Abdullah Oncel, Chair of the Riha Bar Association, emphasized the need for constitutional and legal forms based on equal citizenship and mother tongue education to achieve lasting societal peace. He underlined the importance of implementing the “Right to hope”.
Nazire Birlik, the mother of Hacı Lokman Birlik, who was tied to an armoured vehicle and dragged on the ground, said: "There will be no peace until Abdullah Öcalan's words are fulfilled. We want to live freely in the land we live in."
Hikmet Akdoğan, the mother of Abdulkadir Akdoğan, an ill prisoner held in Bolu High Security Prison, said: "Mothers should be reunited with their sons through a legal arrangement."
Serhat Cakmak, Co-Chair of the Association of Lawyers for Freedom (OHD), stated that applying the "right to hope" to Abdullah Öcalan is essential given his role in the ongoing peace process.
Aysegul Dogan, spokesperson for the Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, called on Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş to take initiative in establishing a parliamentary commission.
Report prepared by legal and civil society organizations on 20 prisons reveals numerous rights violations, including strip searches, denial of access to medical care, torture, and ill-treatment. It was also noted that in some prisons, two prisoners forced to share a single bunk bed.
Commenting on the ongoing debates about the Treaty of Lausanne, historian Sedat Ulugana said, “The resolution of the Kurdish issue does not lie in abolishing Lausanne. The solution is the establishment of a democratic and pluralist constitution.”
Families who lost their relatives during the conflict process stated that they are behind Abdullah Öcalan's call and demanded peace and freedom.
Vice President of the Federation of Eastern and Southeastern Associations Mehmet Ihsan Tas said that they trust Abdullah Öcalan and ready to contribute to the solution.
Abdullah Öcalan's family and his guardian Mazlum Dinç applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and İmralı Prison Directorate requesting a meeting.
Italian jurist Ezio Menzione stated that the government should also show its "intention for peace" against the PKK's congress decisions and said, "Öcalan must be able to manage the change he wants to initiate from outside."
In the 4th wave operation against Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, detention warrants issued for 49 people, including names close to Ekrem İmamoğlu.
In Semsûr, a call was made for the release of ill prisoners and for the improvement of the conditions of Abdullah Öcalan.
Defence Ministry spokesperson Zeki Aktürk said Turkey will continue its attacks despite the decision of PKK to end its activities.
JINNEWS News Director Oznur Deger was released following the first hearing of her trial.