A delegation from Turkey's main pro-Kurdish DEM party is due on Saturday to visit jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, who is serving life on a prison island off Istanbul, a party source said.

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The DEM party's visit to Ocalan, in solitary confinement in an island prison since 1999, was their first in nine years.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A delegation from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish political party will visit the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) within two days, state media reported on Friday, citing the justice minister.

The decision was taken after a close ally of Erdogan proposed the meeting as part of an effort to end hostilities between the state and the PKK

A delegation from Turkey's main pro-Kurdish DEM party on Saturday visited jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, who is serving life on a prison island off Istanbul, party officials said. "While I speak here,

A delegation from Turkiye’s main pro-Kurdish DEM party on Saturday (December 28, 2024) visited jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, who is serving life on a prison island off Istanbul, party officials said. The visit would be the party's first in almost 10 years.