Source: Deutsche Welle [German state media]
“Imprisoned militant leader Abdullah Ocalan on Thursday announced a call for his Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to dissolve itself. The PKK leader’s message was conveyed after a meeting with senior members of Turkey’s left-wing, pro-Kurdish Equality and Democracy Party (DEM). ‘Convene your congress and make a decision; all groups must lay down their arms and the PKK must dissolve itself,’ Ocalan was quoted as saying. He called for a new ‘epoch of peace’ and a ‘democratic society.’ Ocalan has been serving a life sentence in solitary confinement on the island of Imrali near Istanbul since 1999 over a treason conviction. The Thursday statement comes after Devlet Bahceli, who heads the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and is an ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, suggested in October Ocalan could be offered parole if the PKK were to reject violence and disband.” (02/27/25)
https://www.dw.com/en/turkey-ocalan-calls-for-pkk-to-lay-down-weapons/a-71773113