Thousands of people from Afrin, Aleppo and Shehba protested the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, and called for the struggle to continue until his freedom is achieved.

A speech by Öcalan in which he explained the administrative system in the Middle East, the policies of the systems towards societies and women, and his paradigm for the freedom of the peoples of the Middle East was played.

Zelal Ceger, a member of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), drew attention to the Turkish state's policies towards Syria and the region in particular, and said: "The Kurdish people in Bakur Kurdistan and Turkey should vote for the Green Left Party in the 14 May elections. They should increase their struggle against the occupation and crimes carried out by Turkey against the peoples of Afrin and Northern and Eastern Syria.”

'The occupied regions should be liberated'

Afrin and Shehba Canton Opinion Leaders Council member Mihemed Xeşan stated that the unity of the people of the region and its connection with the democratic nation project and the Autonomous Administration are important. Xeşan pointed out that liberating the Turkish-occupied areas of Afrin, Serêkaniyê and Girê Spî is crucial.

Serdem Camp Assembly Women's Committee member Hesna Hesen, on the other hand, called on international rights organizations to act for the immediate release of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, saying that “he is the one who will bring peace to the entire region.”