The Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil started on 25 June 2012 in Strasbourg, to demand freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and to break the isolation imposed on him in Imrali. The vigil has reached week 548.

A group of activists from Cologne took over the vigil this week. The group includes Abdullah Peker, Sipan Atmani, and Mehmet Şerif Ersoy.

Speaking on behalf of the group, Abdullah Peker said that they came to France to demand freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.

Peker said that as Kurds living in Europe, they have been holding the vigil for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan for 1o years, and added: “We are asking the European states; why are you silent? We want to hear your voice. We want to appeal to our people: stand up. Let's resist this enemy, the occupying Turkish state."