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• ÖHD lawyer Şahin: The state deepens isolation to avoid solving the Kurdish issue 

  ÖHD lawyer Şemdin Şahin reminded that the state has been systematically applying isolation for many years and added: "The state is deepening the isolation because it does not want to solve the Kurdish problem through democratic means."
• Civil disobedience 

  When Thoreau spent a night in jail in 1846 because he did not want to enable the war against Mexico with his taxes, he was visited by a friend. The latter asked, 'What are you doing in here?' Thoreau replied, 'What are you doing out there?'
• YPG/YPJ fighters: Turkish state takes revenge against HDP for ISIS 

  Members of the YPG and YPJ see the proceedings against leading HDP representatives for the Kobanê uprisings in North Kurdistan as an attempt by the state to take revenge for the defeat of ISIS.
• Mithat Sancar: We will foil this conspiracy trial 

  Making a statement in front of the court before the first hearing of the Kobanê trial, HDP co-chair Mithat Sancar said: “We will foil this conspiracy, we will enlarge the struggle for democracy”.
• Today Armenians all over the world commemorate the victims of the April 1915 genocide 

  Today Armenians all over the world commemorate the 106th anniversary of the April 1915 Genocide.
• Duran Kalkan says the "European Union blocks a solution in Turkey" 

  PKK Executive Committee member Duran Kalkan said that “the European Union blocks a solution in Turkey. It keeps the genocidal, fascist policy in Turkey on its feet.”
• Journalist Konicz: Erdoğan's regime perceives peace as a threat 

  "Peace for Kurdistan and freedom for Öcalan only have a perspective in Turkey if the AKP is ousted - or if it no longer benefits politically from the war against the Kurdish movement," says journalist Tomasz Konicz.
• HDP deputy Çepni: We call on everyone who oppose the AKP to act with honesty 

  HDP deputy Murat Çepni addressed the opposition parties and said: “If you want to get rid of the AKP it is necessary to make a real opposition. We call on all those who want to stand against the AKP to be honest."
• Spring reveals beauty of Akhtamar island 

  The almond trees are blooming in the Akhtamar island, in Lake Van conveying the mood of spring. The island represents one of the most famous historical legacies of the Armenian people in the Ararat Highlands.
• Turkey’s mercenary traffic in Libya  

  ANF attained information on the mercenary traffic of the Turkish State which does not withdraw mercenaries from Libya in spite of the ceasefire and calls by international forces. Turkey sent 18,000 mercenaries to Libya in a year.
• Bayık: Our Movement promotes Democratic Socialism within the framework of Democratic Modernity 

  “Our struggle is based on the “state + democracy” formula. We have abandoned the classical revolutionary notions. The three main pillars of radical democracy are women’s emancipation, societal democracy and ecology,” said Cemil Bayık of the KCK.
• Zehrê Şemo: In Shengal we are fighting for our existence 

  Zehrê Şemo from the Yazidi women's movement TAJÊ said that the agreement between the KDP and the Iraqi government is about “exist or don’t exist” and warned of a new massacre in the Shengal region.
• Cemil Bayik speaks about the political strategy of the KCK 

  Cemil Bayik, KCK co-chair gave an insight into the political strategy of the KCK in a long interview broadcast earlier this month.
• “Closure cases against pro-Kurdish parties have always been based on same logic” 

  Speaking about the closure case against the Peoples’ Democratic Party, politician and lawyer Cebbar Leygara said, "Although 25 years have passed since the closure of HEP and DTP, the reasons for the closure are the same."
• Emine Senyaşar: Why does nobody hear our complaints? 

  Emine Şenyaşar, who is demanding justice in front of the court in Urfa said: "Even if I knew that I was dying, I would not go from here."
• Sabri Ok: Europe acts hypocritically and opportunistically 

  While the second largest opposition party in Turkey is to be banned and thousands of people are in custody, the German government is calling for the HDP to distance itself from the PKK. Sabri Ok (KCK) finds this hypocritical and opportunistic.
• Ferit Şenyaşar: One of my brothers' killers could walk free in a few months 

  Ferit Şenyaşar and his mother Emine are demanding justice for his brothers and his father who were killed in 2018. He warned that the court is under political pressure and that one of the killers could walk "free within a few months".
• Trip to Amara 

  In 1974, Abdullah Öcalan and Cemil Bayik visited his family in Amara. His father said to them: "First you were leftists and communists, now you have become Kurds. The Kurdish question is a big problem. How will you get out of it?"
• Dr. Azzellini: Isolation on Imrali is aimed at silencing the society 

  According to political scientist and writer Dr. Dario Azzellini, Turkey isolates Abdullah Öcalan to show that it is futile to oppose the power.
• Africa has become the new ISIS stronghold 

  Journalist Wassim Nasr underlined the capture of a city in Mozambique by pro-ISIS mercenaries and said that the African continent has become the new stronghold of jihadists.
• Cemil Bayık: "Öcalan's birthday is the birthday of a nation, a people and humanity" 

  KCK Executive Council co-chair Cemil Bayık addressed the hunger strike, Öcalan's birthday and
• KCK: The HBDH carries on the tradition of Mahir Çayan and his comrades 

  The KCK paid tribute to Mahir Çayan and his comrades, killed in Kizildere on 30 March 1972.
• HDP releases Final Document of its Party Assembly meeting 

  On 28-29 March 2021, the HDP released the Final Declaration of its ordinary meeting which discussed the dissolution case filed against it.
• Karayilan: Is there room for the Kurds in the 21st century? 

  The Turkish state wants to restore the borders of the Ottoman Empire, said Murat Karayilan (PKK) exploring the question of whether there will be room for the Kurds in the political system of the 21st century.
• Ebu Rayid leaves the KDP to return to Shengal  

  Birhim Derwêş, known as Ebu Rayid, member of the High Tribe Community affiliated to the KDP, left the KDP and joined the Shengal Autonomous Council, calling on all Yazidis to defend Shengal.