Press release in Halfeti regarding the isolation in İmralı 

2022-05-20 13:32:49


	 

	URFA - A press release is being made in Halfeti led by DTK, TJA, DBP and HDP to protest the isolation imposed on PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan.

	 

	Led by the Democratic Society Congress (DTK), the Democratic Regions Party (DBP), the Free Women's Movement (TJA) and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), to draw attention to the 23-year isolation imposed upon PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan in Halfeti. The delegation is making a statement in front of the Halfeti HDP district building to draw attention to the isolation in İmralı. Mehmet Öcalan, the brother of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan living in Amara, DTK Co-Chair Bedran Öztürk, DBP Co-Chair Saliha Aydeniz, HDP Party Spokesperson Ebru Günay, HDP Co-Chair Tayip Temel, HDP MPs Ömer Öcalan, Ayşe Driver, Pero Dündar, Dersim Dağ and Mahmut Toğrul as well as members of the Urfa Peace Mothers Initiative and dozens of people attended the press release.

	

	'A SPECIAL LAW IS APPLIED IN AMARA'

	 

	HDP MP Ömer Öcalan, nephew of the PKK Leader, said, “They did not allow our guests to enter the village. There is a special law applied in Amara, no one can visit Mr. Öcalan's village. This is the desperation of the state. They should stop doing this. Mr. Öcalan will always have guests. Mr. Öcalan is the brain of the Kurdish people. Our door is open to everyone, anyone can visit. No one can prevent this with cruelty and lawlessness. We will embrace the paradigm of Mr. Öcalan. Mr. Öcalan's door is open to those who loves him. They are afraid. Amara will always play a role and mission on behalf of Öcalan."

	 

	'PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING FOR ÖCALAN'S FREEDOM'

	 

	Reminded that they were prevented from entering Amara, DBP Co-Chair Saliha Aydeniz said: “This is the desperation of the government. Today, we wanted to show how indispensable a figure Mr. Öcalan is for Turkish democracy. The whole world knows what Mr. Öcalan has suggested for the peoples. Not only the Kurds, but all the peoples of the world are fighting for Mr. Öcalan's freedom and for the construction of democracy."

	 

	Stating that there are campaigns for the phsycial freedom of Öcalan all around the workd, Aydeniz said: "Everyone knows that the paradigm of Öcalan is an alternative to the current system. AKP- MHP fascist government wants to deepen the isolation and spread chaos in the Middle East. They are trying to survive with war. Turkey is in a crisis in all dimensions. The only reason for this is the 'one-man' regime and the hostility against the Kurds."

	 

	CALL FOR STRUGGLE

	 

	Calling for an end to the isolation that continues for 23 years, Aydeniz said: "The isolation must be removed immediately. All anti-democratic practices started in İmralı and spreaded to prisons and the lives of the peoples. The reason for the crisis is the unlawfulness in İmralı. We have to step up the struggle. We will fight until the isolation is lifted. We will flock to Amara for this."