Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Pressure on Turkey to accept jailed rebel - The National Newspaper

"Pressure on Turkey to accept jailed rebel

Thomas Seibert, Foreign Correspondent

ISTANBUL // Over the years, Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed Kurdish rebel leader, has often tried, and failed, to be accepted by the Turkish state as an interlocutor who can help to solve the long-running Kurdish question. Now, more than 10 years after Ocalan’s arrest, Ankara is under pressure to finally listen to him."

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