KURDISH MP Leyla Guven has called on the European Parliament to play a “constructive role” in ending the isolation of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan.

The People’s Democratic Party (HDP) for Hakkari politician has been on hunger strike for 86 days in protest against Mr Ocalan’s treatment, despite being released from Diyarbakir prison in a surprise move last week.

Ms Guven wrote a letter to the parliament, which was also sent to the European committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (CPT), calling for the institutions to “break the isolation system, which is turning Turkey into an intolerable regime.”