PKK Free Turkish Hostages To Reinforce Peace Talks With Erdogan Government -- The Guardian
Kurdish guerrillas in Iraq free eight hostages on orders of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan as hopes rise of ceasefire next week
The fresh initiative to settle the 30-year-old Kurdish insurgency in Turkey yielded its first dividend on Wednesday when the PKK fighters of the Kurdistan Workers' party released eight hostages in a gesture aimed at reinforcing a fragile peace process.
Following orders from the PKK leader, Abdullah Ocalan, who has been imprisoned, mostly in solitary confinement, on a Turkish island for 14 years, guerrilla commanders based across the border in northern Iraq announced the freeing of the Turkish hostages, some of whom have been held for more than 18 months.
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More News On The Upcoming Peace Talks Between Turkey And Kurdish Rebels
Kurdish rebels free Turkish captives in northern Iraq -- Reuters
Kurdish Rebels Free 8 Turks, Fueling Peace Talks -- New York Times
Kurdish Militants Free Turkish Hostages -- Wall Street Journal
Kurdish rebels release 8 captive soldiers, officials as part of peace efforts with Turkey -- Washington Post/AP
PKK Militants Release Eight Turkish Hostages in Iraq -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Kurdish separatists release 8 Turkish hostages -- CNN
Kurd rebels free Turkish prisoners amid peace push -- AFP
Kurdish Rebels Free Eight Turkish Captives -- Voice of America
My Comment: This is a positive development, but after 30 years of conflict and bloodshed it is going to take more than just the release of a few prisoners to make peace.
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