Imrali Island Prison- Turkey: After his weekly visit the Kurdish national leader Mr. Abdullah Ocalan blamed Turkish Prime Minister for threatening him and told his lawyers that he will fight until his “last breath”.
On AKP’s party assembly speech Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan defended military in war against the PKK and said Turkish state is more determined than ever.
“I will fight. I will fight with honour until my last breath” Ocalan said in reply.
The Kurdish national leader claimed. “Kurdish question can not be solved in frame of individual rights”. Ocalan told his lawyers that he did everything he could for a democratic solution to Kurdish question for over 12 years. “But Turkey’s afraid of peace” he added.
Ocalan compared Turkish-Kurdish relations with “forced marriages” and said that Turks and Kurds can not stay together without free will. He warned of partition of Turkey if political actors fail to establish an agreement between Turks and Kurds.
Ocalan said he is in favour of peace but insisted that he needs an interlocutor to play his role on peacemaking process. He also mentioned that he has the power to withdraw the guerrilla forces in just two days if certain criteria are met.
Kurdish leader warned Kurdish Regions president Masud Barzani of a slaughter against Kurdish people and told him not to depend on Western powers.