The Democratic Society Movement (TEV-DEM) supported the global initiative demanding freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question and called on everyone to put pressure on the Turkish state.
TEV-DEM issued a written statement to call on international institutions, especially the United Nations, to put pressure on the Turkish state.
TEV-DEM said: "The policy followed by the fascist Turkish state is a racist and historical policy inherited from the Ottoman Empire. The fascist government fears the development of society and the formation of real democratic standards both in Turkey and in the neighbouring countries, and always tries to take revenge on the will of these peoples."
The statement continued: “In this period, Turkey sees that the real center of influence in regional and world politics is Leader Abdullah Öcalan. Öcalan revived the spirit of resistance of the popular will and the cultures of humanity, but the fascist government is afraid of this development. For this reason, it is consciously carrying out a policy of genocide to destroy Leader Abdullah Öcalan's cause from both inside and outside.
Thus, the fascist state thinks that it can cover up the heinous crimes it commits. For this reason, they continue to keep the Leader in prison, depriving him of his rights in order to destroy his struggle and resistance.”
The statement added: “TEV-DEM calls on the international legal and civil organizations, especially the organizations under the auspices of the UN, the organizations working on prisoners, and the CPT, to put pressure on the Turkish fascist government. We demand the situation of the leadership be clarified. Representatives [of these institutions] should be allowed to visit Leader Abdullah Öcalan, learn about his health condition and take practical steps to bring about his freedom.
At the same time, we call on the people and organizations in Kurdistan and outside the region, on all political, national forces and civil society organizations to take to the streets and support the leadership's resistance. We call on our people to participate in the freedom movement activities to support the people of Kurdistan and their friends who are resisting in prisons in Bakurê Kurdistan. Let's develop the struggle and resistance until the isolation imposed on Leader Abdullah Öcalan is lifted."
