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Turkey Allows Pro-Kurdish DEM Party to Meet Jailed PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan on December 28
Dec 27, 2024, 07:24 PM
Turkey's Justice Ministry has granted permission for lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish DEM Party to meet with Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), marking the first such visit in nearly a decade. The meeting is scheduled to take place on İmralı Island, where Öcalan is incarcerated, with two party representatives, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Pervin Buldan, expected to attend. Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç confirmed that the visit could occur on December 28 or 29, 2024, depending on weather conditions. Sources indicate that multiple meetings may be necessary to achieve any immediate results from this engagement.
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