"PKK declares ceasefire after Erdogan offers olive branch
Helena Smith in Athens
Saturday August 20, 2005
The Guardian
Kurdish rebels in Turkey announced a one-month truce yesterday after the prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, made the rare admission that Ankara had mistreated their community.
The ceasefire follows a wave of attacks on Aegean tourist resorts and military targets.
Mr Erdogan, visiting the Kurdish-dominated south-east, signalled that the government was willing to soften its stance towards the Kurds, saying that it was only with 'more democracy' - not repression - that their historic grievances could be resolved."
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