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• Çiçek: Freedom for Öcalan must be ensured 

  Cengiz Çiçek stated that the most urgent step is to ensure Abdullah Öcalan’s physical freedom.
• Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit: The key actor for peace remains in isolation 

  Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit stated that Abdullah Öcalan is the key actor for peace, yet he remains in isolation.
• 'Solution process' at a critical stage 

  Abdullah Öcalan and the Kurdish people are ready, but questions remain about the government’s readiness.
• Buldan: The Call for Peace and a Democratic Society is a call for struggle 

  Pervin Buldan, member of the Imrali Delegation, said: "The construction and struggle of a democratic society never ends... The Call for Peace and a Democratic Society is, in itself, a call for struggle."
• Canpolat: The Turkish state must act without delay 

  The co-chair of TUHAD-FED, Kerem Canpolat, said that the Turkish state must respond to Öcalan’s call.
• Christina Kitsos: Abdullah Öcalan must be free 

  Geneva Mayor Christina Kitsos stated that Abdullah Öcalan must be released and that a just and lasting solution must finally be found for the Kurdish people.
• Kürkçü: Erdoğan regime is dying 

  Ertuğrul Kürkçü said that “the Erdoğan regime is so reactionary that even its ideological foundation, religion, fails to hold the faithful to its side."
• A Kurdish fighter who was never captured: Zaza Yado 

  Zaza Yado was a Kurdish fighter who defied both the Ottomans and the Turkish Republic.
• Kürkçü: Society must take initiative for democracy 

  Ertuğrul Kürkçü stresses that a democratic future in Turkey depends on society’s willingness to take initiative against authoritarian consolidation.
• Turkey has become the hub of reactionary politics in the Middle East 

  Turkey is now the main base of reactionary mercenaries, backing nationalism and religious regimes while crushing democratic movements.
• Paolo Ferrero: Öcalan’s freedom could prompt historic changes 

  Former Italian Minister of Social Solidarity Paolo Ferrero said that Abdullah Öcalan’s freedom could pave the way for a historic democratic transformation and the need for concrete steps to be taken.
• Ömer Öcalan: Abdullah Öcalan urged people to work and organize 

  Ömer Öcalan said that Abdullah Öcalan urged people to march, work and organize wherever they are.
• Karasu: The government is narrowing the space for democracy and suppressing the opposition 

  Mustafa Karasu said that in Turkey "there is a direct attack against democratic values, democratic mechanisms, and democratic mentality."
• Ceasefire processes and their outcomes – VIII 

  The PKK’s ceasefires did not result in lasting peace, as negotiation efforts were repeatedly undermined.
• Karasu: We are concerned about what the real aims of the AKP-MHP government are  

  Mustafa Karasu expressed concerns because after Öcalan's call the Turkish government took no steps.
• Karasu: All the guerrilla fighters and the whole people have become heroes in 50 years of struggle 

  Mustafa Karasu of the KCK remembers those who fell in the month of March with gratitude and respect, stating that the PKK is the continuation of the struggle of the martyrs who gave their lives for a free Kurdistan.
• Fuat Kav: A faction within the state does not want a solution 

  Fuat Kav said that the peace process is being obstructed by forces within the state and that no meaningful progress can be made unless Abdullah Öcalan’s conditions are addressed.
• KCK and the democratic nation – VII 

  The birth that had taken place in the mind now needed to manifest physically. The KCK and the democratic nation would become the name of this embodiment.
• Avesta: The Yazidis should live as they want to live, and their rights must be recognized 

  Sozdar Avesta said that "the Iraqi state should immediately release the YBS fighters and apologize to the Yazidi people."
• A period of transformation in the PKK – VI 

  The PKK embraced transformation as a core principle and, through major changes in the 2000s, succeeded in defending itself against plans of genocide.
• Avesta: The doors of Imrali must now be opened 

  Sozdar Avesta said that what they "know for sure" is that "there has been no change in Abdullah Öcalan’s conditions. The doors of Imrali remain locked."
• The Imrali process and resistance – V 

  Imrali has come to symbolize a system of absolute isolation and torture imposed under the law of the enemy.
• A new government has been formed in Damascus and it's all but inclusive 

  A new government has been formed in Damascus under the leadership of Ahmet al-Sharaa. Syrian intellectuals and forces that want democracy should organize quickly, argues Zeki Bedran.
• The international conspiracy against Abdullah Öcalan – IV 

  The international conspiracy, which aimed to prevent the launch of a new negotiation process, was reactivated through the operation to expel Abdullah Öcalan from Syria.
• NATO’s Gladio stood with the Turkish state - III 

  The conflict was essentially between the PKK and the NATO, not just the Turkish state.