Pro-Kurd party says Turkey approves visit to jailed PKK founder

Turkey’s Justice Ministry has approved a request by the pro-Kurdish DEM party to visit jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan who is serving life in solitary confinement, a party spokesman says.

The spokesman confirms receiving “a call [from the Justice Ministry], there will be a visit tomorrow [Saturday] or Sunday as long as the weather is not bad.” Ocalan has been held in a Turkish prison near Istanbul for the past 25 years.

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