Kurdish and Turkish people need Öcalan says Walter Baier

  • actual
  • 09:34 4 December 2024
  • |
img

ISTANBUL - Abdullah Öcalan is a "man of peace" said Party of the European Left President Walter Baier and added: "He is an important person and actor. The Kurdish people and the Turkish people need Abdullah Öcalan."

An international delegation consisting of journalists, parliamentarians and representatives of political parties arrived in Turkey on 2 December to receive information on the situation of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan in Imrali Type F High Security Prison. On the first day, the delegation visited the Asrin Law Office and the Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD), which act as Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers. On 3 December, the delegation met with Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) MPs in Ankara. The delegation then applied to the Ministry of Justice for a meeting with Abdullah Öcalan.
 
Walter Baier, President of the European Left Party, who was among the international delegation, made evaluations to Mezopotamya Agency (MA).
 
'ÖCALAN IS A MAN OF PEACE'
 
Abdullah Öcalan is a "man of peace"  said Baier and added: “He has written a lot of books and essays and articles in which he explained his peace plan. And we are supporting, with the European Left are supporting the non-violent, peaceful and democratic solution of the Kurdish problem, and that's why we support these plans and him as a personality who embodies the longing for peace for the Kurdish and the Turkish people after such a long time in which the Kurds were suppressed."
 
'PEOPLE NEED ABDULLAH ÖCALAN'
 
Baier said they are "concerned" about his health condition. “He lives in very dire conditions, isolated. We don't have current information about his health condition, and that's a human right issue. And secondly, he's a key person for the peace process. The Kurdish people and the Turkish people need Abdullah Öcalan, And they need him alive, and they need him in good mental and physical condition in order to come about with a peace plan and with a settlement of the Kurdish question, which must be democratic and which must be peaceful, I can say that the party of the European Left has taken various initiatives in supporting the cause of the Kurdish people," he said.
 
Barier stated that they demanded the European Union (EU) to remove the PKK from the list of "terrorist organisations". “We are a party of parties. That means we will inform our parties about the stay and the experiences and the insights we have one here. We are participating in demonstrations. Recently, in a mass rally in Germany and in other places in order to mobilize the public. Because, after all, we believe that solidarity is an issue of the people, the people and the peoples, and we as the European Left Party try to mobilize and try to spread information about the situation of Abdullah Öcalan and about Rojava and all the places in which the Kurdish people and the Kurdish women are fighting for equality and for peace," said Baier.
 
ATTACKS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
 
Baier continued as follows: "We wish peace for the people in the Middle East. We want an end of the genocide in Gaza. We want an end of the continuous aggression of the right wing Israeli government in Lebanon, in Syria, in the West Jordan, I believe that peace in the Middle East is must be comprehensive, and it must include the peaceful solution, and the just solution of the Kurdish question."
 
MA / Ömer İbrahimoğlu
 

View More Articles

16:55 Abdullah Öcalan poster at 'Peace Rally'
16:25 World Peace Day message from Abdullah Ocalan: Peace is not merely a wish, but a concrete reality
13:55 HPG: Turkey's attacks continue
13:54 Iraq is being divided through strategic alliances, says academic Berwarî
13:52 Sociologist Craig Calhoun supports Öcalan's call
12:03 Release after 33 years in prison: The commission Mmust fulfill its responsibility
09:37 ‘If you carrying out a process, you should also meet with interlocutor”
09:24 Kurdish Research Association demand status for Kurdish language
29/08/2025
14:42 Attack on prisoners in Dumlu Prison
14:25 UN: 841 people executed in Iran in 8 months
13:45 Third day of the 'Social Democratic Alliance Conference'
12:40 Commission should listen to Abdullah Öcalan says Lawyer Ekin Yeter Moray
11:20 Öcalan must be released if there is to be real peace
10:06 Öcalan: Democratic society, peace and integration are three key concepts of process
09:39 Programme for World Peace Day in Êlih announced
09:35 DEM Party’s Çetin Yıldız calls for participation in Kadıköy peace rally
09:34 Human rights activist calls for dialogue with Abdullah Öcalan and legal reforms
09:32 Documentary “Bîra Sûrê” sheds light on destroyed memory of Sur
09:31 New bore being drilled in Basa: Nature destruction to deepen
28/08/2025
16:36 SOHR: Transitional government executed 95 Druze
16:09 Rojava can be a peace project for the Middle East says Salih Muslim
16:00 Reaction to attempt to demolish the gravestone of Önkol siblings
15:44 Letter from 107 international organisations to the UN on Afghanistan
15:36 TJK-E calls for global outcry against executions in Iran
14:00 ‘Right to hope" must be implemented says former Speaker of Parliament Arınç
12:27 Former Speakers of Parliament at the Commission meeting
10:25 DEM Party delegation set off for İmralı to meet Öcalan
09:16 23 suspicious deaths and 3 femicides in 8 months: There is no perpetrator
09:15 Blocking Kurdish language violates the spirit of peace, says Peace Mother
09:13 Expectations from the Commission in Amed and Wan
09:12 Release of prisoner delayed for 3 months for not comment on 'process'
27/08/2025
16:45 Demands from TBB President to Commission
15:32 Legal framework to be discussed for the Commission says Parliament Speaker
13:54 Kurdish Women's National Union: Death sentences must be cancelled
13:22 ‘Öcalan should be heard by parliament commission’
10:57 Call to women for September 1: Let’s gather at the Kadıköy rally
09:53 She lost two children in conflict: We want our language and identity
09:39 Ministry's response to 'condolence ban': The family left of their own accord!
09:27 'The commission is working, but isolation continues'
26/08/2025
16:41 Attempt to demolish grave by military in Licê
16:27 Conditions of Öcalan must be improved says DEM Party Spokesperson
16:16 179 people executed in a month
14:34 Woman activist sentenced to one year in Iran
13:58 Öcalan must be heard as the primary party to the process says DEM Party MP
11:59 Transfer of prisoner refusing to go to hospital in slippers cancelled
10:26 İmralı Delegation to go to İmralı on Thursday to meet Öcalan
10:09 Mandela's lawyer: Öcalan's statements provide hope for peace and justice for all
09:46 246 journalists killed in Gaza since 7 October
25/08/2025
16:26 Schedule of 6th and 7th meetings of the Commission announced
13:53 DEM Party İmralı Delegation to go to İmralı this week