The PKK dismissed on Thursday media reports suggesting that it will declare a ceasefire probably in February and as a confidence building measure its 100 militants will lay down arms and withdraw from Turkey in the spring. Those reports are part of a deliberate psychological war aimed at manipulating public opinion, the PKK said. Talks are being held only between the government officials and PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan at the Imrali Island prison, where Ocalan has been kept since his capture in 1999, the PKK said, rejecting speculations that its umbrella group KCK is also involved. The PKK fully supports Ocalan in the talks as the representative of the group and the Kurdish people, the organisation said. |
The jailed leader of the PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, called for a ceasefire on Thursday, ordering armed PKK militants to withdraw from Turkey. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the city of ... more
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US secretary of state John Kerry was in Ankara on Friday for talks with the Turkish leaders, including PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Abdullah Gul, focused on the crisis in Syria, ... more