NEWS CENTER – There has been no news from Leader Apo for 2 years. The CPT published its final report, but did not make any statement in it that would address the concerns of the Kurdish people. Our agency met with İbrahim Bilmez, who has been the lawyer of Leader Apo for many years. Stating that the isolation on Önder Apo has reached serious levels, Bilmez said that at this point, young people have great duties and responsibilities.
I have been working as Abdullah Öcalan’s lawyer for nearly 20 years. In this 20-year period, we have witnessed many things, good and bad. But I can say this in essence; Despite all the struggles, despite all the efforts, we are currently living in the worst phase of the isolation.
We are living at the peak of the illegality we call isolation. As of today, we have not heard from our clients for more than two years. We do not receive any news, either by letter, fax, telephone, family conversation, or through intermediaries. Sometimes people don’t want to believe it. They think that somehow they can be heard, but the situation is even worse than we say, this is the reality. We are at the highest stage of isolation. There is nothing acceptable about this. It is not possible to see such an application anywhere in the world.
Everyone needs to raise their voice against this, they need to show their democratic reaction. Because Mr. Öcalan is not an ordinary person, and no human being should be treated like this. This is a separate issue, but Mr. Öcalan has a mission. It has a mission and power to resolve the Kurdish issue through democratic and peaceful means. And he spent 25 years in Imrali in prison conditions, resisting to solve the Kurdish issue under torture conditions, according to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights. In those circumstances, without such a goal, without such a goal, without such a great will, it is really not possible to endure.
Mr. Öcalan knows this very well. He knows very well that the Kurdish people stand behind him and trust him, and he continues to resist with the sense of responsibility that this gives. We may not be able to see Mr. Öcalan, but we had the opportunity to meet and chat with him before, and we read his books. He always emphasizes that, he puts special emphasis on Kurdish youth and Kurdish women. It solves how important their role in resolving this issue is. And I want to end with what everyone knows. He has a very good saying, his motto, “We Started Young, We’ll Finish Young”. Therefore, youth has a great role to play. Everyone needs to act with this awareness and responsibility, just as Mr. Öcalan did.
NC // Seher Deniz
