The vigil started in the Suruç district of Urfa on the border of Kobanê in protest at the invasion attacks against North and East Syria continues on its 6th day. The vigil was launched under the leadership of the Democratic Regions Party (DBP), Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) and Free Women's Movement (TJA).

Activists on Saturday paid tribute to Kurdish journalists Cihan Bilgin and Nazım Daştan, who were killed in a Turkish drone attack in Rojava on 19 December, and the victims of the Roboski massacre, which claimed the lives of 34 people, mostly minors, in the countryside of Şırnak province on 28 December 2011.

Speaking here, Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Party Assembly (PM) member Celalettin Erkmen said, "They continue to turn the Middle East into a bloodbath. The imperialist powers do nothing but engage in destruction, denial and ignoring. Against this war, there is a state of democratic life that we call the 3rd Way, and it is currently being built in Rojava. Rojava is a land that was won with the prices paid by young people of great value. Our democratic struggle against attacks will continue. It is our duty to defend the system established in Rojava. If peace is to be achieved in this country, conditions for Mr. Öcalan's freedom must be ensured. Rojava is our achievement. Rojava is us.”

DEM Party Yenişehir District Co-Chair Ramazan Demir said, "Rojava was built based on the paradigm put forward by Mr. Öcalan and it is being targeted today. We must protect this achievement."