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Turkey has kept Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan in isolation since 1999
JAILED Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan has reiterated his call for a return to peaceful negotiations to resolve Turkey’s so-called Kurdish question, his brother said after a family visit to the Imrali island prison.
Mehmet Ocalan met with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader for one hour after Turkish authorities agreed to the request for a visit to celebrate the Bayram (Eid) festival, a traditional day spent with families.
He spoke to the Mesopotamia news agency about their discussions, which included Mr Ocalan’s views on the struggle of Kurds in northern Syria, the recently ended hunger strikes in Turkish prisons and the resumption of peace talks with the government.
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