the planned commission to be established in the Parliament today. The draft includes many proposals.
A 39-member European delegation, visiting Turkey as part of a campaign to meet Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, visited the Istanbul Provincial Organization of the Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party.
The family of Rozerin Çukur, a 17-year-old girl killed during the curfews imposed in Amed’s Sur district, has denounced the Turkish Constitutional Court’s (AYM) ruling that her “right to life was not violated.” The family stated, “We could not find justice at the Constitutional Court either.”
A 39-person delegation from Europe submitted a petititon requesting to meet Abdullah Öcalan to the Asrın Law Office.
Human rights advocate and academic Fatma Bostan Ünsal has called on the Turkish government to take tangible political and legal steps in addition to rhetorical gestures within the ongoing "Peace and Democratic Society Process," warning that further delay would deepen the country’s crises.
Doğukan Kudat, Chair of the Dersim Bar Association, called on the Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB) to establish legal monitoring and observation committees in light of ongoing talks around the resolution of the Kurdish issue. Hakkari (Colemêrg) Bar Association Chair Ergün Canan added, “A commission will be formed in Parliament, followed by legal reforms.”
Known to the public since 2005 for catching soldiers red-handed attempting to bomb his bookstore amid debates on solving the Kurdish issue through dialogue, Seferi Yılmaz said: "Everyone must work day and night for peace against war profiteers."
Writer Faik Tac, who participated in the festival in Tetwan, said: “Öcalan’s call has opened the door to a new era for art as well. Let’s hold firmly to the process. If the bans are lifted, society will breathe.”
Many people including former İzmir mayor Tunç Soyer and CHP Provincial Chair Şenol Aslanoğlu were detained in the morning hours within the investigation launched by İzmir Public Prosecutor's Office against İzmir Metropolitan Municipality.
Ill prisoner Kerim Boran was released from prison after his sentence was cancelled.
Mothers who lost their relatives during the conflict emphasised the need for unity among Kurds.
A group of 39 people, who want to meet Abdullah Öcalan, will come to Turkey from Europe and hold process-orientated contacts.
Representatives of civil society organisations and political parties in Mersin have called on the government to take steps without delay.