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Kurdistan Workers describes Ocalan call to lay down their arms as "historic.
Twilight News / description of the Kurdistan Workers' Party Sunday to invite jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan to lay down their arms as "historic" and said that Turkey now take concrete steps so that the peace process is not derailed.
alt The Ocalan, who still has some influence on the PKK from his prison, has called on his followers on Saturday for a meeting in the spring and agreed to lay down their arms.
Ocalan's call and welcomed by both sides, and was described as an important step in the framework of Turkey's efforts to negotiate on ending armed conflict efforts began 30 years ago and claimed the lives of 40 thousand people, mostly Kurds.
Kurdistan Workers' Party, said in a statement seen by "Twilight News": "a statement of good intentions like basically a very important opportunity for the application of democracy in the country and the government solve the Kurdish issue and the basic problems of Turkey."
"The government must take significant and concrete steps that have a political response."
On Saturday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cautiously welcomed the statement and said that fighters of the Kurdistan Workers must comply now.
The ruling Justice and Development Party and is running in June, and is keen to quell the violence as it approached.
Kurdistan Workers' Party, said in his statement, "The exploitation of our leader for this historic announcement of goodwill electoral propaganda would be an example of the extreme injustice and lack of responsibility for our people."
He said Hezbollah fighters they want to talk directly with Ocalan to ensure progress in the peace process.
At the present time navigates Congress for People's Democratic Party between the island where Ocalan, imprisoned and the Qandil mountains in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, where the leadership is based Kurdistan Workers' Party.
European Union, which Turkey seeks to join him Ocalan statement described as a "positive step forward."
A statement by the Union on Saturday, "We hope that all parties will seize the opportunity to make decisive progress toward reconciliation and democratization."
PKK took up arms in 1984 for an independent homeland in southeastern Turkey, where the majority of the extent of Kurdish demands since then, and only apply greater political and cultural rights for the Kurds of Turkey's estimated 20 million people but.
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