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• Erdoğan: We want to do what is right for Turkey 

  Speaking about Abdullah Öcalan’s Call for Peace and Democratic Society, Turkish President Erdoğan said: "We want to do what is right for Turkey."
• Speaker of Turkish Parliament: Öcalan’s call positive and extremely useful 

  Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş said that they saw Abdullah Öcalan’s call on February 27 as “positive and extremely useful”.
• Öcalan's message to DEM Party elected representatives: Explain peace to people 

  The message that Abdullah Öcalan sent to the elected DEM Party members was, "Speak about peace, support peace and explain it."
• Three Kurdish writers detained over Kurdish education book 

  Writers Mevlüt Aykoç, Sami Tan and Ronayi Önen were detained for Hinker, a Kurdish education book written in 2010, on the grounds that the book was “ideological education material of the organization”.
• MLKP: We support the demands the ‘Call for Peace and Democratic Society’ aims for 

  The Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (MLKP) expressed its support for the national democratic demands highlighted in Abdullah Öcalan’s ‘Call for Peace and Democratic Society’.
• Nacho Sánchez Amor: Öcalan’s call is an enormous step and has to be praised 

  The European Parliament Standing Rapporteur on Turkey, Nacho Sánchez Amor, highlighted the importance of Öcalan’s ‘Call for Peace and Democratic Society’, calling it "a very big, important step."
• KCDK-E and TJK-E: We will mobilize for the implementation of Öcalan’s call 

  KCDK-E and TJK-E: “We consider ourselves responsible for the implementation of the Peace and Democratic Society manifesto. We will elevate our struggle as democratic Kurdish community organizations in Europe for the realization of democracy and peace."
• DEM Party MP Çiftyürek: Öcalan’s call involves both the PKK and the state 

  Sinan Çiftyürek said that Abdullah Öcalan’s call urged both the PKK and the Turkish state to take responsibility.
• 13 people, including CHP mayor of Beykoz, remanded in custody 

  Thirteen people, including Beykoz Mayor Alaattin Köseler, were imprisoned on charges of “bid rigging”.
• Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Williams: Abdullah Öcalan's call for peace is inspiring 

  Nobel Peace Prize winner and human rights activist Jody Williams said that Öcalan's efforts for peace were inspiring.
• Journalist Lefevre: Progressive people in Belgium always stood by Kurds 

  In the second part of this interview with ANF, journalist Lefevre said that progressive people in Belgium have always stood in solidarity with the Kurdish people's struggle.
• NAV-BEL calls for participation in Democracy and Freedom for Peace meeting in Brussels 

  NAV-BEL invited all Kurds and their friends to attend a press conference in Brussels on Wednesday.
• Türkoğlu: We will build the politics of a new era 

  Halide Türkoğlu stated that Abdullah Öcalan’s call has opened a new era.
• GÖÇ-DER: Forcibly displaced Kurds should be able to return to their ancient lands 

  The Mesopotamia Migration Monitoring and Research Association (GÖÇ-DER) demanded that legal arrangements be made following Öcalan’s call on February 27, paving the way for the return of forcibly displaced Kurds to their ancient lands.
• Sefkan Kobanê: The state should take legal steps after Öcalan’s call 

  Journalist and writer Sefkan Kobanê said that Öcalan’s call points to social change and transformation. According to Kobanê, all segments should embrace this process and the state should take legal and legislative steps.
• Ayşegül Doğan: Öcalan’s conditions must be improved 

  DEM Party Spokesperson Ayşegül Doğan said “A new page is opening for us” following the call by Abdullah Öcalan and called for the improvement of the Kurdish leader’s conditions.
• Eliaçık: Öcalan's call represents an ideological jump forward 

  Writer Ihsan Eliaçık said that Abdullah Öcalan's Call for Peace and Democratic Society does not represent a retreat but rather an ideological jump forward.
• Ahmet Karamus: Öcalan's call opens the way to peace and democracy 

  KNK co-chair Ahmet Karamus confirmed support for Abdullah Öcalan's call, saying that it opens the way to peace and democracy.
• Bahçeli: The call from Imrali is valuable and important from beginning to end 

  MHP leader Bahçeli said: “The statement written in Imrali is valuable and important from beginning to end. The statement coming from Kandil is satisfactory.”
• Türk-Iş: Hunger threshold in Turkey surpasses minimum wage 

  The cost of living for a single employee in Turkey increased to 30,206 TL ($827) per month.
• 'Freedom for Öcalan Initiative' in Iraq calls on Turkey not to miss the opportunity for peace 

  The 'Freedom for Öcalan Initiative' in Iraq called on Turkey to fulfill Öcalan’s demands for peace and provide the legal and political basis for it.
• Iraq welcomes Öcalan’s call: An important step in achieving stability in the region 

  Iraq emphasizes that political solutions and dialogue are the best way to address differences and end conflicts, to serve the interests of all parties and to enhance peaceful coexistence.
• HDK on Öcalan’s call: We will take the necessary responsibility 

  In a statement on Öcalan’s ‘Call for Peace and Democratic Society’, HDK expressed its readiness to take the necessary responsibility.
• Önder: We hope that everything will be arranged within three months 

  Speaking after the PKK's announcement of a ceasefire, Sırrı Süreyya Önder said they hoped that the situation would be clarified with meetings involving state officials and politicians in the coming weeks.
• 'The Turkish state should respond to Öcalan's call and proposal for peace’ 

  Gianni Tognoni and Marion Böker pointed out that Abdullah Öcalan’s historic call is very important and called for the Turkish state to respond to Öcalan's proposal for peace.