In an October 22 speech to parliament, MHP leader Devlet Bahceli mooted the idea of an early release for jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan if he rejected violence and disbanded the PKK.
The PKK's historic announcement Monday about ending its armed struggle is the result of months of shuttle diplomacy to end the decades-old Kurdish conflict that has cost tens of thousands of lives.
After a 10-year hiatus in which all contacts with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were frozen, things began shifting in October with a surprise offer from a hardline nationalist ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
In an October 22 speech to parliament, MHP leader Devlet Bahceli mooted the idea of an early release for jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan if he rejected violence and disbanded the PKK.
The next day, the 75-year-old former militant received his first prison visit in 43 months, receiving his nephew Omer on Imrali prison island near Istanbul.
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