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DEM Party Delegation to visit İmralı on november 3

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10:38 01

The DEM Party’s İmralı Delegation will meet with Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan on November 3.

Commission members travel to Ireland to study the IRA experience

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20:08 31/10

Lawmakers serving on the parliamentary National Solidarity, Brotherhood and Democracy Commission have traveled to Ireland to examine the experiences of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the United Kingdom as part of the ongoing Peace and Democratic Society Process.

Tülay Hatimoğulları: This process is the salvation of 86 million people
Meral Danış Beştaş: We may visit İmralı soon

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20:07 31/10

DEM Party Co-Chair Tülay Hatimoğulları stated that the Peace and Democratic Society Initiative represents “the liberation of all 86 million citizens,” while Co-Spokesperson of the HDK and member of the National Solidarity, Brotherhood and Democracy Commission Meral Danış Beştaş said that they foresee a possible visit to İmralı in the near future.

Abdullah Öcalan meets with family members

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17:52 31/10

The Asrin Law Office announced that Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan met with his relatives on İmralı Island as part of a family visitation.

Amed Bar Association’s “Process Commission” to work under 11 headings

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14:34 31/10

Amed (Diyarbakır) Bar Association Secretary General Baver Mızrak stated that the most urgent task in the process is the integration law, and that the commission they established will carry out legal work under 11 specific headings.

Citizens in İzmir: We are waiting action from the state

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13:01 31/10

Citizens stressed the country’s urgent need for peace and called on the state to take immediate action, urging the commission to meet with Abdullah Öcalan as soon as possible.

HPG member Çeko Ayhan: We Want to Practice Democratic Politics on a Free Ground

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10:43 31/10

People’s Defense Forces (Hêzên Parastina Gel-HPG) member Çeko Ayhan, who was among the guerrillas withdrawing from the field, emphasized that resolving the Kurdish issue requires the physical freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and the constitutional recognition of Kurdish rights. “We want to engage in politics on a free ground,” he said.

Journalist Hüseyin Aykol remains in critical condition

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16:15 27/10

Journalist and writer Hüseyin Aykol, who was placed on a ventilator after suffering a brain hemorrhage, remains in critical condition as a lung infection shows no significant improvement, his doctor said.

Time to take political and legal action say DEM Party Co-chairs

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16:03 27/10

Tuncer Bakırhan said the second stage is the legal steps and called on the state to fulfil its duties. Tülay Hatimoğulları said democratic integration is the key to a democratic republic.

‘Abdullah Öcalan’s conditions must evolve into those of a negotiator’

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10:44 27/10

Human rights defender Ahmet Faruk Ünsal said that the legal and constitutional barriers causing the Kurdish question must be removed, and emphasized that Abdullah Öcalan’s conditions should evolve into those befitting a negotiator in the ongoing peace process.

Eren Keskin: It is the state itself that needs to take a step

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10:40 27/10

Eren Keskin, evaluating the withdrawal of the Kurdish Freedom Movement, stated that legal regulations should be implemented as soon as possible and said, "It is the state itself that needs to take a step."

Steps are always taken from the Kurdish side says Journalist Yurtsever

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10:33 27/10

Evaluating the Kurdish Freedom Movement's decision to withdraw its forces in Turkey as "crossing a strategic threshold in the peace process", journalist Engin Yurtsever said: "Steps are constantly being taken by the Kurdish side, but the state is still not taking the necessary steps."

HPG Commander Devrim Palu: If the conditions are created, the withdrawal can proceed smoothly

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18:35 26/10

Speaking at a press event in Qandil, Devrim Palu, a member of the HPG (People’s Defense Forces) Command Council, emphasized the importance of democratic politics, saying, “We are not in love with weapons.” Palu noted that “if more favorable conditions are created, this withdrawal can be carried out more smoothly.”

Sabri Ok: Legal steps must be taken, Leader Öcalan must be freed

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14:29 26/10

Responding to questions after the press statement, KCK Executive Council Member Sabri Ok said, “Thanks to Leader Öcalan’s tremendous efforts, we are at a very important stage. There could be some special laws and amendments specific to this.”

New historic step within the scope of PKK Congress decisions

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09:33 26/10

The leadership of the Kurdish Freedom Movement announced that they have started to withdraw all their forces in Turkey with the approval of Abdullah Öcalan. The statement stressed legal and poltiical approaches should be taken without delay.