Stating that the government's discourses and practices regarding Abdullah Öcalan are incompatible with each other, Asrin Law Office Lawyer İbrahim Bilmez said: "It is time for Öcalan to be free. This also coincides with the solution of the Kurdish issue in such a period."
Director of the Women's Economic Committee of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria Gülistan Murad said that they have adopted an economic model in which women have a say with the understanding of communal economy, adding that the economy has been removed from being an instrument of violence and returned to its essence.
Co-mayors of Dersîm reacted to appointment of trustee. Co-mayors call people to struggle.
Trustees were appointed to Pulur and Dêrsim municipalities.
PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan's family and guardian applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and İmralı Prison Directorate requesting a meeting.
IHD Êlih Branch Co-chair Ahmet Şiray stated that those detained during the trustee protests were subjected to ill-treatment and that the song “Ölürüm Türkiyem” was played. Şiray said they will file a criminal complaint against the police.
The watch that was started in the municipality building after the sentence given to Dersim Co-Mayor Cevdet Konak continues on its 2nd day.
Families participating in the campaign to send money to prisoners made a call; "Everyone should join this campaign. Let's be with our children."
Violence and massacres against women are increasing in parallel with the impunity policy of the judiciary. Lawyer Suzan Karagol said that women are put in a position of being tried, especially in cases where the perpetrator is a soldier or police officer.
Activist lawyer Çiro Şiwanî, who stated that the “Personal Statute Law” that is being tried to be passed in the Iraqi Parliament poses a threat to women and children, called for “Everyone must fight against this law that destroys women and targets the values of society.”
Lawyer Yaşar Kaya emphasized that Abdullah Öcalan must benefit from the “right to hope” and that the Kurdish issue must be solved through democratic means. “If a state does not solve its internal problem, others will come and solve it,” Kaya said.
Abdullah Öcalan has been given a new 6-month ban on lawyer visits. Asrin Law Office will apply to the Constitutional Court against the decision.
Dersim Co-Mayor Cevdet Konak and Pulur mayor Mustafa Sarıgül were sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison.
Colemêrg Municipality Co-Mayor Mehmet Sıddık Akış, who was replaced by a trustee, was sentenced to 9 years in prison.
The resistance watch against the appointment of a trustee to the municipality in Xelfetî continues for 17th day.