Ocalan “pursues” negotiations with Turkey to disarm the PKK

Imprisoned Abdullah Ocalan is “seeking” negotiations with the Turkish government to resume Turkish-Kurdish dialogue to disarm the PKK. Two MPs from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democracy and Equality Party (DEM), the third-largest party in the Turkish National Assembly, met the jailed historical Kurdish leader as scheduled at Imrali prison on an island in the Sea of ​​Marmara off the coast of Turkey. off the coast of Istanbul, where the founder of the PKK has been held since 1999. “Ocalan’s work for the process continues. As soon as the preparations are complete, the necessary public statements will be made publicly,” the DEM deputies emphasized in a statement. “This process will allow everyone, all of us, to live together and freely,” they said. For the first time in ten years, at the end of December, deputies of the pro-Kurdish party met with Ocalan, after permission granted by the Turkish government. The now 75-year-old “Apo” (the nickname of the PKK founder) had then supported the approach […]
Source: News Beast

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