He sat to the left of PKK leader Öcalan: That terrorist has been released!
Veysi Aktaş, who was held in İmralı Prison during the same period as PKK terrorist organization leader Abdullah Öcalan and was serving a life sentence, has been released after 31 years.
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Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the terrorist organization PKK, released a video message from prison on July 9, calling for the PKK to lay down its arms.
Following this call by Öcalan, the PKK symbolically burned its weapons in the city of Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, on July 11.
WHO WAS IN ÖCALAN'S VIDEO?
In the video released by Öcalan, Veysi Aktaş, who had been imprisoned in İmralı Prison for 31 years, was seen beside him.
Aktaş had been sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of organizing the PKK's armed activities and aiding the terrorist organization for the purpose of dividing the lands under the sovereignty of the state.
It has been learned that Aktaş, who completed his sentence 11 months ago, has been released.