Qamishlo- On September 9, the Cizîr Region People's Initiative started a tent protest in Qamishlo against the isolation imposed by the Turkish state on Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan in Imrali. The tent protest ended yesterday with a march. Thousands attending the march demanded freedom for Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.

In an interview with NuJINHA, Aida Xalil, one of the people attending the march, condemned the isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan and said, “The Turkish state has imposed an aggravated isolation on our leader. It does not allow his lawyers and family members to visit him. We will not keep silent against the policies of the Turkish state and its attacks on our region. Abdullah Öcalan defends peace, the unity and  fraternity of people. For this reason, we demand the lift of the isolation imposed on him and his freedom.”

‘We will keep demanding his freedom’

Atiya Muhammad, another woman who attended the march, said, “The Turkish state aims to break our will by imposing an aggravated isolation on our leader Abdullah Öcalan. As the women of Qamishlo, we will keep demanding his freedom. Today, the ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’ slogan has been echoing all around the world thanks to the ideology and the philosophy of Abdullah Öcalan.”