{"id":13992,"date":"2025-07-05T09:31:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T09:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freedomforabdullahocalan.org\/en\/?p=13992"},"modified":"2025-07-05T09:31:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T09:31:30","slug":"karasu-isolation-still-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/?p=13992","title":{"rendered":"Karasu: Isolation still continues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mustafa Karasu said that Abdullah \u00d6calan\u2019s isolation conditions are hindering and slowing down the process, stressing that everyone, including the state, must fulfill the requirements of the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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KCK Executive Council member Mustafa Karasu spoke to Medya Haber TV about the Peace and Democratic Society Process, as well as current developments in Kurdistan, Turkey, and the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We publish excerpts of the interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The isolation imposed on Leader Apo [Abdullah \u00d6calan] still continues. Yes, it\u2019s not exactly like before. Some visits have taken place, and a few comrades have gone to Imral\u0131, but these are insufficient steps. In this respect, the isolation is ongoing. In fact, it has been continuing for 26 years. The situation is often portrayed as if the isolation has ended just because a few visits occurred, especially after a very strict isolation was enforced over the past 10 years. But this is misleading. Lawyers still can’t visit when they wish, and families are not granted access freely either. In other prisons, families visit every two weeks, lawyers have regular access, and open visits are allowed during holidays. Yes, an open visit happened recently, but this does not mean that the isolation has been lifted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, Leader Apo responded to Devlet Bah\u00e7eli\u2019s call on October 1st and took initiative. Turkey\u2019s most fundamental issue is the Kurdish question. Yet, the main party to this fundamental issue is still being held in isolation. He is not allowed to meet with politicians. If there is truly going to be a solution, and if Turkey is to reach a genuine Turkish-Kurdish brotherhood, then the path must be opened for Leader Apo to play his role. This importance is being increasingly recognized, especially on an international level. Many people want to meet with him. They will soon come to Turkey and seek meetings with the Leader. This will only increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are also people within Turkey who want to meet with him, such as journalists, politicians. In fact, many people want to meet with him because they want to understand Leader Apo\u2019s thoughts directly, discuss them, ask questions, and get answers. But this possibility still does not exist. Access to meetings with the Leader remains closed. Yes, we value the efforts being made. But especially the leftist and democratic forces in Turkey must make more effort. They should be more determined in seeking to meet with the Leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the Kurdish issue is directly related to Turkey\u2019s future. It is tied to Turkey\u2019s democratization and liberation. The fate of the left and democratic movements also hinges on this issue. This is clear. As long as the Kurdish issue remains unresolved, pressures on democrats will continue. People are complaining about the repressive, authoritarian atmosphere in Turkey. But what is causing it? Why hasn\u2019t this atmosphere changed? The answer lies in the unresolved Kurdish question. Everyone needs to understand this and respond accordingly. Without that, calls for freedom, democracy, and socialism are just self-deception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this regard, I especially believe that socialists, intellectuals, and those who represent the democratic and progressive segments of society should concentrate their efforts on demanding meetings with the Leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leader’s active participation in the process hasn’t happened yet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was the start of this process? It was Devlet Bah\u00e7eli\u2019s call. He said: \u201cLet him come and speak in the DEM group. Let him dissolve the organization. Let him end the armed struggle.\u201d That\u2019s what he said. And then added: \u201cLet him benefit from the right to hope.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was Bah\u00e7eli\u2019s statement. Leader Apo responded to Bah\u00e7eli\u2019s call. But the state president\u2019s commitment, hope rights, lifting isolation, and the Leader\u2019s active involvement in the process, have still not been fulfilled. Without this, the process of building a democratic society or Turkish-Kurdish brotherhood cannot move forward. It simply doesn\u2019t work like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the Kurdish issue is truly a serious matter, and if Devlet Bah\u00e7eli saw it as such and made that call accordingly, then it needs to be approached with seriousness and necessary steps must be taken. Leader Apo\u2019s current condition is slowing the process and making it harder for many groups to properly understand it. But both we and the state need to understand this process correctly. And the way to do that is to ensure Leader Apo\u2019s freedom, his right to hope, and his ability to work freely. This is very clear. Of course, it affects the democratic society process. That\u2019s how it must be seen\u2014and if they consider this issue important and serious, then they must fulfill the necessary requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Requirements of the process must be met<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, the current stage of the process is being debated: has it stalled or not? We don\u2019t say it\u2019s stalled. We want the path to be opened and progress to be made. But there is a situation that leads to these \u201cit has stalled\u201d assessments. And that situation is caused by the government\u2019s approach\u2014not ours. There is nothing in our approach that drags the process backward. But this process has its own character, its own dialectic. It has requirements and things that need to be done. One cannot say \u201cwe\u2019ll do nothing\u201d or \u201cwe\u2019ll continue as before.\u201d If we\u2019re talking about resolving such a major issue, then minds, policies, and approaches must change. There must be a new vision, a new approach, a new discourse. We do not see that from the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, if it\u2019s being said that \u201cthe process hasn\u2019t stalled yet\u201d and DEM Party is making such statements, it is because of the Leader\u2019s stance. The Leader wants to carry this process forward. But his efforts, labor, and intent can only go so far. Didn\u2019t they themselves say, \u201cYou can\u2019t fly with one wing\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We fulfilled our responsibilities. We held our congress. The organization was dissolved, and the armed struggle ended. As one comrade put it, “What more do you want? What law have you passed, what guarantee have you given?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, Leader Apo put forward an unprecedented initiative to move the process forward from the very beginning: \u201cWe are ending the armed struggle and dissolving the organization,\u201d he said. There is no such example in global conflict resolution practices. This was a creative initiative by Leader Apo aimed at opening the path and achieving results. Therefore, the Turkish state must now do its part.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mustafa Karasu said that Abdullah \u00d6calan\u2019s isolation conditions are hindering and slowing down the process, stressing that everyone, including the state, must fulfill the requirements of the process. KCK Executive Council member Mustafa Karasu spoke to Medya Haber TV about the Peace and Democratic Society Process, as well as current developments in Kurdistan, Turkey, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/444-9.jpg?fit=990%2C556&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13994,"href":"https:\/\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13992\/revisions\/13994"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}