Thousands of women joined 8 March rallies
Thousands of women joined 8 March rallies
Thousands of women have demanded freedom for Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan. On Saturday rallies were held for 8 March, International Women's Day, in Batman and Adana where the women visited the hunger strikers after a demonstration. In Diyarbakýr, the Sur Municipality Women’s Support Centre (KADEM) organized an event in the historical Keçi Bastion and a panel was held in Eðil. Women in Ýzmir commemorated Zekiye Alkan and Rahþan Demirel who set themselves on fire to protest the pressures on the Kurdish people.
The demonstration organized by Democratic Free Women’s Movement (DÖKH) in Batman was attended by thousands of women shouting out loud their demands for freedom for women and Öcalan as Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) co-chair Gültan Kýþanak said, “The struggle for women’s liberation and the struggle for Kurdish people’s liberation are the same. Our people’s freedom is our freedom.”
Women, including Sur deputy Mayor Gülbahar Örmek, district council members and KADEM employees, held a rally to the Keçi Bastion where they danced and distributed white carnations, calling for freedom and peace.
Eðil Mayor Petek Çapanoðlu was one of the two panelists in Eðil where a discussion on the political agenda and jailed women was held.
In Ýzmir, DÖKH activists holding carnations went to the place where Rahþan Demirel set herself on fire in 1992 and later to Zekiye Alkan’s grave. “Our way is Zekiye’s and Rahþan’s way,” said Cemile Aydýn from the Mothers for Peace Initiative on behalf of DÖKH.
The demonstration organized by Democratic Free Women’s Movement (DÖKH) in Batman was attended by thousands of women shouting out loud their demands for freedom for women and Öcalan as Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) co-chair Gültan Kýþanak said, “The struggle for women’s liberation and the struggle for Kurdish people’s liberation are the same. Our people’s freedom is our freedom.”
Women, including Sur deputy Mayor Gülbahar Örmek, district council members and KADEM employees, held a rally to the Keçi Bastion where they danced and distributed white carnations, calling for freedom and peace.
Eðil Mayor Petek Çapanoðlu was one of the two panelists in Eðil where a discussion on the political agenda and jailed women was held.
In Ýzmir, DÖKH activists holding carnations went to the place where Rahþan Demirel set herself on fire in 1992 and later to Zekiye Alkan’s grave. “Our way is Zekiye’s and Rahþan’s way,” said Cemile Aydýn from the Mothers for Peace Initiative on behalf of DÖKH.
