Honorary Citizenship

Fourteen municipalities have given Öcalan honorary citizenship. Many are in Italy, one of the countries through which Öcalan traveled before his capture. Leaders in these municipalities have spoken out against Öcalan’s isolation, demanded a political solution to the Kurdish question in Turkey, and protested
against Turkish attacks.

“Abdullah Öcalan had a central role for the peaceful solution of the Kurdish question, and his life is a testimony of building a present and a future of peace, against cultural, religious and ethnic differences.” Rende Municipality, Italy