RIHA – Reacting to the absolute isolation imposed on PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan, Mehmet Öcalan pointed out that the isolation has no precedent in the world and said, “If the isolation continues, we are all guilty.”
It has been 8883 days since he was brought to Turkey by an international conspiracy on February 15, 1999, that he could not hear from PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan and other detainees Hamili Yıldırım, Veysi Aktaş and Ömer Hayri Konar, who have been held in heavy isolation in İmralı F Type High Security Closed Prison. left. The last date of contact with Abdullah Öcalan’s family, whose communication with the outside was blocked by various allegations, was March 25, 2021. Abdullah Öcalan’s phone call with his brother Mehmet Öcalan on that date was cut off after 4 and a half minutes. Since the meeting, hundreds of lawyers and family interview applications made to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office and İmralı Prison were either cited as grounds for disciplinary penalties or were not answered. Finally, to the PKK Leader, a new 3-month family on March 15, April 26.<
Mehmet Öcalan, the brother of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan, who lives in the Amara neighborhood of Xelfetî (Halfeti) district of Riha, reacted to the isolation and emphasized that there is no precedent in the world.
‘IMRALI IS EQUAL LAW OF Türkiye’
Noting that the isolation policies are sometimes aggravated and sometimes partially softened, Öcalan said, “There is no prisoner anywhere in the world who could not be heard from for 27 months. No one knows if he is alive or not. What happened in Imrali is a litmus paper of the law. The law of Imrali is equal to the law of Turkey. There is no name for this in any law, it only exists in Turkey’s law. Many things are changing in Turkey, the ministers are changing, but the isolation policy does not change,” he said.
‘Isolation is the cause of the economic crisis’
Stating that PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan has been in isolation since February 15, 1999, Öcalan underlined that the reason for the crises in Turkey is the isolation policy. Stating that the isolation is applied to all the peoples of the Middle East, especially Imrali, Öcalan said, “The President is in Imrali, but the isolation is for all peoples. Today, the isolation in Imrali has an effect even on a price hike in bread. The reason for the economic crisis is the policies of war, the isolation is the reason for the war. There is not a Kurdish mountain that has not been bombed, there is not a person who has not been arrested. One person died in everyone’s home. The Kurds are wanted to be isolated by imposing isolation on the President. Everyone should look at isolation from this perspective. If this isolation continues, the economic crisis will deepen, and after a certain point, no one can handle it.
‘EVERYONE SHOULD REACT’
Öcalan said that opposition parties also played a role in the continuation of the isolation, and noted that the opposition parties are making “zılgıt” against the policies of the government. Stating that no one should accept the isolation, Öcalan continued: “If a reality is to be built in the future, everyone must react to the isolation. This is not the solution. The government is already killing us, the opposition should stop making zılgıt. We are a great power. We do not need either the government or the opposition. There has been no news from the president for 27 months, everyone has closed their ears and closed their eyes. In this way, neither the Kurdish problem nor the problems in the Middle East will be solved. If the isolation continues, everyone should question themselves. Democratic institutions must question themselves. No one should rest their head on a pillow. If the isolation continues, we are all guilty.”
‘PARTNER OF CPT TURKEY’
Referring to the recent 3-month ban on family and 6-month lawyer visits to the PKK Leader, Öcalan reacted to the silence of international law institutions. Stating that the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) is in partnership with Turkey in the crime, Öcalan said, “Just as they divided the Kurds into 4 parts in 1923, European countries continue to use the Kurds for their own interests today. Doesn’t he know that the president has been in isolation for 27 months? This isolation is applied to the Kurds. Why are non-governmental organizations that present themselves as independent human rights organizations in the world silent and do nothing? It is our call to everyone; Everyone should do their humanitarian duty, we do not ask for charity from anyone. This call is for our politicians as well as international organizations. There are people who are fighting internationally to break the isolation, and we respect their efforts. However, we also hold accountable those who do not speak up even though they represent the Kurds, this is our democratic right. If we do not break the isolation, we will die every day.”
