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• Öcalan's lawyers apply for a visit to Imrali 

  Öcalan's lawyers submitted another application for a visit to Imrali.
• KCDK-E calls on Kurds in Europe to protest Turkish attacks against Rojava 

  KCDK-E issued a call to Kurds in Europe to take to the streets in support of Rojava. The organization underlined that people in Northern and Eastern are fighting to defend themselves from the Turkish attacks.
• PYD members take over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg  

  The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg has been taken over by PYD members in its 655th week.
• MP Önder: Ahmet Türk will also participate in a possible meeting with Öcalan in İmralı 

  Following the meeting with the DEVA Party, Sırrı Süreyya Önder, member of the DEM Party İmralı Delegation, announced that Ahmet Türk will also attend a possible meeting with Abdullah Öcalan.
• KCK: All those responsible for the massacres will be held to account 

  “Without the support of the European states and intelligence organizations, the Turkish state and MIT, responsible for countless numbers of assassinations and massacres, could not have carried out a massacre in a place like Paris,” KCK said.
• The Permanent Peoples' Tribunal on Rojava vs. Turkey will take place on 5-6 February in Brussels 

  The Permanent Peoples' Tribunal on Rojava vs. Turkey will be held on 5-6 February in Brussels.
• Message to Rojava from Sahrawi Solidarity Summit 

  Dozens of activists, including Greta Thunberg, attending the Sahrawi Solidarity Summit, voiced their support for the Rojava Revolution and expressed solidarity with the resistance against the Turkish state’s attacks on the region.
• DEM Party İmralı delegation meets CHP chairperson Özgür Özel 

  The meeting between the DEM Party İmralı delegation and CHP chairperson Özgür Özel has commenced.
• DEM Party İmralı Delegation to make a comprehensive statement after a visit to Demirtaş 

  Sırrı Süreyya Önder a member of the DEM Party's İmralı Delegation, said they would make a comprehensive statement after visiting Selahattin Demirtaş, the imprisoned former co-chair of the HDP.
• CDK-F calls on everyone to attend the "March for Truth and Justice" in Paris on Saturday 

  CDK-F Co-chair Şahin Polat said: “We are expecting everyone to participate in the march to demand truth and justice for the Paris massacres, to defend Rojava, for our Leader.
• DEM Party Imrali delegation meets Ahmet Davutoğlu, president of Future Party 

  The DEM Party Imrali delegation met with Ahmet Davutoğlu, the president of the Future Party.
• Researcher Ok: Resolving the Kurdish question will unlock avenues for economic development 

  Researcher and writer Sinan Ok said that one of the main reasons for the economic crisis is the transfer of the country's resources to security expenditures.
• German and French Foreign Ministers arrive in Damascus 

  The foreign ministers of Germany and France are in Damascus.
• DEM Party Imrali delegation announces program of meetings with parties in Parliament 

  The DEM Party Imrali delegation announced the program of the meetings with political parties that are represented in the Parliament.
• DEM Party Youth Assembly member Güvercin remanded in custody 

  DEM Party Youth Assembly member Rohat Güvercin, who was taken into custody at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport on the last day of 2024, was sent to prison on Thursday.
• DEM Party delegation to meet other parties after visit to Imrali 

  The DEM Party delegation is set to commence a series of meetings with political parties about its visit to Imrali and its meeting with Leader Öcalan. The delegation is scheduled to meet with Numan Kurtulmuş and Devlet Bahçeli today.
• Activists from Nancy take over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil was taken over by a group of activists from Nancy in its 654th week. The activists wished for the new year to be the year of freedom for the Kurdish people’s leader.
• Senator Savodelli calls on France not to abandon its Kurdish allies 

  French Senator Savoldelli wrote a letter to French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot drawing attention to the attacks on Rojava: “The Rojava model is a reference to the reconstruction of Syria. France cannot abandon the Kurds in the face of the attacks."
• 10 people taken into custody in Kocaeli for posting photos of journalists killed in Northeast Syria 

  In Kocaeli, 10 people, including DEM Party district co-chairs, were taken into custody after their homes were raided. They were detained because they shared photos of murdered journalists Cihan Bilgin and Nazım Daştan on their social media accounts.
• DEM Party Youth Assembly spokesperson taken into custody 

  DEM Party Youth Assembly spokesperson Rohat Güvercin was taken into custody as he return to Turkey from a trip abroad.
• KCK: Leader Öcalan’s perspective will be the compass of our struggle in the new year 

  KCK expressed their belief that the new year will bring the liberation of Öcalan, a solution to the Kurdish question, the democratization of Turkey and the region, peace and stability in the region and the whole world.
• DEM Party co-chairs: 2025 will be an era of peace and democracy for Turkey and the region 

  The DEM Party co-chairs issued a statement to mark the new year. They said that 2025 will be "an era of peace, democracy and brotherhood for Turkey and the region."
• Letter to the Prime Minister's Office in the UK calls for action for minorities in Syria 

  The United Democratic Forces and the British Alevi Federation call on Britain and international powers to take a more decisive stance against the lawlessness in Syria.
• Kolbar from Bane froze to death 

  A kolbar from the city of Bane in Rojhilat lost his life because of the cold.
• Sırrı Süreyya Önder: We will make a more comprehensive statement in the new year 

  DEM Party MP Sırrı Süreyya Önder said: "I am more hopeful now than I was in previous processes. We will make a comprehensive statement in the new year about our meeting with Öcalan.