Jailed PKK Leader Ocalan Assigned to Formal Role, Turkish Official Says
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“Öcalan’s appointment to the commission is a necessity, not a privilege. There is nothing illegal about it.”
Abdullah Öcalan has been in solitary confinement for 27 years. Now he is to be involved in the peace process, but remain imprisoned
But he will not be allowed to leave his prison.
The leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, prisoner, will participate in the work of a subcommittee responsible for overseeing the disarmament of the Kurdish armed group, today announced a high adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The peace process in Turkey to end the conflict with the PKK entered a new phase, with the announcement by a prominent adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Thursday, of the official participation of the PKK's imprisoned leader Abdullah Ocalan in a subcommittee on disarmament, in a move aimed at giving him a more active role in the process of ending a decades-long conflict.
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