'Their pens will not remain on the ground'
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- 12:54 21/12/2024
Reacting to the murder of journalists Nazım Daştan and Cihan Bilgin, their colleagues say, "Our friends were murdered for deciphering war crimes and dirty plans."
Reacting to the murder of journalists Nazım Daştan and Cihan Bilgin, their colleagues say, "Our friends were murdered for deciphering war crimes and dirty plans."
PEN International President Burhan Sönmez stated that journalists Nazım Daştan and Cihan Bilgin were murdered while pursuing the truth and says, "We are in days when we need a Free Press more than ever."
13 journalists have been killed and 7 wounded in Turkey's attacks against the Federated Kurdistan Region and North and East Syria in 5 years.
During the vigil on the Nisêbîn-Qamishlo border, a call was made for the recognition of the status of North and East Syria.
The "Democratic Solution and Freedom March", which has reached Ankara, has called for "Parliament to take responsibility for the lifting of the absolute isolation, the negotiated solution of the Kurdish issue and the democratisation of Turkey as a historical duty".
Journalist Nazım Daştan, who was killed in Turkey's drone attack, made countless news in many areas from Kobanê to Afrin, from Raqqa to Tabqa, from Dîlok to Şirnex and publicised the peoples' struggle.
Cihan Bilgin, who started her career as Apê Musa's "little general" on the streets of Amed (Diyarbakır), has always focused on the women's revolution and resistance in North and East Syria, shedding light on processes she calls "historical" with her news reports.
Journalists Nazım Daştan and Cihan Bilgin were killed in a Turkish drone attack.
In a statement on Turkey's attacks, SDF said: "We call upon our people in the Kobani to demonstrate their unwavering determination by actively participating in the resistance and taking up arms against the occupation. We urge all the people of Kobani to embrace their duty to defend their homeland by joining the fight on the frontlines."
The release of Mehmet Ali Taşlı, a 30-year prisoner in Konya's Ereğli High Security Prison, was postponed for one year.
Taybet Inan, whose body was held on the street for 7 days during the curfews in Silopi, was commemorated on the street where she was murdered.
In the statements made on the anniversary of the massacre carried out under the name of "Operation Return to Life", it was stated that the isolation has become heavier and the rights violations in prisons have increased in the intervening 24 years, and demands for prisons were listed.
Lawyers from the Asrın Law Office have made a new application for a meeting with their client Abdullah Öcalan.
Speaking at the "Democratic Solution and Freedom March", Sümeyye Boz from DEM Party pointed out that the solution to the problems lies in Abdullah Öcalan's paradigm and says, "Conditions must be provided for Mr Öcalan to fulfil his mission."
Reacting to the attacks on North and East Syria and Hakan Fidan's statements, DEM Party MP Sırrı Sakık says, "He says, 'Let them go away'. There is their land. You must leave."