By Akin Nazli in Belgrade The “messengers” of Abdullah Ocalan, the long-imprisoned founder of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), on February 27 called a surprise press conference after visiting the 75-year-old on the Turkish prison island where he is held.

Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan has called on his militant group to lay down its arms and dissolve as part of a bid to end a four-decade long conflict.

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