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• KCK: The common struggle of the peoples stands against every massacre 

  The Madımak Massacre was carried out on 2 July 1993 in Sivas. 33 people who were commemorating Pir Sultan Abdal were burned alive in the Madımak Hotel.
• 31 years ago, the Madımak massacre 

  The Madımak massacre was carried out 31 years ago in Sivas. 33 people were burned alive in the hotel they were staying while attending an Alevi festival.
• Zilar Stêrk: Zîlan's action was a turning point 

  Comrade Zilan decided to carry out a sacrificial action against the concept of destruction and annihilation that the enemy was applying to Leader Öcalan, said Zilar Stêrk of the KCK Executive Council
• Pictures from Istanbul rally against usurpation of people's will in Hakkari 

  Pictures from the rally organized by Istanbul Labor, Peace and Democracy Forces in Kartal Square against the usurpation of Hakkari municipality with the slogan "We will not allow the trustees to pass for our labor and freedom".
• Zilan, a symbol of resistance for Kurdish women 

  Zeynep Kınacı (Zilan), who sacrificed her life in Dersim on June 30, 1996, was born in Malatya province in 1972. Her family was originally from the village of Elmalı in Malatya and the tribe Mamureki.
• Democracy in a Turkey where the Kurds are massacred 

  The democratic forces in Turkey and the CHP cannot pretend that the Kurdish question does not exist. Fascism cannot be pushed back and democratisation cannot be developed by looking away, remaining silent and evading.
• Karasu: Martyr Zilan showed that Öcalan and the Kurdish people’s fight for freedom are inseparable 

  We are approaching the anniversary of the historic action of the Zeynep Kınacı (Zilan) against the conspiracy against the people’s leader Abdullah Ocalan in 19964. When we look at the freedom struggle carried out since then, can we say that Martyr Zîlan,
• Karasu: The struggle of the Kurdish people is also a struggle to democratize Turkey 

  Karasu said that the "trustee policy is the policy of denial of Kurdish implemented by the AKP-MHP alliance."
• Portrait of Comrade Karker, from Sinop, Albanian and Apoist 

  He was from Sinop, Albanian and Apoist. The grandson of a grandmother who was a guerrilla fighter before World War I, the son of a mine worker who lost his life in a mine collapse... The story of Comrade Karker.
• Karasu: Kurdish people must heal the wounds of the fire with unity and solidarity 

  Mustafa Karasu, said the fires in North Kurdistan "have been deliberately provoked by the Turkish state."
• Turkish occupation is the source of problems in Syria 

  Rojava, Northern and Eastern Syria has been governing itself for more than ten years. And in a democratic way that has no other example in the Middle East. Is it in the interest of the peoples to support this or to destroy it?
• Freedom for Öcalan Vigil marks its 12th anniversary today 

  On 25 June 2012, Kurds began a vigil outside the Council of Europe in Strasbourg calling for freedom for the imprisoned Kurdish leader, Abdullah Öcalan.
• New dossier records 8 months of actions for Öcalan 

  The global campaign ‘Freedom for Öcalan: A Political Solution for the Kurdish Question’ has now been active for eight months.
• Sabri Ok: The Turkish government is waging a psychological, economic, and political war 

  Sabri Ok, a member of the KCK Executive Council, answered questions related to the current military situation.
• Besê Hozat: Guerrillas wage a relentless struggle against the Turkish state’s genocidal attacks 

  Besê Hozat, co-chair of the KCK Executive Council said that "the Turkish state is committing war crimes every day, every hour, and every minute."
• Sabri Ok: Abdullah Öcalan's situation should be everyone's main agenda 

  Sabri Ok said: "Not only the movement and our leadership, but also our people and international friends, should make Öcalan’s situation their main agenda, empathize, discuss what is right, what is one’s duty and responsibility, and what can be done."
• Hozat: Usurping the will of the people is part of Turkish genocide policies 

  "The trustee policy is part of genocide policies, Kurdish denial, and annihilation policies. The Turkish state does not want the Kurds to have a will anywhere. It does not want the Kurds to govern themselves," said Bese Hozat of the KCK.
• Besê Hozat: All the practices in Imrali are policies of Kurdish genocide 

  "Öcalan is the leader of a people, representing the will of millions. It is necessary to create conditions of freedom, security and health for him. Pressure must be intensified against relevant institutions to break the system of torture and isolation."
• Emergency press conference on Abdullah Öcalan in Strasbourg 

  An emergency press conference on Abdullah Öcalan will be held in Strasbourg on 25 June, the 12th anniversary of the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil and the Parliamentary Assembly session.
• Lucaroni: Those who fought against ISIS were betrayed 

  Sara Lucaroni, author of "The Light of Shengal" said: "What is happening in Kurdistan today is one of the results of what Western colonialism inflicted on these lands. Those who defeated ISIS were betrayed."
• A small gift from Girê Cûdî 

  The guerrillas in Girê Cûdî have been fighting against the Turkish occupiers for three years.
• Kalkan: Kurdish women’s freedom will set the standard for everyone 

  Kurdish freedom and the Kurdish women’s freedom will set the standard for all freedoms and democracies
• Hatip Dicle: The specter of Apoism is haunting the world 

  Hatip Dicle spoke of the growing global importance of Abdullah Öcalan's ideology and called for the freedom campaign to be expanded. He underlined the importance of the action days "Dialogues with Öcalan - ideas cannot be imprisoned".
• Kalkan: AKP-MHP government tries to frighten everyone through psychological warfare yet it fails 

  Duran Kalkan, spoke about the current efforts by Turkish president Erdoğan to try and maintain his reign by frightening everyone with psychological warfare.
• Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Campaign launches 'Dialogue with Öcalan – you can’t imprison ideas!' 

  A call from the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Campaign Committee for participation in the Global Days of Events from 15 to 22 June 2024, "Dialogue with Öcalan – you can’t imprison ideas!"