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• İmralı Delegation arrives at the hotel where Öcalan’s historic call will be announced 

  The İmralı Delegation of the DEM Party will announce Abdullah Öcalan's call at a hotel in Istanbul.
• Historic meeting with Öcalan ends 

  The 7-member delegation that held a historic meeting with Abdullah Öcalan has returned from İmralı Island.
• CHP mayor of Beykoz, Istanbul taken into custody 

  CHP mayor of Beykoz, Istanbul, Alaattin Köseler, was taken into custody yarle Thursday morning.
• KNK: Öcalan's contribution will be delivered to everyone today 

  The Kurdish National Congress issued a statement about the third visit to Imrali that takes place today.
• Murat Çakır: A more militarist Germany is on the horizon 

  Murat Çakır warns that Germany will adopt AfD’s policies, increasing militarization and migrant pressure while cutting social spending.
• Öcalan's call will be shared on giant screens 

  The DEM Party Imrali Delegation will share Abdullah Öcalan's historic call in a statement to be made in Istanbul tomorrow. The statement will be broadcast on giant screens in Amed and Van.
• İmralı Delegation to make a statement in Istanbul after meeting with Öcalan tomorrow 

  After the third meeting with Abdullah Öcalan tomorrow, the İmralı Delegation will make a statement in Istanbul at 17:00 local time.
• İmralı Delegation to meet with Öcalan tomorrow to consist of 7 people 

  The İmralı delegation to meet with Abdullah Öcalan tomorrow will consist of 7 people, including DEM Party Co-Chairs Tülay Hatimoğulları and Tuncer Bakırhan.
• İmralı delegation to meet with Öcalan tomorrow 

  The DEM Party İmralı delegation's application for the third meeting with Abdullah Öcalan was accepted. Ahmet Türk will also take part in the meeting tomorrow.
• DEM Party applies for third meeting with Abdullah Öcalan in Imrali 

  DEM Party spokesperson Ayşegül Doğan stated that an application was made to meet with Abdullah Öcalan for the third time. Ahmet Türk is among the applicants.
• New police operation in Istanbul: 15 people taken into custody 

  Turkish police carried out a new operation in Istanbul. 15 people were taken into custody.
• KON-MED concerned about German election results 

  The Kurdish umbrella organization KON-MED expressed concern about the German election results, as 20 percent of the votes went to the far-right AfD.
• Bayhan: Increasing the struggle is the answer to the attacks on HDK 

  MP Iskender Bayhan stated that the most effective response to the attacks targeting the HDK was to escalate the struggle.
• French delegation: We were very impressed by our visit to Rojava 

  The French delegation, which visited Rojava recently, stated that they saw a picture of the system that the Kurds want to build and that they were very impressed.
• Australian YPG fighter Johnston martyred in Rojava commemorated at his grave  

  Australian YPG fighter Ashley Kent Johnston, who was martyred in Rojava, just four days before the liberation of Til Hemis, was commemorated at his grave on the tenth anniversary of his death.
• DEM Party: The trustee regime will collapse and the people will win 

  Protesting the usurpation of Kağızman Municipality, the DEM Party said, “We do not recognize this coup against democracy, the will of the people and our elected co-mayors. The trustee regime will collapse and the people will win.”
• Bozan: The government is afraid of the HDK  

  DEM Party MP Ali Bozan said that the arrests targeting the HDK are politically motivated, as the government sees its ideas as a threat.
• DEM Party delegation to meet with Öcalan in İmralı in a few days 

  DEM Party Group Deputy Chair Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit stated that the next meeting with Abdullah Öcalan will take place in a few days.
• Germany's conservatives win elections, but far right celebrates historic gains 

  The far-right AfD has emerged as the second strongest political force in Germany's election 2025.
• Bakırhan: Democracy and freedoms will be discussed after the historic call by Öcalan 

  DEM Party Co-Chair Tuncer Bakırhan stated that Abdullah Öcalan will make a historic call, after which democracy and freedoms be discussed.
• PUK President Bafel Talabani: We are in favor of peace and we support the process  

  Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) President Bafel Jalal Talabani said, “We are in favor of peace, and we support the current process.”
• Kurdish Human Rights Council in Germany makes demands on the future government 

  The Central Human Rights Council of the Kurds in Germany has formulated its expectations and demands on the future federal government and calls on citizens to exercise their right to vote.
• Panel discussion on Öcalan’s ‘Democratic Confederalism’ model in Rome 

  A panel discussion titled 'A solution for peace in the Middle East: Democratic Confederalism' was jointly organized by the Kurdistan Information Bureau UIKI-Onlus, Rete Kurdistan, Dinamo Press, Un Punto Per and Ararat Kurdish Cultural Association.
• KON-MED has clear stance on German elections 

  Co-chair of KON-MED, Kerem Gök, said that in the upcoming elections in Germany, tomorrow, Sunday, they will support candidates who do not marginalize the Kurdish community, and advocate for a resolution to the Kurdish question.
• Düşünmez: We will send the trustees back to where they came from 

  DEM Party MP Onur Düşünmez condemned the appointment of trustees.