Deputies carry Öcalan letter to Kandil Mountains

ARBIL - Anatolia News Agency

BDP's Parliamentary Group Chair Pervin Buldan (L), Istanbul deputy Sırrı Süreyya Önder (R) and co-chair Gültan Kışanak will deliver the letter to Arbil and Kandil. DHA photo

A group of Turkish deputies have conveyed a letter written by Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), to Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq, before also delivering it to the PKK chiefs in the Kandil Mountains. 

The subject of the letter is the future withdrawal of PKK militants from Turkish soil, according to former remarks by Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) officials.

BDP co-chair Gültan Kışanak and Parliamentary Group Chair Pervin Buldan arrived in Arbil via plane early in the morning, while Istanbul deputy Sırrı Süreyya Önder went by road because of his fear of flying. The group left Arbil as of 9 a.m. 

The letter is expected to be responded by Arbil in a few days.