DEM Party to Read Öcalan’s Message on February 27
DEM Party will organize an event in Ankara on the first anniversary of Abdullah Öcalan’s “Call for Peace and Democratic Society”; evaluations regarding the process and a new message will be shared with the public.
DEM Party announced that an event will be held in Ankara on Friday, February 27, regarding the first anniversary of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan’s “Call for Peace and Democratic Society,” which he made on February 27, 2025, following the call by MHP Chairperson Devlet Bahçeli.
Evaluations of the process to be shared
In the statement, it was noted that evaluations regarding the stage reached within the scope of the “new dialogue process” over the past year and the future of the process will be shared with the press and the public. The statement also mentioned that Öcalan’s new message regarding the process would be conveyed.
The DEM Party statement announced that the event would take place on Friday, February 27, at 11:00 AM at the Yılmaz Güney Hall in the Çankaya district of Ankara.
The DEM Party Press Office shared an accreditation form for press members who will follow the meeting. It was stated that press workers who will follow the meeting—which will be attended by DEM Party Co-Chairs Tülay Hatimoğulları and Tuncer Bakırhan and members of the DEM Party Imrali Delegation—must fill out the accreditation form sent by 8:00 PM on February 26.
Background
PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, whom MHP Chairperson Devlet Bahçeli called upon in Parliament to "end terrorist acts and dissolve [the organization]," announced on February 27, 2025, that his organization should dissolve itself and all groups should lay down their arms.
In Öcalan's call, the following statements were included: "In this climate formed by the call made by Mr. Devlet Bahçeli, the will put forward by Mr. President, and the positive approaches of other political parties toward the aforementioned call, I am making a call to lay down arms and assuming the historical responsibility for this call."
The process continued months after this call with a symbolic disarmament ceremony on July 11 and the establishment of the National Solidarity, Brotherhood, and Democracy Commission in Parliament on August 5, 2025.
In the process titled "Terror-Free Turkey" by the government, the joint report of the commission, which included political parties in Parliament, was most recently accepted unanimously.
Finally, following the acceptance of the report, Öcalan will send a new message to the public. Members of the DEM Party Imrali delegation—consisting of TBMM Deputy Speaker Pervin Buldan, DEM Party MP Mithat Sancar, and Faik Özgür Erol, one of the lawyers from Asrın Law Office—along with DEM Party Co-Chairs Tülay Hatimoğulları and Tuncer Bakırhan, will hold a press conference on Friday, February 27, the anniversary of Öcalan's "Call for Peace and Democratic Society."
