HESNA MIHEMED

Shahba-M Party) Riha (Urfa) MP Ömer Öcalan met Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan in the prison island of Imrali on October 23, first contact with Abdullah Öcalan after 44 months. In his message, Abdullah Öcalan pointed out the ongoing isolation imposed on him and said, “If conditions are right, I have the theoretical and practical power to move this process from a ground of conflict and violence to a legal and political ground.”

 The members of Kongra Star in Til Rıfat, a city of Shahba/Afrin Canton of North and East Syria, think the meeting is important but it is not enough and say their demand is the physical freedom of Abdullah Öcalan.

 ‘The freedom of leader Apo is the key to solving the problems in the Middle East’

 Our demand is the physical freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, said Leyla Ali, a member of Kongra Star. “We will always take to the streets to demand his freedom. As women, we lead the struggle for his freedom. The occupying Turkish state has intensified the isolation imposed on him; we had had no news from him for 44 months. Thanks to the resistance of our people, a meeting was arranged with leader Apo. We demand the release of leader Apo from the prison island of Imrali because the freedom of leader Apo is the key to solving the problems and crises in the Middle East. His thoughts and ideology offer political and peaceful solutions to current conflicts and clashes. We will resist until leader Apo is released.”

 ‘The meeting was arranged as a result of the struggle of people’

A meeting was arranged with Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan after 44 months as a result of the struggle and campaign of our people, stressed Seyran Nesan, another member of Kongra Star. “The meeting with leader Apo took place because the Kurdish people put pressure on the states. Our demand is that the physical freedom of leader Apo be guaranteed and this will happen through the struggle and insistence of the people. People all over the world should raise their voices for his physical freedom because leader Apo has spread the philosophy of peace and freedom throughout the world and this philosophy is for all oppressed people. The freedom of leader Apo is the freedom of women and all oppressed people.”