FILE PHOTO: Supporters of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) display flags with a portrait of jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan, during a rally to celebrate Nowruz, which marks the arrival of spring, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 17, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan, jailed 25 years ago, is again a focus of attention in Turkey after President Tayyip Erdogan's nationalist ally raised the possibility of his release in exchange for ending his group's decades-long insurgency.
Devlet Bahceli, leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), made the surprise suggestion on Tuesday in a speech to MHP lawmakers following recent media speculation about fresh efforts to end a conflict that Ocalan launched 40 years ago.
