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Osman Öcalan, more PKK members to surrender
The National Intelligence Organization (MIT) has held top secret meetings in Suleymaniye and Arbil with President of Iraqi Kurdistan Massoud Barzani to urge PKK members to surrender and address details of how such a step would proceed.
Öcalan and 200 followers reportedly broke away from the PKK’s conservative wing, led by Murat Karayılan, Cemil Bayık, Mustafa Karasu, Fehman Hüseyin and Duran Kalkan, in 2004 due to a difference in opinions and left the Kandil Mountains.
It was noted that Öcalan has asked for guarantees that his group will not be arrested when they return to Turkey. A group of PKK members who returned to Turkey last month were released following a brief interrogation by prosecutors. However, an unclear answer was given to Öcalan: He apparently was informed that he and his followers will be dealt with in full accordance with all applicable laws, including the law of repentance. So far, nearly 1,000 PKK members who were not involved in any acts of terror have benefited from the law and have been exonerated and freed.
Senior security sources say the surrender of Öcalan and Taş is very important to the progress of the democratic initiative. The outcome of the terrorists’ surrender to Turkey will be closely watched by those still in the Kandil Mountains, thus Öcalan’s surrender could accelerate the democratic initiative process.
After Öcalan and his followers arrive at the Habur Border Gate, judicial action will proceed at the Diyarbakır Court, instead of the Silopi court.
Claiming that armed fighting should be ended, and thus quarrelling with the armed wing of the PKK, Öcalan and Taş left the Kandil Mountains five years ago.
Öcalan established the PWD with Taş in northern Iraq. Öcalan and Taş are reported to live in Kuysanjaq, a town between Suleymaniye and Arbil in northern Iraq. Karayılan and Bayık coordinated assassination attempts on both Öcalan and Taş after they left the Kandil Mountains. Öcalan was supposed to be killed by poisoned coffee and Taş with a weapon, yet both attempts failed miserably.
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