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The imprisoned leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, is "in good health" and has called for an end to the Kurdish conflict, his brother said on Sept. 12 after visiting him in jail.

Subpoenas were issued for eight lawmakers from the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) over the Kurdish Communities Union (KCK) case in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on Sept. 5. HDP group deputy chairman Çağlar Demirel was among the ones that a subpoena was issued for by the Diyarbakır Second Heavy Penal Court, Anadolu Agency reported.

A three-member delegation from the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) has paid a visit to the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, and held consultations with senior Turkish government officials. The visit was conducted last week to examine the treatment and conditions at the ?mral?

A prosecutor demanded up to five years in jail for a British academic, who was taken into custody on suspicion of "conducting terrorist propaganda" for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), on April 29. 

Some six outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants, along with a "neighborhood representative" allegedly assigned by PKK founder Cemil Bay?k, have surrendered to security forces in the Yüksekova district of the southeastern province of Hakkari, security sources said on April 15.  

A co-leader of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has admitted problems with the strategy of declaring autonomy in Southeast Anatolia and the erection of barricades that have resulted in massive battles, while again calling for dialogue to solve Turkey's Kurdish problem.

A day after U.S. Ambassador to Ankara John Bass told reporters on April 7 that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) should lay down arms, he was responded to by a major PKK figure, who said the U.S. should instead put pressure on Turkey. Zübeyr Aydar, a Brussels-based chief of PKK front organization the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), said what the U.S.

The Istanbul Village Heads Solidarity Association has filed a criminal complaint against Turkish cartoon magazine Leman's management and one of its caricaturists over an "insulting" cover, which depicted a village head - allegedly drawn akin to jailed outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan - taking a selfie with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an.

Turkey's prime minister and president recently delivered speeches which had certain nuances to say the least.

On April 3 the prime minister said, "If the PKK [outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party] would turn back to May 2013, everything can be talked about." If the PKK "were to leave all arms and go outside the border," then "everything could be discussed."

In the past year we all lived through a major experience; while we were talking about the resolution process, we found ourselves in a grave war environment. The number of killed soldiers has exceeded 300; the number of terrorists killed is past 3,000, it is reported.