DEM Party Peoples and Beliefs Commission, commemorating those who lost their lives in the Meresh Massacre, said: “Turkey cannot be democratized without confronting the shame of its past and without revealing the massacres committed against Alevis, Kurds and all the minorities who are the riches of this region."
Speaking at Hezex, the DEM Party MP Zeki Irmez said: "In order to end the crises in Turkey, this isolation must be lifted. There is no other way."
In the final declaration of the DEM Party's 2-day meeting, it was stated that "Our tendency to take part in city administrations with our own candidates in the elections has become stronger." In the declaration, it was stated that the Central Executive Board and Co-Chairpeople were authorized for local elections.
HEDEP Spokesperson Ayşegül Doğan, who announced that they changed their short name to DEM Party, said, "Our new name expresses the spirit of a new time, a new moment of beginning and the coming to life of a new word."
Stating that they will hold ballot boxes to determine municipal co-mayors and council candidates in the cities where they can win, Rüştü Tiryaki, HEDEP MP CoChair of Local Governments said: "We will appear before the public with a 'winning alliance' in Turkey cities.
HEDEP MYK gathered to discuss many important topics.
In the final declaration of the "Democratic Local Governments Conference" organized by HEDEP, a self-criticism was given regarding the trustee policy and it was said that "The upcoming elections are the elections to return the municipalities, which are the homes of the people, to the people, to socialize politics and to knit the Democratic Republic starting from the most local level."
In the elections held at the 6th Extraordinary Congress of DBP, Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar and Keskin Bayındır were elected as the new Co-Chairpeople.
Celebrating İnternational Kobanê Day, HEDEP Co-Chairs Tülay Hatımoğulları and Tuncer Bakırhan said: "The Kobanê resistance and the internationalist solidarity of the people of the world enlighten our today and tomorrow."
Stating that the "restraint" call made for attacks on Palestine should also be made for Northern and Eastern Syria, EHP Chairperson Hakan Öztürk said: "The Kurdish issue should be addressed just like the Palestinian issue."
A raid was carried out by the police on the HDP Cizîr District Organization building early in the morning.
Speaking at her party's congress in Amed, DBP Co-Chair Saliha Aydeniz called on all intellectuals and writers to "take action" for the physical freedom of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
Members of HEDEP's Party Assembly, Central Disciplinary Board and Conciliation Board have been determined.
Emphasizing that it is not possible for Turkey to achieve real democracy without ending the Imrali isolation system, HEDEP Co-Chairperson candidate Tuncer Bakırhan said: “We say lift the isolation now. Mr. Öcalan's physical freedom must be ensured."
The Kobani conspiracy case is like the Inquisition Tribunals of the Middle Ages. I convey our greetings and love to the comrades in exile; to Gültan Kışanak, Sebahat Tuncel, Ayla Akat, Figen Yüksekdağ, Leyla Güven, Selahattin Demirtaş and their political hostage comrades who are unjustly and unlawfully held in prisons."