Turkey to allow pro-Kurdish party to visit jailed militant leader
Turkey has decided to allow parliament's pro-Kurdish DEM Party to hold face-to-face talks with militant leader Abdullah Ocalan on his island prison, the party said on Friday, setting up the first such visit in nearly a decade.
Pro-Kurdish party to visit Ocalan within two days
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.
Turkey's justice ministry has approved a request by the pro-Kurdish DEM party to visit jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan who is serving life in solitary confinement, a party spokesman said late Friday.
Turkey's justice ministry has approved a request by the pro-Kurdish DEM party to visit jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan who is serving life in solitary confinement, a party spokesman said late Friday.
Turkey to allow pro-Kurdish party to visit jailed PKK leader, newspaper says
Turkey has decided to allow parliament's pro-Kurdish party to hold talks with militant leader Abdullah Ocalan on his island prison, the pro-government Sabah newspaper reported on Thursday, setting up the first such visit in nearly a decade.
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party to meet jailed PKK leader soon: Report
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A delegation from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) has been granted permission by authorities to meet with the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) soon,
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