Will Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm?
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Party expects statement from jailed militant leader soon
DEM Party expects to visit Kurdistan Workers Party leader Abdullah Ocalan in prison within a few days after which a statement is expected from him.
Wednesday 26/02/2025
ANKARA - Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party expects to visit Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan in prison within a few days, after which a statement is expected from him, DEM spokesperson Aysegul Dogan said on Wednesday.
The DEM Party delegation has applied for permission to visit Ocalan for a third time in recent months and expects the meeting to take place within days, she said, amid anticipation in Turkey that he will call on the PKK to disarm.