Kurdish rebel leader reportedly suggests he’s open to ending insurgency

Abdullah Öcalan was quoted as saying he has the “necessary competence and determination to contribute positively to the new paradigm” in Turkey.

A Kurdish separatist leader who has spent decades in prison appears to be keen to take up a surprise offer from his archrival.

Devlet Bahçeli — a political veteran and close ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — in October invited Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), to the Turkish legislature in order to publicly announce the group’s dissolution and to lay down arms.

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