Today is the 71st birthday of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and thousands of messages are being posted on social media since yesterday. 

Former Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams sent his own video message stating his support to the campaign Freedom for Öcalan. 

Adams said: "I greatly admire what Abdullah has been doing. He should not be in prison and the Turkish goverment should stop its oppression of the Kurdish people."