ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A delegation from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) met jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan on Imrali Island and returned following the talks, DEM Party said on Monday.
The delegation included senior DEM Party figures Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar and Ocalan’s lawyer Ozgur Faik Erol. The party’s press office said the delegation would issue a statement on Tuesday regarding the content of their meeting with Ocalan.
Ocalan has been imprisoned on Imrali Island since 1999 but remains a central figure in Kurdish politics and peace efforts aimed at resolving the decades-long conflict between the PKK and the Turkish state.
The DEM Party has played a key mediating role in recent peace efforts and has visited Ocalan multiple times in prison to relay messages between him and political actors.
The latest meeting comes amid renewed political and legal discussions surrounding the Kurdish issue and the future of the peace process.