Çukurova Migration Monitoring and Research Association (Çukurova GÖÇ-DER) Co-chair Mehmet Ali Oral stated that the process cannot move forward without the removal of village guards, mined areas and grazing bans, saying, "Three million people are waiting for a solution to return to their villages."
AKP commission members, who convened to discuss the İmralı agenda, decided that "together with the People's Alliance, we will vote in favour of the visit."
Zeinab Jalalian, who has been held in Yezid Prison for 20 years, is not receiving treatment despite three weeks having passed since her operation, and her health checks are being obstructed.
Human Rights Association (IHD) Mersin Branch co-chair Gazi Inci stated that the state’s inaction stems from its insistence on a security-focused mindset. “The obstacle to citizenship status is not the organization, but the state itself,” he said.
Journalist Hüseyin Aykol has been started on different antibiotics after a new bacterium was detected in his lungs. A blood transfusion will also be administered.
Following the decision of the commission to convene with the agenda of visiting Abdullah Öcalan, both the AKP and CHP have decided to hold internal meetings with their own members.
Speaking at the 6th Middle East Peace and Security Forum in Duhok, Ilham Ahmed emphasized that the Kurdish issue has remained unresolved for 100 years and noted that any peace that does not include women cannot be sustainable.
The latest field research reports sent by SAMER to Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan were returned with the note “Not accepted by the institution.”
Speaking at the forum in Duhok, SDF General Commander Mazloum Abdi called for equal opportunities for Rojava in Syria’s reconstruction and emphasized that the process initiated by Abdullah Öcalan is an opportunity for the entire Middle East.
Provincial heads of the Saadet Party, DEVA and CHP in Wan (Van) said the government must take action for the continuation of the process, adding: “What is essential is to implement legal regulations based on the concept of justice.”
Lawyer Eren Keskin stated that the Forensic Medicine Institute (ATK) prolonged the process by releasing DNA results one year after the death of Rojin Kabaiş, adding: “ATK has worked to conceal torture up until today.”
Yasin Aktaş, Co-chair of the Riha (Urfa) Branch of the Lawyers for Freedom Association (ÖHD), stated that there is no need for a legal amendment to implement the “right to hope” for Abdullah Öcalan, emphasizing: “We are a party to the European Convention on Human Rights. If the Convention is respected, the ‘right to hope’ can be applied.”
Stating that she was mistaken for a dead person in a photograph and consequently put on trial, mother of three Rojbin Nergiz said: “That person is not me. I want justice.”
The Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq announced the results of the parliamentary elections after the objections. Voter turnout in Kurdistan was recorded as 71.65 per cent in Erbil, 65.02 per cent in Kirkuk, 60.15 per cent in Sulaymaniyah, and 77.47 per cent in Duhok.
Participants at the Democratic Unity Initiative meeting in Mersin stated that the Commission should meet with the solution’s key figure, Abdullah Ocalan.