Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seemed to give his implicit support on Tuesday for an unprecedented proposal by his nationalist ally that could lead to leniency for Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK.
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Ocalan was convicted on charges of treason and has been serving a life term on a prison island off Istanbul since 1999. The PKK has been fighting for an autonomous state in Turkey’s southeast since 1984, and the violence has claimed tens of thousands of lives. The group is considered a terrorist organization by Turkey and its Western allies.
Bahceli, who has traditionally maintained a hardline stance against the PKK, surprised many last week by suggesting that Ocalan could be released from isolation and even allowed to address Parliament if he dissolves the PKK.attack on a Turkish defense firmon locations and facilities suspected to be used by the militant group in northern Iraq or by its affiliates in northern Syria.
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