Marxist philosopher John Holloway stated that the feature distinguishing the Kurdish Freedom Movement from the Catalan, Basque or Irish movements is the idea of how it will transform society on a different basis and said, "Rojava is a super crack."
Cetin Arkas said: "If there is to be peace, everything must be accounted for. For lasting peace, we must confront what has been done and make amends."
Stating that the failure to implement the “right to hope” should be seen as a political decision, MAF-DAD Co-chair Heike Geisweid said: “The Committee of Ministers should make use of further options to demand implementation of the ECtHR's decisions.”
German sociologist Hauke Brunkhorst said, "Abdullah Öcalan’s call for peace and a democratic society from İmralı Prison on February 27 was one of the rare moments of hope in a world order that is becoming increasingly authoritarian, fascist, and violent."
Cetin Arkas stated, "We will make peace by understanding each other; this cannot be achieved through unilateral impositions. We want to emphasise this once again. Both sides must face the truth."
Vedat Bozkurt wrote in a letter to Huseyin Aykol that despite being acquitted of the disciplinary offence, his sentence was upheld on the grounds of three solitary confinement penalties.
Journalists Nazım Dastan and Cihan Bilgin, who were killed in a drone attack, will be commemorated.
Prof. Jorge Riechmann sent a message of support for the process, said that the steps taken by Abdullah Ocalan and the PKK have opened new paths for peace in the region.
European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) representative Pablo Sanchez Centellas remarked that the labour movement and trade unions should have a significant role in the Peace and Democratic Society Process, noting that democracy starts at the community level.
Italian politician and academic Nadia Urbinati stated that she supports the Kurds' desire for peace with great hope.
Erol Kocer, a member of the Antalya branch of the Lawyers for Freedom Association (OHD), stated that the human rights violations occurring in prisons are contrary to the spirit of the process, saying, “Prisons are a test of sincerity in the process.”
In Colemêrg (Hakkari), where numerous villages are banned, citizens can only visit their villages once a year. Citizens reacting to the situation asked: "The PKK has withdrawn, so your justification is gone. Why are our villages still banned?"
It has been reported that Ishak Dayan, who has been held in a cell for months at Burdur High Security Prison, was threatened by guards who said, "If you don't say 'How happy I am to be Turkish,' we'll kill you."
Burak Buyukkaya, a prisoner describing violations at Dumlu No. 2 Prison, stated that his letter had been censored, saying, “Only the line ‘take care of yourself, comrade’ remained on the page; the rest had been blacked out. Of course, this isn’t the first time.”
Journalist Huseyin Aykol, who has suffered three brain haemorrhages, continues to receive treatment since 14 October.