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Pro-Kurd party says Turkey approves visit to jailed PKK founder


Friday, 27 December, 2024 , 17:16

Istanbul, Dec 27, 2024 (AFP) — Turkey's justice ministry has approved a request by the pro-Kurdish DEM party to visit jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan who is serving life in solitary confinement, a party spokesman said late Friday.

The spokesman confirmed receiving "a call (from the justice ministry), there will be a visit tomorrow (Saturday) or Sunday as long as the weather is not bad". Ocalan has been held on a Turkish prison near Istanbul for the past 25 years.