In the German city of Hildesheim, a three-day march for the freedom of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan started on Saturday. The participants covered about 16 kilometers on the first day.

The traditional three-day march started on Saturday in the Hildesheim city of Lower Saxony state under the motto "Freedom for Öcalan, status for Kurdistan".

About 150 participants covered about 16 kilometers on the first day of the long march on the route between Hildesheim and Sarstedt.

A minute's silence was observed for the martyrs of the Kurdish liberation movement before the march kicked off in front of Hildesheim train station. Unfurling a banner in German, which read "Freedom for Öcalan, status for Kurdistan", the activists started the march with posters of Leyla Güven in their hands, accompanied by music and slogans.

Provocations by Turkish nationalists were hardly noticed and drowned in slogans. The mood of the activists was very good on the first day of the march.

On its second day, the march kicked off at 11 clock from Sarstedt and will continue until Laatzen before the demonstration moves on to the state capital Hannover on Monday.

As part of the demonstration, a rally will be held in front of the Lower Saxony State Parliament in Hannover and a file will be submitted to the parliament.

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