Due to monist policies, the languages spoken in the Black Sea are in danger of extinction. Sümeyye Yıldızlı from Pontus Greeks and Mahir Ozkan from Hemşin emphasized that their mother language must be the official and education language.
The hunger strike in prisons demanding "Freedom for Abdullah Ocalan and solution to the Kurdish issue" has entered its 87th day.
In the KCK Case, which has been ongoing in Mêrdîn since 2014, 15 Kurdish politicians, including former Deputy Gülser Yıldırım, were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 6 years 3 months to 7 years 6 months on the allegation of "membership in a terrorist organisation".
DEM Party held enthusiastic office openings in many cities and introduced the candidates to the public.
While the Justice Watch launched in many provinces for the physical freedom of PKK Leader Abdullah Ocalan continued, visitors and participants gave the message "We are here for the freedom of Abdullah Ocalan".
Party flags hanging at DEM Party's Kulu election office were removed by two unidentified people.
The lawyers of Asrın Law Firm applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and İmralı Prison Directorate to meet with their client Abdullah Ocalan, whom they had not heard from for 34 months.
Sinan Sütpak, a 31-year prisoner who should have been released a year ago, is not released due to "low life principle".
DEM Party decided to enter the elections with its own candidates in the center and all districts of Izmir, Muğla and Balıkesir.
The delegation of the “International Solution to the Kurdish Issue and Against Isolation Delegation", which made its first visit to Asrın Law Firm in Istanbul, said: We denounce Abdullah Ocalan's solitary confinement as a sheer violation of human rights and international law. It is time for the release of Abdullah Ocalan.”
Stating that Turkish state and Erdogan’s regime uses the inhuman isolation against Ocalan as a way of attacking the Kurds psychologically. Redcrow said: “Ending Ocalan’s isolation and entering into negotiations with him for a lasting peace is the only solution that can salvage the Turkish Republic”
The hunger strike in prisons demanding "Freedom for Abdullah Ocalan and solution to the Kurdish issue" has entered its 86th day.
While thousands of students applied for Kurdish elective courses, only 132 teachers were appointed in 12 years. Kurdish Teachers' Initiative Spokesperson Emin Ay said: "We must make a loud demand for education in the mother tongue."
The release of 3 prisoners from Sincan Women's Prison was prevented on the grounds of "not being ready to integrate with society" and "not being well behaved".
Artists Ali Sesal and Ramazan Veliecelioğlu, one of the signatories of the "Let's Be a Voice for Peace" declaration, emphasized that the Kurdish issue must be solved as a priority to ensure social peace in the new century of the republic.