Turkey has decided to allow parliament's pro-Kurdish DEM Party to hold face-to-face talks with militant leader Abdullah Ocalan on his island prison, the party said on Friday, setting up the first such visit in nearly a decade.

Turkiye will allow parliament’s pro-Kurdish party to visit the jailed founder of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on his island prison, setting up the first such visit in nearly a decade. The Justice Ministry approved a request by the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) to meet Abdullah Ocalan,

Turkey has granted permission for a delegation from the pro-Kurdish DEM Party to visit imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan on Imrali Island, the Sabah newspaper reported Thursday. The visit, expected to take place on Thursday or Friday, would be the first of its kind in nearly a decade.

The Justice Ministry has approved the pro-PKK Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party)’s request to visit the imprisoned leader of