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."
Serhat Cakmak, Co-Chair of the Association of Lawyers for Freedom (OHD), stated that applying the "right to hope" to Abdullah Öcalan is essential given his role in the ongoing peace process.
Aysegul Dogan, spokesperson for the Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, called on Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş to take initiative in establishing a parliamentary commission.
The "Hope League" project launched in North and East Syria and the Federated Kurdistan Region under the leadership of the Barça Foundation.