JINHA

İSTANBUL - The Peace Mothers started to stage a sit-in in front of the Dolmabahçe Palace to ended the isolation policy toward Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the PKK and restart a real negotiation process with the police's obstruction.

The sit-in of Istanbul Peace Mothers Assembly which have been continued in the fourth week, started with the police's obstruction. The Peace Mothers have gathered in front of Dolmabahçe Palace for four weeks. They demand to ended the isolation policy (preventing access to his family and his negotiation team as of 5th of April 2015) toward Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the PKK who is prisoner on the İmralı island and restart a real negotiation process with the police's obstruction.

The Peace Mothers unfurled the banners such as " We are mothers, we are Kurdish, Turkish ,Laz and Circassian but still we are mothers", "We are mothers, We are in favor of life not death". The polices interfered them and they told the Peace Mothers, " The organisation(PKK) exploit you, do not exploit yourself." The Peace Mother answered them, " Actual the State expoits you. Let's struggle together for peace. Do not allow Erdoğan uses you as a stalking horse."

The Peace Mothers staged the sit-in despite the police intervention.

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