Statement from DEM Party regarding Öcalan's new message
The DEM Party has announced that a new message from Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the terrorist organization PKK, will be revealed in Ankara at 11:00 AM on the anniversary of February 27.
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MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli is the architect of the second peace process—which the government calls Terror-Free Turkey—being conducted with the DEM Party and Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the terrorist organization PKK. It had been claimed that a new message from Öcalan would be announced on the anniversary of his 'Call for Peace and a Democratic Society' made on February 27, 2025.
A formal statement regarding the matter has come from the DEM Party. In the statement issued by the DEM press office, it was stated that Öcalan's message will be read in Ankara on Friday, February 27, at 11:00 AM.
The full statement is as follows:
“On the first anniversary of Abdullah Öcalan's Call for Peace and a Democratic Society made on February 27, 2025, at the event we will organize in Ankara, we will share our assessments regarding the stage reached in the democratic resolution of the Kurdish issue and the future of the process, as well as Öcalan's new message regarding the process, with the press and the public.
Date: Friday, February 27, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Yılmaz Güney Stage - Maltepe Neighborhood, Şht. Gönenç St. No:16 Çankaya / Ankara”