Supporters of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) hold a banner with an image of jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan during a gathering to celebrate the spring festival of Nowruz in Istanbul, Turkey, March 23, 2025. (Reuters)
Turkish parliamentary delegation meets jailed PKK leader Ocalan
A delegation from a Turkish parliamentary commission overseeing the disarmament of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group paid their first visit to its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan on Monday, the parliamentary speaker’s office said.
In their meeting in a prison on the island of Imrali off Istanbul, the delegation asked Ocalan about the PKK’s dissolution and disarmament as well as the implementation of an agreement between the Syrian government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a statement said.
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