Abdullah Ocalan: Kurdish leader to announce Turkey peace plan

 

 The jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan is set to announce details of a keenly anticipated peace plan with Turkey

The statement is expected to be read out by pro-Kurdish politicians who visited him on Thursday.
Ocalan's Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has been waging a 30-year armed struggle for Kurdish independence.
A ceasefire has been in place since 2013, and there are hopes for a permanent end to the conflict.
More than 40,000 people, mostly Kurds, have died in fighting for a Kurdish homeland in Turkey's south-east.
Ocalan has been in prison since 1999 serving a life sentence for treason.
'Practical details' The content of Ocalan's message has not been released, but Sirri Sureyya Onder, from the People's Democratic Party (HDP), one of those who visited the rebel leader, gave some clues.
"It will be a road map for the nation and the region, with theoretical and practical details on the peace process," he told AFP.