Thousands of people took to the streets in the French city of Marseille on Sunday to demand freedom for Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan.

The demonstration took place following the call of the Democratic Kurdish Community Center in Marseille. During their march from Canabiere Square to Vieux Port Square, demonstrators chanted slogans in favor of Öcalan and the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) and handed out leaflets containing information about the isolation regime imposed on the Kurdish leader.

Speaking at the rally that followed the march, the co-chair of the Democratic Kurdish Community Center in Marseille pointed out that any attack directed against Abdullah Öcalan was directed against the Kurdish people.

Demonstrators demanded freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and condemned the genocidal attacks of the Turkish state in various parts of the Kurdistan territory.