The Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil was launched on 25 June 2012 in Strasbourg, in order to ensure the physical freedom of the Kurdish People's Leader and to break the absolute isolation imposed on him. The vigil continues in its 564th week.

Nurettin Turgut, İsa Turan and Fırat Orhan, who came from the Swiss cities of Lausanne and Geneva, took over the vigil.

Group Spokesperson Nurettin Turgut underlined that Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan has been in heavy isolation for 24 years and has not been allowed to be heard from in any way for 2 years. “We have fears and anxieties about our Leader. We have not heard from our Leader for 2 years. Of course, the responsible and partner of this isolation is not just the Turkish state. We know that the Turkish state is fascist, and that it carries out all kinds of violence against the Kurdish people. If the international powers, the European Parliament, NATO, even the United Nations and many other international institutions did not remain silent and did not approve, this isolation would not have been implemented, our Leader would have gained his freedom and he would have been among us. But unfortunately, all of these dirty policies are common. Our request is to receive news from our Leader and to end the isolation imposed on him. At the same time, we want our Leader to be among us. We are in Strasbourg, in front of the European Parliament, to break the isolation and liberate our Leader. We have been keeping our vigil for 11 years, and we will continue to do so.”