Monday, March 16, 2015

Inmate swap gives secretariat to jailed PKK leader Öcalan

Inmate swap gives secretariat to jailed PKK leader Öcalan

Five high profile and imprisoned members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have been sent to the İmralı island prison near İstanbul to form a representative team for PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, in the scope of the peace process between Turkey and the autonomy-seeking Kurdish rebel group.

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