Politicians and lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) Sirri Sureyya Onder, Pervin Buldan, and Tuncer Bakirhan, with a recent picture taken with jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan in Imrali Island in the backgroubd, attend a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, February 27, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas