15 February marks the 25th anniversary of the international conspiracy against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan. The founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was abducted from Kenya on 15 February 1999 with the cooperation of international secret services. This act of piracy, contrary to international law, had begun with Öcalan's forced departure from Syria on 9 October 1998. The Kurdish community is taking the upcoming anniversary of his abduction as an opportunity to demand the release of the 74-year-old leader, who is held in total isolation in Imrali Island Prison.

Tens of thousands of people from Efrin and Shehba cantons gathered in Fafin district and protested the international conspiracy on its 25th anniversary.

Şediye İbrahim, a member of the Council of Martyrs’ Families, condemned the conspiracy, which, she said, aimed to destroy the Kurdish people and their identity.

Şediye İbrahim stated that Abdullah Öcalan's resistance and the unity of the people put an end to the conspiracies. İbrahim pointed out that the key to all the problems in the Middle East is in İmralı and that the world should recognise this fact, "Whoever wants a solution should go to İmralı."

Speaking on behalf of the people of Afrin and Shehba, Neci Seleme said, "We will tear down the Imrali system, we will live free with Leader Öcalan. No one can darken our day anymore."

Neci Seleme said that the people reached the level of freedom thanks to Abdullah Öcalan's philosophy.