ISTANBUL (CIHAN) - The supporters of the pro-Kurdish and leftist parties have been organizing mass demonstration in Istanbul on Sunday.
Some 7 thousand people including members of pro-Kurdish Democrat People`s Party (DEHAP), Free Party and Socialists People Party gathered in the Caglayan Area in demonstration named "Isolation to War, Dialogue for Peace"
The supporters of organizers parties from neighboring cities including Tekirdag, Bursa and Kocaeli also arrived in Istanbul to attend the demonstration. The demonstrators chanted slogans in favor of the leader of the outlawed terror organization PKK/KADEK Abdullah Öcalan serving his life sentence in Imrali Prison.
The demonstrators waived the placards read, "Dialogue for Ceasefire", "Amnesty for social peace,"
Yesterday, the Chairman of the pro-Kurdish Democratic People`s Party (DEHAP) Tuncer Bakirhan has called on the terrorist organization, the Kurdistan Workers` Party (PKK), also known as KONGRA-GEL, to reinstate its ceasefire in Turkey
The entrances to Caglayan and Abideyi Hürriyer Squares were controlled.
Meanwhile, DEHAP has been organizing another rally in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, stronghold of pro-Kurdish party, with participation of freed four ex-lawmakers.