Turkish government delays Kurdish bid: PKK leader
ISTANBUL Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed PKK leader, is struggling to sustain the peace process as the government isn’t taking the necessary legal steps needed for transformation, a senior Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) lawmaker has quoted him as saying. Öcalan also says he has the power to ensure the disarmament of all militants but government’s apathy in moving forward prevents him doing so Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Deputy Parliamentary Group Chair Pelvin Buldan conveyed the messages of imprisoned leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, in an interview with daily Özgür Gündem. AA photo The jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, has urged the government to establish a legal basis for the peace process to shift the talks into the “deep negotiation stage” while accusing it of effectively stopping the process. “Good or bad, we have exited a one-year process, but any legal basis has not been established. Despite o