Firaset Özbek Önkol, whose son and daughter's gravestone was forcibly removed by the gendarmerie, said: "This is persecution. They are disturbed by our bones. This is unconscionable."
The release of prisoners in Antalya, Mervan Demirtaş, Mahmut Kaygan and Nurşen Tekin, was extended for the 4th, 4th and 2st time repectively.
Journalist Ekrem Berakat emphasised that Syria cannot be rebuild and its territorial integrity cannot be ensured without Autonomus Administration of North and East Syria (AANES).
People’s Democratic Congress (HDK) and Democratic Alevi Association (DAD) will organize “Democratic Society and Peace Feast” on 7 September in Tuzluçayır neighbourhood of Mamak.
30-year ill prisoner Mustafa Karatepe died 7 months after his release, "They kill them and leave them like that. They do not leave anyone who can stand," said brother Mehmet Karatepe
Amed City Protection and Solidarity Platform made a statement at Şêx Seîd (Sheikh Said) Square on 1 September and called for insistence and courage to solve the Kurdish issue.
Dicle Fırat Journalists' Association (DFG) announced that 4 journalists were subjected to investigations, 2 were threatened and 2 were prevented in August and 33 journalists are still in prison as of August.
Abdullah Öcalan stated that the fate of the Middle East will change if the process in Turkey succeeds and added: "I call on all Kurds to come together and unite on democratic grounds."
Turkey, its paramilitary groups and DAESH continue their attacks on North and East Syria. Drones bombed the area around Tishreen (Tişrîn) Dam in the south of Kobani (Kobanê) city of Euphrates Region last night.
Mehmet Emin Gökdemir of the Lawyers for Freedom Association (ÖHD) stated that constitutional reform alone is not sufficient to recognize Kurdish; restrictive laws such as the Law on Unification of Education must also be amended.
A poster of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Ocalan was unveiled at the "Peace Rally" held in Istanbyl on World Peace Day.
In his message sent on 1 September, Abdullah Öcalan said, "Real peace can only be achieved when freedom, democracy, and social justice are embodied in every aspect of life. This social transformation is not only a right of our peoples, but also the primary responsibility of the new era we are entering."
People’s Defense Forces Liaison Centre (HPG-BIM) announded that Turkey continued its attacks despite the ceasefire decision.
Commenting on recent developments in Iraq, academic Kamuran Berwarî said that the country is being divided through international alliances. “Rojava's democratic confederalism offers a model for Iraq. If the people are included in the process, a democratic Iraq can be built,” he stated.
Supporting Abdullah Öcalan's call, American sociologist Craig Calhoun said: "I hope those trying to negotiate peace with the Turkish state meet with success."