Abdullah Ocalan, imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, on Thursday called for the group’s disarmament and disbandment. VOA Kurdish spoke to locals in Diyarbakir, Turkey’s largest Kurdish-majority city. While many residents supported Ocalan’s message of peace, others wondered whether his call would be met by real steps by the Turkish government to address the Kurdish question.
VOA Kurdish: Turkey’s Kurds react to PKK leader’s call to disarm group
FILE - People wearing jerseys with the face of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, are pictured during an event in Paris, Dec. 24, 2022.