The PKK announces a ceasefire with Turkey-Liberation
Message received. The Kurdistan worker party (PKK) announced this Saturday, March 1st a cease-fire with Turkey responding to The call of his chief and founder Abdhullah Öcalan, he said in a press release. « In order to open the way to the implementation of the APO call (uncle, in Kurd, editor's note) to peace and a democratic society, we declare a cease-fire from today », Announces the PKK executive committee in a message published by the ANF agency, close to the armed party.
« We agree with the content of the call as it is, and we declare that we will respect it and implement it »still specifies the PKK in capital letters in a long text written in Turkish.
The PKK demands freedom for its founder, imprisoned for 26 years off Istanbul, who called on Thursday training to dissolve and lay down their arms. « The leader Abdullah Öcalan must be able to live and work in complete physical freedom and establish without obstacle relationships with whom he wants, including his friends », Estens the PKK which concludes, again in capital letters: « The call (of Öcalan) is not an end but a new start ».
« It is not enough to lay down your arms »said on Friday a DEM party official, the main prokurd party of Türkiye, Turcker Bakirhan. « The government must show political will and implement programs »said party vice-president in an interview with the private channel Habertürk. « The Kurdish population awaits an honorable peace », Judged the deputy by saying that the Kurds, who represent, according to some estimates, 20 % of the 85 million inhabitants of Turkey, await « A democratic solution (…) inscribed in a legal framework » And « Concrete measures ».
« The solution to this problem should not be postponed », he insisted, while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan judged that Turkey had a faced with it « Historical opportunity » After four decades of a conflict that killed more than 40,000 people.
