Turkey’s justice minister mentioned on Tuesday the pro-Kurdish DEM Celebration’s utility to satisfy jailed Kurdish militant group chief Abdullah Ocalan was into account, with out giving particulars.
“The method continues. We’ll work to find out an applicable day,” Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc informed reporters.
President Tayyip Erdogan’s nationalist ally proposed final month that DEM maintain direct talks with Ocalan, founding father of the outlawed Kurdistan Staff Celebration (PKK) militant group.
DEM utilized to the justice ministry on Nov. 26 for its leaders to satisfy Ocalan, who has been serving an aggravated life sentence in an island jail south of Istanbul since 1999. The DEM co-chairs wish to maintain talks with Ocalan as a way to begin a dialogue between the federal government and the PKK.
Turkey and its Western allies designate the PKK as a terrorist group. Greater than 40,000 individuals have been killed within the group’s 40-year insurgency in opposition to the Turkish state.
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