{"id":14314,"date":"2025-08-07T06:43:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T06:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freedomforabdullahocalan.org\/en\/?p=14314"},"modified":"2025-08-07T06:43:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T06:43:59","slug":"eu-left-group-co-chair-i-want-to-visit-abdullah-ocalan-in-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freedomocalansyria.com\/en\/?p=14314","title":{"rendered":"EU Left Group co-chair: I want to visit Abdullah \u00d6calan in Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>European Parliament member Martin Schirdewan called for the removal of obstacles preventing a visit to Abdullah \u00d6calan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/english.anf-news.com\/uploads\/en\/articles\/2025\/06\/20250605-20250605-315827063-10159238650588473-6871761705257029727-n-jpgbce85e-image-jpeged9ff5-image.jpg?w=1170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:440px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The European Freedom and Peace Forum (EFFP) has launched a campaign titled \u201cI want to meet with \u00d6calan,\u201d calling for the removal of all barriers preventing Abdullah \u00d6calan from sharing his vision for the future with the world. Among the supporters of the campaign is the Left Group of the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of this initiative, Martin Schirdewan, co-chair of the Left Group in the European Parliament, also announced his wish to travel to Imral\u0131 and meet with Abdullah \u00d6calan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><video controls=\"controls\" src=\"https:\/\/1649452211.rsc.cdn77.org\/20250604065759_2025-06-04-habermerkezi-martin-schirdewan-onder-apo-ile-gorusmek-istiyorum-kampanya-mesaj-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schirdewan said: \u201cAbdullah \u00d6calan has been held in isolation by the Turkish state for 26 years. Despite this, in February of this year, he declared that the Kurdistan Workers\u2019 Party (PKK) would lay down its arms and dissolve itself if there were a genuine opportunity for a serious peace process and if Turkish President Erdo\u011fan showed the will to engage in real peace negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The co-chair of the Left Group in the European Parliament added: \u201cFor this reason, I am calling on the Turkish state to lift all obstacles that prevent Abdullah \u00d6calan from presenting his ideas and vision regarding the peace process in Turkey, Kurdistan, and the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schirdewan emphasized: \u201cBecause these ideas, this vision, and the peace process can offer us an opportunity to overcome the ongoing conflict and state of war between the Kurdish and Turkish peoples. I want to go to Turkey and visit Abdullah \u00d6calan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Parliament member Martin Schirdewan called for the removal of obstacles preventing a visit to Abdullah \u00d6calan. The European Freedom and Peace Forum (EFFP) has launched a campaign titled \u201cI want to meet with \u00d6calan,\u201d calling for the removal of all barriers preventing Abdullah \u00d6calan from sharing his vision for the future with the world. 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