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• Kurdish-Turkish alliance could open the door to new developments 

  The next step lies with the Turkish people and the state. A true alliance must be built on equality, democracy, and legality.
• Football for peace in Syria and Iraq with Oleguer Presas 

  Hope League is born: a international project with the collaboration of Barça Foundation that uses football to rebuild the social fabric and foster coexistence in northeast Syria and Iraqi Kurdistan.
• Çiğdem Doğu: We are not dissolving our values 

  Çiğdem Doğu said the PKK has created a moral and cultural legacy through its martyrs.
• Burç: Erdoğan only thinks about preserving his political survival 

  Eyüp Burç stated that Tayyip Erdoğan prioritizes his own survival.
• Sever: Turkey unlikely to make a major leap despite diplomatic visibility 

  Journalist Aykan Sever said Turkey has gained some ground through mediation efforts but lacks the capacity to pursue large-scale strategic projects.
• Cemil Bayık: We are now developing a new paradigm, a second manifesto 

  “The change and transformation taking place in the Middle East will not remain confined to the Middle East. It will affect the whole world because the Middle East is the foundation of this world,” said Cemil Bayık of the KCK.
• Cemil Bayık: Abdullah Öcalan brought the Kurds back to their feet 

  Cemil Bayık stated that Öalan developed the PKK to show what kind of struggle, philosophy, ideology, politics, leadership, organization, militancy, and patriotism must develop in Kurdistan so that Kurds can survive, stand up, live, and struggle.
• Sabri Ok: Trust yourselves and President Öcalan 

  "In the face of President Öcalan’s truth, and the historic step he seeks to take, it is our duty and responsibility to enter this new phase with great morale, awareness, and resistance," said Sabri Ok of the KCK.
• Besta Botan: We will forever be proud of being PKK members 

  Besta Botan said that the PKK gained a new identity through Leader Öcalan’s Manifesto of Democratic Civilization and added: "We will forever proud of being PKK members."
• Cemal Amed: The congress marks the beginning of a new historic struggle 

  PKK delegate Cemal Amed said that the 12th Congress signifies the end of one era and the beginning of a new historic struggle.
• Bozan Tekin: The spirit of Apoism will live on 

  Bozan Tekin, a delegate to the PKK congress, emphasized the importance of President Öcalan’s new organizational model.
• Muslim: Turkey must now correct its historical mistakes 

  Salih Muslim said that the PKK has fulfilled its founding purpose and called on Turkey to correct its historical wrongs.
• Evîndar Ararat: The struggle for democratic politics cannot be without self-defense 

  PAJK Coordination Member Evîndar Ararat pointed out that the defense forces should not lay down their arms until a permanent agreement and legal guarantees are secured.
• Hêlîn Ümit: PKK has been a source of hope for both the Kurds and the peoples of the world 

  Speaking at the 12th PKK Congress, PKK Central Committee member Hêlîn Ümit said that everyone has a share in the PKK's truth and that change is needed in the new period.
• Ayten Dersim: PKK is not just a name, it's a way of life 

  PAJK Coordination member Ayten Dersim said that the PKK is a philosophy and a way of life.
• The PKK's historic resistance enters a new stage 

  The PKK is taking the struggle it has waged for more than fifty years to a new stage. It will move toward new organizations and methods of struggle. The PKK and its struggle will not disappear or come to an end.
• Footage from the historic PKK Congress 

  The 12th PKK Congress was successfully held between May 5 and 7 in the Medya Defense Zones. We are sharing footage captured by ANF cameras at the historic congress in the guerrilla areas.
• Amed Malazgirt: A new era of greater struggle begins 

  Commander Amed Malazgirt said: "A new era of greater struggle is beginning, and our burden is growing heavier."
• Karayılan: The Turkish state must urgently pass laws to move the process further 

  PKK Executive Committee member Murat Karayılan said that legal changes are essential for implementing the decision to end the armed struggle.
• Cemil Bayık: Every step Leader Öcalan has taken so far has resulted in victory 

  Cemil Bayık stated that he felt the same excitement about the decision to end the PKK as he did when it was founded, saying, “If I were to come back to this world, I would again take Leader Öcalan as a basis.”
• Sozdar Avesta: Achieving results is possible through a socialist way of life 

  Sozdar Avesta, member of the KCK General Presidency Council, said: “Achieving results from here onward is only possible through a socialist way of life, communal relations, and a fundamental way of life that can take the lead in society.”
• 12th PKK Congress: Delegates pledge to preserve all the values established by the PKK 

  At the PKK’s 12th Congress held in the Medya Defense Zones, the delegates pledged to preserve all the values established by the PKK during a collective oath-taking ceremony.
• 12 congresses in 47 years: The policy of denial eliminated; time to build a democratic society now 

  Founded 47 years ago, the PKK has eliminated the republic's 100-year policy of denial and annihilation. The 12th congress of the PKK, held on May 5-7, was marked by Abdullah Öcalan’s February 27 ‘Call for Peace and a Democratic Society’.
• Rıza Altun on Democratic Confederalism in Europe 

  In an interview a few years before his death, Riza Altun outlines the transferability of Democratic Confederalism to Europe. Starting with a critique of German state ideology, he argues for grassroots democratic self-organization of social groups.
• Besê Hozat: We are writing a new history 

  Speaking at the 12th Extraordinary Congress of the PKK, KCK Executive Council co-chair Besê Hozat said: "We are writing a new history. The PKK has, of course, played its role. We will now develop a new process based on this great legacy."