Highlighting the state policies of denial against the Kurdish language, women participating in a recent workshop in Wan (Van) emphasized that the struggle for Kurdish must be carried out on both social and political grounds.
Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, in his message greeting the Peace Mothers conference, said: "Your identity as mothers, you must consciously struggle for the identity of the free woman."
Pointing out that there has been no change in the treatment of ill prisoners despite on-going advocacy, the Lawyers for Freedom Association (ÖHD) member Beritan Kalbişen said: “If we want to establish a lasting and meaningful peace, the path inevitably passes through the prisons.”
Journalist Huseyin Aykol, who underwent two operations and was intubated after suffering two brain haemorrhages, is expected to be woken up during the day to check his reflexes.
Asrin Law Office announced that Abdullah Ocalan said: "The right to hope is a step that the state must take. This is an issue that affects thousands of people."
While the process carried out in the context of the solution of the Kurdish issue continues, the government has started the construction of a military road with a cost of 375 million TL in the regions of Mount Gilî and Mount Tendürek under the name of "security road".
Dr Huseyin Yavic, a member of the Van-Hakkari Medical Chamber who participated in the autopsy of Rojin Kabais, said that major shortcomings in the investigation have hindered the process from the very beginning. “The deficiencies in the inquiry unfortunately made this process much more difficult,” he said.
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers, which ensured Azerbaijan implemented a ECHR ruling, has failed to take similar steps against Turkey, despite Ankara’s 11-year refusal to recognize the “right to hope.” PACE member Berdan Öztürk said the recent dissolution of the PKK removes all of Turkey’s justifications for inaction: “They have no excuse left.”
Journalist Hüseyin Aykol, who suffered a brain haemorrhage for the second time, has been taken into surgery again.
Iran’s capital, Tehran, is grappling with a severe water shortage and ground subsidence crisis, prompting government discussions about relocating the capital. However, Prof. Dr. Nasser Karami, an Iranian geographer and climate scientist, argues that the root of the crisis lies in the regime’s policies and lack of governance capacity.
Right to treatment of prisoner Zeinab Jalalian is being denied as her health condition is getting worse.
Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party Batman MP, Zeynep Oduncu Kutevi, stated that the Kurdish people’s single and unwavering demand is the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan, calling on everyone to join the struggle to ensure the success of the ongoing process.
15 people were arrested together with Turgay Erdem, former mayor of Nilüfer district.
Ecologist and journalist Hakan Tosun, who is being treated in intensive care, has died. While two suspects were arrested, his friends and journalism organisations stressed the need to expose the murder.
The commission in the Parliament will listen to youth and women's organisations at its meeting this week in the occasion of the Kurdish issue. Women's organisations will include the TJA and the "I Need Peace Women's Initiative".