Kurd leader Ocalan calls for congress to end Turkey struggle
The jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan has renewed a call for his fighters to end their armed struggle in Turkey, reported BBC.
In a message read out at a huge rally marking the Kurdish new year, Ocalan called for a congress to decide on abandoning the insurgency.
His Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has been waging a 30-year armed struggle for Kurdish independence.
He called a ceasefire in 2013 and there are growing hopes of a long-term deal.
More than 40,000 people, mostly Kurds, have died in fighting for a Kurdish homeland in Turkey's south-east.
Ocalan has been in prison since 1999, serving a life sentence for treason.