PKK Leader Calls For Ceasefire In Turkey -- Al Jazeera
Declaration by jailed Abdullah Ocalan raises hope of ending 30-year-old conflict which claimed about 40,000 lives.
Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan has issued a long-awaited cease-fire declaration that would be a major step towards ending a 30-year conflict that has cost tens of thousands of lives in Turkey.
The ceasefire announced on Thursday, which coincides with the Kurdish New Year, or Newroz, also calls for the withdrawal of PKK likely to bases in northern Iraq.
In Ocalan's letter read out by members of parliament, Pervin Buldan, in Kurdish, and Sirri Sureyya Onder, in Turkish, he said: "In the presence of millions of witnesses, I’m telling you, let a new process begin. No to weapons, yes to politics.
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