In a surprise, hardline Turkish politician suggests parole for PKK's imprisoned leader

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In a surprise, hardline Turkish politician suggests parole for PKK's imprisoned leader
Kurdistan Workers PartyAbdullah OcalanIslam
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The leader of Turkey’s far-right nationalist party that’s allied with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the possibility Tuesday that the imprisoned leader of a militant Kurdish group could be granted parole if he renounces violence and disbands his organization.

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The current constitution does not allow Erdogan, who has been in power since 2003 as prime minister then as president, to run for office again unless early elections are called. Ocalan has been serving a life term on a prison island off Istanbul since 1999. DEM says Ocalan is currently kept in isolation.

“Let the terrorist leader … unilaterally declare that terrorism is over and that his organization has been dissolved,” Bahceli said in a speech in Parliament.

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