The two-page letter of Öcalan was read during Nevruz festivities in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on March 21. HDP Deputy Parliamentary Group Chair Pervin Buldan read the Kurdish version of the statement while her colleague Sırrı Süreyya Önder read the Turkish one.
"I find it necessary for PKK to convene a congress to end the 40-year-long armed struggle against TC [referring to the Republic of Turkey] and to determine political and social strategies and tactics in accordance with the spirit of new era," the letter said.
In the statement, Öcalan stressed the need for a "democratic solution" to Turkey's Kurdish problem, arguing that the "meaningless and merciless identity wars" were the result of "the neoliberal crisis caused by the imperialist capitalism and its local collaborators."
He said that the new era for Kurds "would be based on free, egalitarian, constitutional citizenship within the Republic of Turkey."
Thousands at Nevruz Square
Thousands of people convened in Diyarbakır's Nevruz Square to listen to the historic letter, while celebrating the arrival of spring despite pouring rain and biting cold.
More than 1,000 reporters, 200 of whom are foreign, have been accredited to follow the event, which was also attended by representatives from 24 embassies in Turkey.....................http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ocalan-urges-pkk-to-convene-congress-to-lay-down-arms.aspx?pageID=238&nID=79988&NewsCatID=338
21/3/15
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