Turkish Kurd deputies meet jailed militant leader Ocalan - lawmaker

DIYARBAKIR (Reuters) - Two Kurdish lawmakers made a rare visit to Abdullah Ocalan at his island prison on Thursday, signalling that Turkey is negotiating with the influential militant leader over ending a conflict that has killed tens of thousands over three decades.

Pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) deputy Ayla Akat Ata and prominent Kurdish politician Ahmet Turk went with a lawyer to Imrali, where Ocalan has been held in virtual isolation since his capture in 1999, a Kurdish lawmaker said.