On Tuesday, Abdullah Öcalan’s 74th birthday, social media was alive with the hashtag #FreedomForOcalanNow, as users emphasised the jailed PKK leader’s role towards a lasting peace and solution to the Kurdish conflict.
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Pervin Buldan called on citizens to unite with the Green Left Party to secure at least 100 seats in the Turkish parliament in the upcoming Turkish elections, during a final group meeting before presidential and parliamentary voting begins on 14 May.
While Kurdish forces hold a period of military non-action, the Kurdistan National Congress called for international pressure on the Turkish government to accept the peace initiative and ensure free elections in the country.
Turkish Parliamentary chair Mustafa Şentop is alleged to secretly own an international law university that lines- up students linked to the ruling party with positions as Turkey’s judges and prosecutors. The claims made by journalist Serdar Aki-nan caused a public stir with concern over corruption in the Turkish legal system.
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