MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : MUSTAFA KARASU (PKK) CLAIMS PRESSURE ON APO OECALAN – WHILE OTHER SOURCES REPORTING DIRECT NEW TALKS BETWEEN APO & ANKARA

Turkey Steps up Pressure on Jailed PKK Leader: Official

Basnews English  – 3 /04/2018 – ERBIL — A top official from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has revealed that the Turkish government has stepped up its pressure on their founder and leader Abdullah Ocalan in the Imrali Prison. Executive Council Member of the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), Mustafa Karasu, revealed in a recent article published on media outlets affiliated to his party, that the Turkish authorities have taken away Ocalan’s television and radio. ”

After Afrin city center was invaded, Leader Apo’s stance disturbed some people and his television which only had a few channels and his radio were taken away, according to the information we received, and they have worsened his living conditions further. Them resorting to such measures show how weak and fragile the AKP-MHP fascism is,” ANF News quoted Karasu’s article.

PKK Executive Committee Member Murat Karayılan had previously said that they have obtained information about a Turkish committee which met in Imrali to persuade Ocalan on encouraging his followers to end resistance in the Syrian Kurdish enclave of Afrin.

“We have received new information. I don’t want to announce everything here. The administration of our movement will make the necessary official statement on this issue to our people and the public. There is a strategic alliance between Turkey and Russia. A committee went to Imrali to end the resistance in Afrin, and pressured our leader with this demand, Which was refused by Leader Apo. So they have worsened the systemic torture in Imralı even further. We have received such Information, but, as I said, the administration of our movement will be making a detailed statement on this. It is an important issue,” Karayılan said.  www.mesop.de