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• Kurds call out to the CoE: Create conditions for Öcalan to live freely! 

  Kurds urged the Council of Europe in Strasbourg to listen to Öcalan’s manifesto for Peace and Democratic Society, abolish the Imrali system, and create the conditions for Leader Öcalan to live freely.
• Berkin Elvan's mother and father sentenced to prison for “insulting the president” 

  Berkin Elvan, a 14-year-old teenager, was injured by a tear gas canister on the sidelines of the Gezi protests in Istanbul and died after nine months in a coma. His parents were now sentenced to prison for “insulting the president”.
• Öcalan: I am determined to bring the process to a successful conclusion 

  DEM Party MP Ömer Öcalan quoted Abdullah Öcalan as saying: “I am determined to carry out this process and bring it to a successful conclusion. I have hope, and I am working for it” during the Eid visit in İmralı at the end of March.
• İmralı delegation to meet with Erdoğan tomorrow 

  DEM Party Imrali Delegation and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will hold a meeting tomorrow.
• The Greens Party of Germany visits DEM Party 

  German Greens Party Co-Chair Felix Banaszak and an accompanying delegation paid a visit to the DEM Party in Ankara.
• DEM Party delegation holds talks in Russia 

  A delegation of the DEM Party is in Russia to discuss the latest developments and Abdullah Öcalan's 'Call for peace and democratic society'.
• Bakırhan: DEM Party delegation may meet with Erdoğan this week 

  DEM Party Co-Chair Tuncer Bakırhan announced that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the DEM Party delegation may meet within the week.
• Panel discussion in the UK Parliament: Turkish state should fulfill its responsibilities 

  A session titled 'The peace process in Turkey, current developments and future prospects' was held in the British Parliament. The speakers stated that the Turkish state and government should take concrete steps.
• 145 workers lost their lives in Turkey in March 

  The highest number of deaths occurred in the construction/road sector with 36. The city with the highest number of worker deaths was Istanbul with 11.
• Lawyer Ergin: Students in prison denied hospital access 

  Lawyers said that students in Marmara Prison are split into wards and denied hospital access.
• Özgür Özel re-elected chairman of the CHP 

  “This is also the beginning of the CHP's early election campaign,” said Özgür Özel, re-elected the chairman of the party on Sunday.
• Hundreds of human skulls and bones uncovered in hidden shelter beneath Mor Dimet Church in Nusaybin 

  Hundreds of human skulls and bones have been uncovered in a hidden shelter beneath the Mor Dimet Church in the village of Arbo, in Nusaybin.
• March in Düsseldorf demands freedom for Öcalan 

  Kurdish citizens staged a march in Düsseldorf, Germany calling for freedom for Abdullah Öcalan who has been incarcerated in İmralı Island Prison in Turkey since 1999.
• Global Öcalan Book Day takes place around the world 

  The third edition of the Global Öcalan Book Day is taking place in various cities around the world to mark the 76th birthday of the Kurdish leader.
• Karaca: The young people in prison are not alone 

  Labour Party of Turkey MP Sevda Karaca visited the young detainees attacked in Menemen Prison and vowed to stand by them and follow the case closely.
• Abdullah Öcalan's birthday celebrated in Amara 

  Following a march from Halfeti to Amara, a celebration was held at the house where Abdullah Ocalan was born.
• Özgür Müftüoğlu: The boycott is not economic, but political 

  Academic Özgür Müftüoğlu described the April 2 mass boycott as a political reaction and stated that what truly unsettled the government was the collective action of the people.
• Gerry Adams: Kurdish peace move a 'pivotal moment' for region 

  Sinn Féin's former president Gerry Adams is among the over 200 signatories of an appeal supporting Öcalan's call for peace and a democratic society.
• Women's movement takes over the Freedom Vigil in Strasbourg in its 667th week 

  The vigil launched in Strasbourg on June 25, 2012 demanding the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan continues in its 667th week.
• 16 people were taken into custody accused of calling for “shopping boycott” 

  In Istanbul, 16 people were taken into custody accused of calling for the “2 April shopping boycott” on social media.
• Komalên Ciwan calls to expand the march for freedom  

  Komalên Ciwan Coordination has called on the youth of Kurdistan and Turkey to join the march to Amara, describing it as a path of reclaiming one’s essence and uniting with the truth of Öcalan.
• Young people marching to Amara: We demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  The young people attending the march from Amed to Amara to mark Abdullah Öcalan's birthday said: "We are walking to demand freedom for Öcalan."
• Aktar: Political will needed for Kurdish demands 

  Cengiz Aktar criticized the government for lacking the political will to address Kurdish demands and urged concrete action to move beyond superficial discussions of dialogue.
• European Network of Solidarity with Kurdistan to meet in Rome on 11-12 April 

  The European Network of Solidarity with Kurdistan will meet in Rome on 11-12 April.
• 4 April: Global Öcalan Book Day  

  The third edition of the Global Öcalan Book Day will take place on 4 April 2025.