Abdulkadir Kuday, a seriously ill prisoner whose release was prevented, died in Metris R Type Prison two days ago.

Masses are paying condolence visits to the Kuday family after the funeral in the district of Kızıltepe yesterday.

In addition to hundreds of residents, Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Co-Chair Keskin Bayındır, Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) MPs, co-mayors, provincial and district executives visited the condolence house in Kızıltepe on Friday. They were welcomed by the Kuday family and observed a minute of silence in memory of those who lost their lives in the struggle for freedom and democracy.

Mehmet Şafi Erol, speaking on behalf of the Marmara Association for Assistance with Prisoner Families (TUHAY-DER), said that Kuday's body was sick but his spirit was alive. Noting that Kuday did not accept surrender despite all the pressure he faced, Erol said, “He resisted and fought for his people until his last breath. We bow to his resistance with respect.”

Stating that Kuday did not bow down to those who persecuted Kurds, DEM Party MP Saliha Aydeniz said, ‘His stance should be an example for us. With this stance, we need to carry on the Kurdish people's struggle for freedom every day.”

Saliha Aydeniz stated that it is necessary to be in a state of resistance every day for the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and that their primary duty for the freedom of the Kurdish people is to ensure the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and to break the isolation.

Co-Chair Keskin Bayındır, who paid a visit to the Kuday family to the accompaniment of a delegation that included Mardin Co-Mayor Ahmet Türk, said that the government uses all human needs against the people. Bayındır stated that prisoners are deprived of all humanitarian needs and lose their lives in prisons as a result of Kurdish hostility.

Paying tribute to Kuday, Bayındır said: “His will was that the Kurdish people should grow their alliance even more, and that we should not kneel against oppression and hostility until our last breath. His will is going to be the way and method of resistance and freedom for us.”

Noting that Kuday's path is the path of freedom and resistance, Bayındır added: “Today, millions of people in prisons and all over Kurdistan are carrying out the struggle of comrade Abdulkadir. Today, our duty is to raise this struggle and this resistance. This was his will. We will honour this will. We will enhance our unity and alliance. We will love each other. We will struggle and resist against this ruling, this oppression, this enmity, this isolation until we achieve freedom, the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.”