The Jinen Tîrejen Roje Initiative organized actions to protest the isolation imposed on Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan in the Imrali Island High Security Prison.

In a written statement detailing the actions, the Jinen Tîrejen Roje Initiative said: “No news has been received from Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan for more than 21 months. Applications to meet Öcalan are rejected with arbitrary obstructions. The ever-present isolation practices in prisons are getting heavier and stricter every day. Sick prisoners who have reports stating that they cannot stay behind bars are illegally kept in jail. A policy of torture and genocide, unprecedented in history, is imposed on thousands of revolutionaries in prisons.”

The statement continued, “Öcalan, who represents the will of millions, is the only power to bring democracy and freedom to the peoples of the Middle East and Turkey. We will continue our actions without interruption until these arbitrary and inhuman practices come to an end, and Öcalan’s freedom is achieved. As the isolation gets heavier, our actions will increase in equal measure.”

DETAILS OF ACTIONS

The Jinen Tîrejen Roje Initiative gave the following information about their latest actions in Turkey:

“On January 15, our units carried out an action with hand-made explosives against an auto gallery and parking lot run by AKP-MHP fascists in Beylikdüzü, Istanbul. 12 vehicles were destroyed as a result of the action, after which our units were safely withdrawn from the area.

On January 16, 2 hardware stores and 3 luxurious cars belonging to Turkish fascists were set on fire by our units in the Gazipaşa district of Antalya province. The stores and cars were rendered unusable.

On 16 January, our units carried out an action against members of MHP's Grey Wolves organization (Ülkü Ocakları) in the Söke district of Aydın with handmade explosives and fireworks. As a result of the action, two fascist members of the Grey Wolves were injured.”