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TURKEY: Jailed rebel leader Ocalan repeats ceasefire call to PKK

IMPRISONED Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan renewed a call on Saturday for his fighters to end their armed struggle against Turkey.

In a message read to Kurds celebrating a spring festival, Mr Ocalan said the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) should convene a congress to abandon arms and seek a democratic solution.

Mr Ocalan made a similar call earlier this month but the PKK leadership responded by saying that it would convene a congress only if the Turkish government took steps that included establishing independent observers to monitor the peace process.

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