DEM Party Spokesperson Ayşegül Dogan announced that they will participate in the elections with their own candidates in Istanbul and their candidates will be determined by February 9.
Those who took part in the Qers branch of the "Great Freedom March" were welcomed in Panos with the slogans "Bijî Serok Apo" and "Bê Serok jiyan nabe".
DBP will launch a campaign on virtual media for the freedom of PKK Leader Abdullah Ocalan.
Today's first stop for politicians and representatives of democratic mass organizations in the "Great Freedom March" was Agirî center. DEM Party member Heval Bozdağ said: "The freedom of Mr. Abdullah Ocalan is our demand."
"The Great Freedom March" continues despite the cold weather and snowfall. The marchers were welcomed with enthusiasm in the villages and sent off to Elkê district with applause and shouts.
Politicians and democratic mass organization representatives who continued the Great Freedom March from two branches said: "It is time to ensure the freedom of Abdullah Ocalan."
The situation of Rojnews editor Süleyman Ahmet is unknown. Ahmet is reportedly being held in the unofficial detention center of KDP's intelligence agency Parastin.
The hunger strike in prisons demanding "Freedom for Abdullah Ocalan and a solution to the Kurdish issue" has entered its 70th day.
DEM Party member Celal Fırat reported the rights violations against prisoners in Marmara No. 2 Type L Prison and submitted it to the Presidency of the Parliamentary Human Rights Investigation Commission.
The delegation taking part in the "Great Freedom March" visits the Revolutionary Youth Bridge established by Deniz Gezmiş and his friends on the Zap River in Hakkari.
IHD and non-governmental organizations demanded the release of ill prisoners with the actions and events they held in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir.
While the Qers branch of the Great Freedom March was welcomed with great enthusiasm in Bazîd, where they passed through Îdir, DEM Party Bitlis Deputy Huseyin Olan said: "The dreams of the mentality that said 'Imaginary Kurdistan is buried here' have been shattered."
A lawsuit was filed against 71 people who protested in Kadıköy district last year regarding the international conspiracy launched against PKK Leader Abdullah Ocalan on October 9, 1998.
Great Freedom Marcher DEM Party Deputy Zeki Irmez stated that the isolation imposed in Imralı has spread to Turkey and said that everyone must take action against it.
IHD Istanbul Branch President Gulseren Yoleri stated that they asked the CPT to visit Imralı, where multiple rights violations took place, and to take some coercive measures on the government.