Kurdish leader Ocalan seeks end to Turkey armed struggle, The jailed leader of Turkey's main Kurdish rebel group has urged followers to end a 30-year armed struggle.
In a statement read out on TV by a Kurdish MP, Abdullah Ocalan said he was seeking a "historical decision" to reach "a democratic solution".
He called for a special congress in the spring intended to make a declaration ending the armed conflict.
More than 40,000 people, mostly Kurds, have died in fighting for an Kurdish homeland in Turkey's south-east.
Mr Ocalan leads the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, but has been in prison since 1999 serving a life sentence for treason..........Read More
In a statement read out on TV by a Kurdish MP, Abdullah Ocalan said he was seeking a "historical decision" to reach "a democratic solution".
He called for a special congress in the spring intended to make a declaration ending the armed conflict.
More than 40,000 people, mostly Kurds, have died in fighting for an Kurdish homeland in Turkey's south-east.
Mr Ocalan leads the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, but has been in prison since 1999 serving a life sentence for treason..........Read More
