Pro-Kurds end boycott of Turkey's parliament
A pro-Kurdish party on Saturday ended its four-month-old boycott of Turkey's parliament as its lawmakers joined the legislative body to take their oath to assume office.
The lawmakers of the Peace and Democracy Party and some other pro-Kurdish independent legislators have been refusing to take an oath of office following their election in June as they pressed for the release of five pro-Kurdish legislators held on charges of rebel ties. They also wanted another Kurdish politician, Hatip Dicle, whose election was canceled due to a conviction for rebel links, to be allowed to take office. (AP)
