Imprisoned Kurdish chief Abdullah Ocalan made a historic name on Thursday for members of his outlawed Kurdistan Employees Celebration (PKK) to put down their weapons and finish greater than 4 many years of battle with the Turkish state.
Ocalan’s assertion was relayed by lawmakers from Turkey’s largest pro-Kurdish DEM get together who met with the insurgent chief earlier in the present day on the jail island the place he has been held since his seize by Turkish particular forces in Kenya in 1999.
Ocalan’s assertion, eagerly anticipated by Kurds throughout the area, marks the beginning of a course of that many hope will embrace the releasing of quite a few high-profile political prisoners together with the nation’s hottest Kurdish chief Selahattin Demirtas and amnesty measures for PKK fighters.
However quite a few challenges stay.
It is a creating story and can be up to date.
