"Our movement is at a stage of serious and critical thinking and of taking new decisions," the KCK, a political umbrella group linked to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants, said in the statement.
"Concrete steps should be taken by the (ruling) AK Party. Otherwise the peace process is at a very critical and dangerous stage, and near ending," it said.
[jpost.com by Reuters]
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The jailed leader of Turkey's main Kurdish rebel group has urged followers to end a 30-year armed struggle...
ReplyDeleteIn 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.
Announcing his latest view, Kurdish politician Sirri Sureyya Onder read a message on Turkish TV.
"We are in the process of bringing an end to the 30-year of conflict, in the form of a perpetual peace, and our main goal is to reach a democratic solution," Ocalan's message said...................http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31673830
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