Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD) member Veysi Eski stated that the state is trying to use the "right to hope" as a trump card and said: "We have come to the last point legally."
Lawyers for Freedom Association (ÖHD) will make a statement in all its branches on the "right to hope" on the agenda of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. Muhittin Muğuç, President of ÖHD Amed (Diyarbakır) Branch, emphasised that there is no obstacle to the "right to hope".
In a video message, German musician and activist Konstantin Wecker stated that the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and the lifting of the PKK ban in Germany should be shoulder to shoulder for peace, democracy and equality.
Noting that the government has entered the last corner to make itself permanent, DEM Party member Musa Piroğlu said: "Unless the Kurdish people and the working classes of Turkey stand shoulder to shoulder, we will not have a chance to emerge victorious from this process."
Saying that the embargo against Mexmûr (Makhmur) Camp is getting deeper and deeper, Mexmur People's Assembly Council Co-Chair Nudem Yaman said: "The gates are not completely closed, but they are trying to make the camp uninhabitable."
Syrian Initiative for the Freedom of Leader Abdullah Ocalan and Syrian Lawyer’s Initiative have completed the “I want to visit Ocalan” campaign launched on 20 August.
The crackdown on CHP-led municipalities continues. Within the scope of the investigation against Antalya Metropolitan Municipality, 17 of 20 people for whom a detention warrant was issued were detained.
Mehmet Durak was released from Döşemealtı High Security Prison after 30 years.
"Öcalan’s vision of a democratic and peaceful socialism — which calls for 'ecologizing' our thoughts and way of life — offers a source of inspiration for anti-capitalist movements around the world.," US professor Victor Wallis said in support of Abdullah Öcalan's call.
DEM Party Spokesperson Ayşegül Doğan announced that an expanded delegation will visit Abdullah Öcalan next week.
The National Solidarity, Brotherhood and Democracy Commission will listen to trade unions, chambers, non governmental organisations and business people at this week's meeting.
10 workers who were detained in Baghdad, where they went to work from Makhmur (Mexmûr) during the embargo, have not been released for 15 days.
Sinan Türkmen, whose release was postponed 5 times and who spent 33 years of his life in prison, pointed to the Peace and Democratic Society Process and said, "We should be aware of our responsibilities by asking the question 'How will we succeed?
- While the Kurdish issue is being discussed peacefully, the construction of a high security prison has started in Mûş. "The construction of the prison does not serve the spirit of the process," said ÖHD member Metin Güllü.
According to the data compiled by Rojnews from media reports, 21 women were murdered in the Federated Kurdistan Region in the first 8 months of 2025, while 17 women died suspiciously.