PKK leader Ocalan calls on Kurdish separatists in Turkey to lay down arms

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Series Details 28.02.15
Publication Date 28/02/2015
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The Turkish government's reconciliation process advanced on the 28 February 2015, with the jailed leader of the PKK, Abdullah Öcalan, calling on the group to lay down its arms and become part of the country's political process.

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