Details of historic ceremony: Legal regulations needed

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NEWS CENTER – The Group for Peace and Democratic Society destroyed their weapons during a historic ceremony that began at 11:25 a.m. and ended at 11:45 a.m. Kurdistan time. KCK Executive Council Co-chair Besê Hozat stressed, “Legal regulations are needed.”

The Peace and Democratic Society Group organised a ceremony to destroy weapons in Şikefta Casenê, located in the countryside of the city of Sulaymaniyah, in response to a call from Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan. 
 
Besê Hozat, co-chair of the KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) Executive Council, Nedim Seven, Tekoşin Ozan, and Tekin Muş were also present at the ceremony.
 
Led by Besê Hozat and Nedim Seven, a group of 30 people, consisting of 15 female and 15 male guerrillas, entered the ceremony site.
 
Besê Hozat, who was the first to speak at the ceremony, said: “We have come here in response to Leader Apo's (Abdullah Öcalan’s) call to determine our stance. We have taken up arms against denial and annihilation to give momentum to this process. We are freedom fighters. We are taking this step in response to Leader Apo's call, the February 27 call, and the decisions of the PKK's 12th Congress.”
 
Following the brief speech, Besê Hozat read the group's statement in Turkish. Nedim Seven then read the statement in Kurdish.
 
Speaking again after the reading of the statement, Besê Hozat said: “Legal regulations are needed for all of this to continue and happen.” She added that they destroyed their weapons to pave the way for the process.
 
Following the statement and Hozat’s speech, guerrilla fighters burned their weapons. The ceremony ended after the guerrilla fighters left the area.
 
INVENTORY LIST DELIVERED
 
The list of wepons inventory was delivered in an envelope to the delegation of the Lawyer’s Association for Freedom (OHD), The Human Rights Association (IHD) and Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TIHV). 
 
Many names from the Federal Kurdistan Region also attended the ceremony. 
 
ÖCALAN'S PHOTO WAS PROJECTED ON THE SCREEN
 
Meanwhile, a photograph of Abdullah Öcalan was projected onto the platform set up for the ceremony. 

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