Kurdish militants demand progress from Turkey or say peace talks may end


  • World
  • Tuesday, 03 Mar 2015

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Kurdish militants demanded concrete steps from Turkey to advance a fragile peace process on Tuesday, accusing the ruling AK Party of stalling and warning that the negotiations could break down.

Hopes have been running high in recent weeks that jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan would call an end to an armed struggle which has killed 40,000 people over three decades and stunted development in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast.

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