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Many issues to be on agenda at meeting with Ministry says Tulay Hatimogullari

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14:55 15/4

DEM Party Co-chair Tülay Hatimogullari stated that many issues will be on the agenda of the İmralı Delegation's meeting with the Justice Ministry.

Lawyers applies to meet with Abdullah Öcalan

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11:55 15/4

Lawyers of Asrın Law Office have applied to the Attorney General's Office and the prison directorate for a meeting with their client Abdullah Öcalan.

‘Right to hope’ must be implemented say ÖHD lawyers

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09:50 15/4

Stating that the isolation against Abdullah Öcalan continues, lawyers from ÖHD noted that international legislation obliges the implementation of the "right to hope".

Rojhilat Newroz celebrations: Öcalan's call resonated widely

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09:43 15/4

Journalists who followed the Newroz celebrations in Rojhilat stated that women led the celebrations in many centres and said that the historic call of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Ocalan had a great echo in the celebrations.

Peace can only come by respect of the identities, languages and cultures says Prof Dr Dunbar

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09:42 15/4

Prof. Dr. Robert Douglas Dunbar from the University of Edinburgh emphasised that peace can be achieved through respect for languages and cultures.

'Prohibition of torture and ill-treatment’ violated in Sincan Prison

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16:29 14/4

Rights Violations Monitoring Coordination stated that prisoners' rights to access to health care, freedom of expression, communication and social rights are violated in Sincan Prison Nos. 1 and 2, which violates the prohibition of torture and ill-treatment.

Date of İmralı Delegation-Ministry of Justice meeting announced

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12:36 14/4

DEM Party İmralı Delegation will meet with the Ministry of Justice on 18 April.

Military tower built in Botan Valley

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11:10 14/4

A military tower was built in Botan Valley, which is visited by thousands of people every spring season with its natural beauties.

Observation committees work like guillotines says brother of ill prisoner Akay

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10:48 14/4

Soydan Akay was hositalised 7 times in one month and his release was prevented 4 times by the Administration and Observation Board. Veysel Akay, brother of Soydan Akay reacted against the decision of the boards and said, "It works like a guillotine mechanism."

Process impossible without release of Abdullah Öcalan says Blai Taberner Curado

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09:26 14/4

Stating that Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan's historic call is an opportunity for the whole world, CUP Member Blai Taberner Curado said, "This peace process is impossible to be conducted without releasing the hundreds of political prisoners that are still in Turkey, and of course, Abdullah Öcalan himself."

Cuma Çat, who took part in Hilvan Resistance, lost his life

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09:12 14/4

Cuma Çat, who was held in Diyarbakır Prison during the 12 September military coup, died in Mersin City Hospital where he was being treated.

Electricity restored to Kobani and its villages after 4 months

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15:28 13/4

Euphrates Canton Energy Council has restored elecricity to Kobani and some villages after 4 months of work.

Unpublished photograph of Abdullah Öcalan revealed

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14:31 13/4

Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan's photograph from the years he worked at the Land Registry and Cadastre in Amed has been published for the first time.

Call for ill prisoners: State must take step

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13:23 13/4

MED TUHAD-FED executive Şafi Hayme, who was held in the same prison for 3 and a half years with seriously ill prisoner Soydan Akay, said: "Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan took a step, the state must also take a step and all ill prisoners must be released as soon as possible."

Mothers to government: Release Öcalan

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13:08 13/4

Peace Mothers called on the government to take concrete steps for the democratic solution of the Kurdish question, "Let our leader be released," they say.