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• 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.
• Öcalan's message: I salute the enthusiastic support of the Call for Peace and a Democratic Society 

  Abdullah Öcalan conveyed a message during his family visit. He said: "I salute our people’s enthusiastic support of the Call for Peace and a Democratic Society during Newroz. I extend my greetings for both Newroz and Eid al-Fitr."
• Prisoners in Imrali meet with their relatives 

  Abdullah Öcalan and the other prisoners in Imrali, Ömer Hayri Konar, Hamili Yıldırım and Veysi Aktaş, met with their relatives on the occasion of the end of Ramadan.
• First Eid visit between DEM Party and AKP after ten years 

  Visits between political parties started on the 2nd day of Eid al-Fitr. DEM Party and AKP came together for the first time since 2015.
• German politicians celebrate Newroz and welcome Öcalan’s call 

  Kaweh Mansoori, Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Hesse, and Federal Parliamentarian Armand Zorn congratulated the Kurdish people on Newroz. Zorn called Öcalan’s historic call “a courageous step” and said that the Turkish government must do its part.
• PAJK celebrates 4 April, Abdullah Öcalan's birthday 

  PAJK said: "As we do every year, on 4 April, we will plant new saplings and demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan."
• Students imprisoned in Marmara jail call for boycott and general strike 

  Students in Marmara women’s prison sent a message outside. Determined to expand the struggle, the students said that the boycott should be crowned with a general strike, and called for "workers to struggle hand in hand with students."
• "Walking to Freedom with a Democratic Society" march from Amed to Amara kicks off tomorrow 

  The march from Amed to Amara, "Walking to Freedom with a Democratic Society," will kick off tomorrow. The march is being organized to mark the 76th birthday of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• New statement by Devlet Bahçeli  

  MHP chair, Devlet Bahçeli, has made a new statement regarding Öcalan's historic call.
• Konukçu: The government has no other way out 

  DEM Party MP Kezban Konukçu said that the government has hit a political and economic dead end.
• Newroz celebration in Buenos Aires 

  Kurdish New Year Newroz was celebrated in Buenos Aires under the slogan “A democratic society and peace in Kurdistan”.
• Müftüoğlu: Society must not tie its future to the stock market or market economy 

  Labour economist Özgür Müftüoğlu warns that society should not tie its future to the stock market, noting that neoliberal capital gains regardless of market fluctuations.
• Walder: Öcalan’s freedom should be the first step 

  Deputy Co-Chair of the Swiss Green Party, Nicolas Walder, said that Switzerland could mediate between Turkey and the PKK, and Öcalan’s freedom must be the first step.
• Vedat Aydın commemorated at his gravesite 

  Vedat Aydın, the Diyarbakır Provincial Chair of the People's Labor Party (HEP), who was abducted and killed by JITEM in 1991, was commemorated at his gravesite on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.
• Newroz in Frankfurt marked by messages for the freedom of Öcalan and the Kurdish people 

  Thousands gathered in Frankfurt today to celebrate Newroz, Kurdish New Year. The celebration was the most well-attended event in recent years.