Mustafa Doğan, the father of Güney Doğan, who lost his life in the Ankara Train Station Massacre on October 10, said: “Their dream was peace. I wish peace existed today, I wish the wars would end.”
PJAK Executive Member Siyamend Mûînî said that Kurdish forces in Iran should act in unity in this process in line with the interests of the people.
Addressing the current political developments following Abdullah Öcalan’s call, Labor Party (EMEP) Chair Seyit Aslan stated that they are ready to take responsibility for a democratic solution and said: "Neither peace nor democratization will come on its own. A unified struggle by Turkish, Kurdish, and working people is needed."
Dr. Kamuran Berwarî, Deputy Chair of the Zakho Academy of Kurdish Politics and Democratic Thought, emphasized that the only path to salvation for Iran is the philosophy of "Jin, jiyan, azadî" (woman, life, freedom), and said: “If Iran does not initiate a new reconstruction process, it will lose the next century.”
Commenting on Abdullah Öcalan's call as ‘the loudest voice of truth and reason’ Marija Arsenkova, spokesperson for the Macedonian Jin Jiyan Azadi Initiative, said: "Ocalan did the right thing, the PKK did the right thing, and now it's the Turkish state's turn."
Stating that wars between nation states are not a path to the freedom of societies, KJAR said, "Without women, we cannot talk about a free and equal future for the peoples of Iran."Without the presence of women, one cannot speak of a free future for Iran."
Naime Çam, the wife of seriously ill prisoner Mehmet Emin Çam, for whom the ATK issued a report stating that he "can stay in prison", expressed her reaction by saying "The decision is an attempt to murder".
The body of artist Ayşe Şan, whose will "to be buried in Amed (Diyarbakır)" was fulfilled after 29 years, was buried in Yeniköy Cemetery. Women carried the body brought from Izmir on their shoulders with the slogan "Jin, jiyan, azadî (Woman, life, freedom)" until the grave where she would be buried.
Drawing attention to the war between Israel and Iran and stating that the Palestinian-Israeli crisis has created instability in the entire Middle East, researcher and author Ümit Aktaş pointed out that the solution will be provided with the perspective put forward by Abdullah Öcalan with his call.
Pointing to Abdullah Öcalan's call, Cihan Celo, Co-Chair of the Shengal Autonomous Administration, said: "This call is a historical turning point for all oppressed peoples, especially the Yazidi people. It is the foundation of the Yazidi renaissance".
DEM Party Riha MP Mithat Sancar becomes new member of İmralı delegation. Sancar will replace Sırrı Süreyya Önder, who died in the hospital where he was being treated.
Rojin Mukriyan, a doctoral student at the University of Cork, drew attention to Abdullah Öcalan's paradigm against the patriarchal nation-state system that deepens the war in the Middle East, saying, “Women in Iran have already adopted a ‘third-way’ politics. However, the specifics of what this ‘third-way’ entails will unfold over time.”
The war between Israel and Iran continues on the 6th day with mutual attacks.
Sema Yüce, who set her body on fire in Çanakkale Prison on 21 March 1998 in protest against the oppression against Kurds and died in hospital on 17 June, was commemorated at her grave on the 27th anniversary of her death.
The chairs of the bar associations of 16 cities in Kurdistan met with DEM Party Co-Chair Tuncer Bakırhan and the party delegation at the Parliament. During the meeting, work on the new constitution and the process towards the solution of the Kurdish question were discussed.