Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party said it will send a delegation to meet Abdullah Ocalan, head of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), in jail on Wednesday for a second time as part of a political effort to end a decades-long conflict.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Two pro-Kurdish lawmakers are set to visit Turkey’s Imrali island prison on Wednesday for the second time to meet with jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan.

Devlet Bahceli, an ally of Turkey's President Erdogan has challenged the sovereignty of Greece's Dodecanese islands

A fresh drive to bring an end to Turkey’s 40-year Kurdish conflict has seen politicians from the pro-Kurdish party meet jailed leaders

Greece and Turkey are awaiting the first actions of the new American president. Negative messages are coming from the Turkish side, which is now focusing on Syria, while constantly escalating tensions

A rightist ally of President Erdogan, Devlet Bahceli of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party, this week openly questioned Greece’s sovereignty over the islands of the southeastern Aegean. In so doing Mr. Bahceli challenges the provisions of international laws and agreements such as the 1923 Lausanne Treaty.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said "significant progress" had been made in efforts to revive dialogue between Ankara and the banned PKK militant group.

Turkish President Erdogan's key nationalist ally, Devlet Bahceli, has called on Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the PKK militant group, to declare the group's disbandment. This call follows a notable meeting between Ocalan and the pro-Kurdish DEM Party,

"In future, we will take decisive steps to realize our vision for Turkey and an entire region without terror," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in his New Year's Day speech. These words were a reference to the current reconciliation process between

Meanwhile, in an address Saturday to ruling party supporters in Diyarbakir, the largest city in the Kurdish-majority southeast, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for the disbandment of the PKK and the surrender of its weapons.

Turkish nationalist leader Devlet Bahceli has urged Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed PKK leader, to declare the group's disbandment. This follows a rare meeting with pro-Kurdish DEM Party officials, hinting at Ocalan's willingness to broker peace.

In addition to the detention of 31 journalists, there were at least 12 physical attacks on the press; and 17 journalists faced charges of "insulting the president".