Hundreds of Kurdish militants have ended a hunger strike in jails across Turkey in response to an appeal from their leader, fuelling hopes a deal has been struck that could revive talks to end a decades-old conflict.
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his supporters to end their protest after holding a series of discussions with Turkish MIT intelligence.
MIT officials have held secret meetings with PKK representatives in Oslo in recent years, and in September Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said more talks were possible.
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