Prison Writings The road map to negotiations / [transl.: Havin Guneser]. 3

Summary

The Road Map to Negotiations is an extraordinary document. It was the centerpiece of the secret dialogue process between Abdullah calan and the Turkish state that started in 2009 and was broken off in mid-2011. Here calan defines the necessary steps that have to be met for a serious peace process to start. At the same time he outlines a real solution of the Kurdish issue. Going beyond traditional solutions like statehood or territorial autonomy, he envisions a democratic nation and a common homeland for all countries where Kurds live, indeed for the whole Middle East. Refusing traditional arguments, he gives all parties concerned something to think about. Source: Publisher Abdullah Öcalan, also known as Apo, is a founding member of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party. Öcalan was based in Syria from 1979 to 1998. He helped found the PKK in 1978, and led it into the Kurdish–Turkish conflict in 1984. Wikipedia